Can I use salt water to prevent new jeans from fading quickly?

Question

Can I use salt water to prevent the new jeans' colour from fading? Or is it vinegar?

Answer 1

Salt water bleaches things out. I would try using Woollite Dark if they are darker jeans that you don't want to fade. I've had good luck with it.

Answer 2

Wash your jeans inside out in warm water. Once you are done with the wash dry them for a little bit maybe 15 minutes in the dryer. After that let them air dry. I have a pair a blue jeans that I bought 3 months ago and they look like new. Try it.

Answer 3

The best advice I have had was when I bought a new quilt from Branson, Missouri. Their instructions for the 'first' wash to keep the colors tight was to wash in a cup of salt and a cup of vinegar. It worked grand for me and the quilt.

Answer 4

Turn them inside out and use cold water , that will do the trick .I never heard of using salt water for that .

Answer 5

Turn them inside out before washing in cold water.

Answer 6

you may have them dry wiped clean. i be conscious of someone who used to attempt this so the colour doesn't fade. in case you do device wash, shop doing it interior out and use a comfortable, short cycle. All that agitation makes them rub at the same time and that fades the colour.

Answer 7

It is vinegar, but salt make them stronger

Answer 8

its simple turn the jeans inside out before you wash them it really works

Answer 9

never heard about vinegar? turn inside out and avoid placing in the dryer.

Answer 10

Growing up, my best friend's mom used to do it and swore by it. I did notice that it worked but I've never done it. Thanks for making me recall that. I'll have to do it next time I wash clothes. You can also referrence it at the web site http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/archive.htm. It is already on file there.