How do you wash your jeans: hand wash / machine wash / dry clean?

if you wear them inside out the colour will probably last longer too.

I know there are people who either simply DON'T wash jeans or dry clean them, but I'm not that anal -- I mean, fabulous.

i always wash at low temp inside out.

Somebody told me about people putting their jeans in the freezer instead of cleaning them. Has anyboy heard of this and why would this work?

Maybe it kills the mites that are eating your skin cells trapped in the fabric? Somehow putting teh jeans back on full of dead mites AND dead skin cells is an unattractive proposition.

Oh I heard about this. Wasn't this once in an ad or something?

wow shasta didn't post on this thread?

Yeah I guess the only explanation I can think of is that it would kill the germs. But I'm not sure that's really a solution for smelly jeans.

I don't think you can freeze the smell out. The world would be a better place if you could however.

Isn't part of the smell due to bacteria? And if the freezing kills the bacteria, would it also kill the smell? I don't know if I believe that, though.

Sounds like it's time for a science experiment. Who's in?

i machine-wash cold, outside out, and dry hot, smoothing before and they're only tightish until you start walking in them

i've tried the freezer thing. it seemed to have minimal effect.

now i hand wash w/castile soap and air dry every once in a while

If price paid > $100: wash warm, machine dry for a few mins, pull from dryer and lay flat. All others get underwear treatment.

I have read the same thing, tried it and was actually somewhat satisfied.
I think the smell came back at least a week later, but at a far less powerful rate.
Worth a try, and it's better than faded colour.

Washer: permanent press
Dryer: permanent press

repeat until jeans are destroyed after a year, buy new jeans

I am a denim Philistine.

Also how the hell long are you going between washes when your jeans actually start to SMELL? Mine eventually get that slick feeling, when the weave is full of skin oil and dead cells, and that grosses me out long before anyone would notice an odor.

i have my maid wash my jeans

I wear them at least 3 or 5 times, and then I wash inside out on warm so they get all snug again.

You wash them after you've worn them 3/5 times? Wow. I do it "once in a while."

the number of jeans threads on ILE with no posts by gygax (RIP) or Shasta is disappointingly high.