Washing your duds in suds

[Giles]

My personal experience is that it makes not a gnats pube of difference what you wash your jeans with. I'll use bathroom soap or washing-up liquid if it's all that is lying around

[Matt]

Same.

[flannel slut]

Gnat pubes. Think I saw one of those on the macro shot threads

[popvulture]

I just wash my jeans with the same laundry detergent I use on everything else. Sometimes I’ll use Woolite Black if I want to try to preserve the darkness of a pair, but tbh I wonder if it even does that. Also sounds like I’m maybe not alone here, but I tend to think special denim detergent is scamsville.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Trippy

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich woah dude...far out man

[Mizmazzle]

@WhiskeySandwich like, psychedelic AF!! You spill some oil on urself??

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Mizmazzle lol don’t think so but they were in definite need of a wash. Pretty funky

[WhiskeySandwich]

Magicwash

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich do you machine wash too or just soapy soaks? I can't remember if I have asked that.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia after my experience with the sbg, I’ve been doing tub washes for denim with mild dish soap and light agitation. I find the fabric remembers my creases better than in the machine, and this minimizes marbling. I’ve found it also slows the all-over wash fades a bit, so I’ve been doing it a bit more frequently.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Basically, anything I can do to keep from ending up with Homer pants

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich right on, why dish soap over laundry detergent? Curious

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia uh lol, no good reason really. We ran out once and I tried it, cuz they say it’s gentle, and I’ve used it for my car too, so I figured it’s worth a shot. Turned out fine and made cool, trippy suds. Hahaha
I have soft water so no probs really. I guess I kept doing it because the kitchen is closer to the tub than the laundry room….lazy excuses! I should probably use laundry detergent huh?

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich haha I thought you were on a strict dish soap routine there for a moment. Either way, seems to work just fine eh?

[ZackB]

@Oaktavia I know with tie dye you use dish soap to get rid of any loose dye that is not bonded to the cotton. Usually boil the shirts with some dish soap and then wash with normal detergent after. Never thought about it with denim.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia Nah, i just use whatever. soap is soap as far as i care. I also just really liked the scent lol ...to note though: i didn't see any more blue in the water than usual since using different soaps. i think they all do the same thing. I've noticed hot water and agitation makes the water more blue than any other variables, from my exp. so i guess technically my looser jeans get the hotness, so that may speed up the fades? hahaha

[Tago Mago]

@Oaktavia I’m fairly certain that @Giles at one point mentioned that for soaking he grabs whatever is closest, could be dishwasher soap or something else

[WhiskeySandwich]

One thing I definitely do is make sure they're rinsed extra thoroughly though, i hate residual soap feel. I know almost nothing about laundry detergents, but i'm convinced they all have an ingredient that coats the fibers in addition to cleaning them...

[Giles]

Yep, what ever is easiest to grab. We have a sink next to the washing machine, so there’s usually Fairy Liquid or the like close to hand….