<p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330120a61bc96d970c-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="How to Wash your Denim Properly" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330120a61bc96d970c " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330120a61bc96d970c-500wi.jpg" style="width: 480px; " /></a> <br />Aren&#39;t you tired of your denim jeans fading or ripping sooner than you thought well our friends over at <a href="http://www.stylenerds.com/site/2009/08/27/so-fresh-so-clean-vol-2-how-to-wash-your-denim-properly/" target="_blank">Stylenerds.com</a>&#0160;show us how to wash your denim properly: Read the steps on how to take care of those expensive jeans on the next page.&#0160;</p><p></p>  <!--more--> <p><span style="font-family: &#39;Century Gothic&#39;, Arial, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px; "><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">1) This is the first and&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">most important tip</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;to washing your jeans…</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">DON’T WASH THEM</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">unless you really have to ie: rubbing kebab meat all over your legs or some other non-descript mass spillage. FACT: I have worn many pairs of jeans for 18 months without washing them. If they smell of cigarettes or something more pungent, air them out for a day. If they still smell, wash them immediately because they probably are containing a new strain of the H1N1 virus.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0pt; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">2) OK, now you have come to a point where you have to wash them but you still want that rigidity and ruggedness when you first bought them. You have two options, you either take them to the&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">dry cleaners</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;or you can go to the&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">beach</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">! I recommend that you only dry clean once for the lifetime of the jeans. If you want to go to the&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">beach</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;to wash your jeans, take a dip in them for about 5 minutes, rub dry sand on your jeans and repeat this process about 3 times. When you’re done, just rinse in cold water (no salt) and let them dry in the sun. This seawater method is particularly good at keeping your denim very rigid.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0pt; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">3) Since we don’t all have the luxury of living near a beach and you had no option but to take the&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">dry cleaning</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;route, you will need to do the following for the second wash: Soak your jeans in cold water for about an hour with&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">WOOLITE BLACK</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">, once done, rinse and roll in a towel and then leave to dry.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0pt; font-size: 11px; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">Tip:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">&#0160;It may sound obvious to some of you, but I am going to say it anyway: If you don’t want your jeans to bleed (fade),&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">wash them inside out</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0em; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0pt; font-size: 11px; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">It might seem like a lot of extra effort to wash your jeans but if you think about it, you will only do this once or twice a year. That has been Moses’s Guide on&#0160;</span><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">How to Wash your Denim Properly</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; ">, let me know how you all get along and if you have any other tips to bring to the table.</span></p><p></p> 