Washing your duds in suds

[Boit]

@Gavin666 yeah. I’ll run under fresh water in tub midst draining then refilling tub. You want to get soap out of the garment. FWIW, I only go through this tub washing/soaking malarkey while garment iscrocking. Afterward I just turn inside out and run in machine (low to no spin). Might think harder about it if you’re washing SBG (or something else known to marble) or/else wabi sabi.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Heyo, i thought it worth repeating here (from the 362 thread) about SBGs....and its funny cuz Boit mentioned it in the very last post above - SBG is finicky with marbling. Not a prob if you dig the look. I dig it, but it can make for an awkward fade process, although a cool end result.

I hand wash only for SBG. At least a presoak is recommended but always keep them inside-out if you're trying to avoid marbles.

If you do happen to botch a wash and end up with hard white lines in the middle of your SBG, the best thing to do is embrace it, wear it harder, and wash it more often just trying to vary the creases so the fades are varied.

...figured since the SBG runs are coming back thru, it'd be a good time.

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich good to see you back on here more Mr. Sandwich.

[seawolf]

I wash all of my IH jeans the same way. Inside out, buttons buttoned, regular cycle, mild detergent, spin at whatever default speed my washer uses, and hang dry once the washer is done. Once dry, I turn them right side out. I've never experienced marbling with any of them, and that includes SBG, 14oz, 21oz, 21oz od, and 25oz. Not sure how anyone is getting marbling, but I've never had any issues.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia thank ya sir. Hopefully things keep working and I can keep accessing the site at work lol. Really helps when things get slow

[truby]

What is better than an overnight soak in oxyclean for getting indigo off of white T shirts.

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[worn2fade]

What’s up guys?

This is my fiancées first denim project. She spilled mustard on it and now I’m wondering how to wash this bag lol. Is hand washing the only option here?

[goosehd]

@worn2fade try giving it a hot soak to see how much can be lifted and gently blotting the area with a towel. Any type of friction will lead to a lighter area than the rest of the bag.

If that doesn’t work, then hand washing is your best shot of getting rid of the mustard. As before, any aggressive cleaning of that spot will lead to the bag being lighter than the rest of the bag…

Take it slow…

[popvulture]

Eek. Mustard has turmeric in it to make it yellow, which can be pretty tough to get out. If you do try to scrub, brush with the weave of the fabric — tends to help with stains, I’ve found. And like Goose said, don’t get too aggressive or it’ll definitely take away more indigo than you want.

[WhiskeySandwich]

Catching up on some hand laundry. Nasty lol. First wash for the 33blk, another for the SBG, and the 142 indigo. Detergent, splash of vinegar, lots of agitation.

[Soleamp]

Just picked up these “new” 777UHRs off of eBay, only soaked. Does this look like marbling? How long do you think this would take to blend in?

[popvulture]

I’d say barely any marbling. UHR fades really fast, so it’ll probably blend much sooner than later.

[Soleamp]

@popvulture OK, thanks, that’s what I was thinking. It’s been a while since I have had a pair of UHRs, but I remember them fading fast.

[Go For Chill]

@Soleamp In my personal experience: Washing mine inside out has always kept them from marbling. I throw them in the machine and wash them with all my other blue stuff. I use regular detergent, washed on cold, then hang dry them. Sometimes I'll presoak them in the tub for about half an hour. Sometimes I don't.

I don't baby them at all, and the inside-out has always been the difference between marbling and not.

[Soleamp]

@Go-For-Chill I’ve never had an issue either doing it that way, which is my normal routine. I got this pair “new” on eBay with only one soak, never worn. I was surprised to see any marbling from just a soak…so maybe that wasn’t the whole truth. I ended up getting them pretty cheap, less than half of new, so I’m hoping to salvage them. I might try another hot wash, inside out and see if it helps calm things down