How many washes to get jeans to stop bleeding blue?

[Anonymous]

I have two new pair of jeans that are still transferring dye on my shoes, even though I have washed them three times already. Is there some trick or magic number of washes. to get them to stop bleeding blue all over things they rub against? Fortunately it’s only happening to the tops of my shoes and the side of my bag and not onto upholstery but I’m hesitant to wear light color shoes or sneakers with them until they stop.

[Anonymous]

My jeans have never leeched dye. What crap pairs did you buy???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My jeans have never leeched dye. What crap pairs did you buy???[/

Most of the premium brands in mid to darker washes come with a tag warning about it. Surprised you’ve never seen that. It’s something in the dye process.

[Anonymous]

Buy higher quality jeans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My jeans have never leeched dye. What crap pairs did you buy???[/

Most of the premium brands in mid to darker washes come with a tag warning about it. Surprised you’ve never seen that. It’s something in the dye process.

Not premium enough, apparently.

[Anonymous]

OP here. While I appreciate snark as much as the next person, I genuinely don’t understand taking the time to post responses like this. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?

[Anonymous]

I have a pair of Banana Republic jeans from a few years ago that STILL leach color (but they are my favorite jeans so I keep wearing them). They may be BR Factory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. While I appreciate snark as much as the next person, I genuinely don’t understand taking the time to post responses like this. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?

Ditto.

I prefer dark (black, dark navy jeans), and typically wash them in cold water with a vinegar rinse and/or Lysol Sanitizer rinse, and then air dry. They don’t fade as quickly this way, and usually the first two washes (with vinegar) are the most important to minimize bleeding. Maybe three-five before I’d sit on white upholstery!

[Anonymous]

Try soaking them inside out, in a bucket with cold water, 1 cup white vinegar, and a Tbs or so of sea salt. soak overnight, rinse well with cold water, and air dry.

Anyone remember those white and green Benetton rugby shirts from the 80s? My older sisters had them and did this to get the green dye to set. It works on denim, too.

After that, add vinegar to the rinse cycle of a washer whenever you wash them. Always inside out and always wash on cold.

[Anonymous]

Some of these comments are wild because the only jeans I've experienced this with were various designer jeans. I've never had this with more inexpensive jeans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try soaking them inside out, in a bucket with cold water, 1 cup white vinegar, and a Tbs or so of sea salt. soak overnight, rinse well with cold water, and air dry.

Anyone remember those white and green Benetton rugby shirts from the 80s? My older sisters had them and did this to get the green dye to set. It works on denim, too.

After that, add vinegar to the rinse cycle of a washer whenever you wash them. Always inside out and always wash on cold.

Thank you. I have a silly question. If you have a front load washer, how do you add the vinegar to the rinse cycle? Is that only possible with top loaders? (I typically just throw detergent pods in the drum before washing a load.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try soaking them inside out, in a bucket with cold water, 1 cup white vinegar, and a Tbs or so of sea salt. soak overnight, rinse well with cold water, and air dry.

Anyone remember those white and green Benetton rugby shirts from the 80s? My older sisters had them and did this to get the green dye to set. It works on denim, too.

After that, add vinegar to the rinse cycle of a washer whenever you wash them. Always inside out and always wash on cold.

Thank you. I have a silly question. If you have a front load washer, how do you add the vinegar to the rinse cycle? Is that only possible with top loaders? (I typically just throw detergent pods in the drum before washing a load.)

You can put the vinegar in the softener compartment, if you have one — this is what I did. Or run a cycle without detergent and put vinegar in the detergent compartment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. While I appreciate snark as much as the next person, I genuinely don’t understand taking the time to post responses like this. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions?

Ditto.

I prefer dark (black, dark navy jeans), and typically wash them in cold water with a vinegar rinse and/or Lysol Sanitizer rinse, and then air dry. They don’t fade as quickly this way, and usually the first two washes (with vinegar) are the most important to minimize bleeding. Maybe three-five before I’d sit on white upholstery!

NO. Pick one and use it, but don't mix these!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of these comments are wild because the only jeans I've experienced this with were various designer jeans. I've never had this with more inexpensive jeans.

That doesn't happen with my Dior jeans, or with my Target jeans. Are you referring to mid-level "designer"? You've been had.

[Anonymous]

A clothing company who puts the burden on the consumer to wash out the excess dye is NOT a company I want to support.

The dyes are toxic, they pollute rivers in China and wherever else they're made, so A, you don't want to encourage that industry, and B, if you absolutely must have a pair of jeans, maybe buy vintage so it's not a new pair that has run new dye into our ecosystem, or at basic minimum get something that isn't leaving toxic dye on your person or your stuff.

Big laugh to "but they're dEsIgNeR, so I'm prepared to suffer and make everyone else suffer". Yeah, someone should have told you that's crap a long time ago.