Washing Denim in salt water (self.rawdenim)

submitted 2 years ago by Username to c/rawdenim@lemm.ee

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I bought some Edwin 503s in Japan a couple of years ago and they haven’t faded much. I think I’ve soaked them 4 or 5 times. I’m not an every day jeans wearer so that may be the reason they are taking longer. Anyway I live on a sailboat and water is scarce. I talked to an old salt one who said he drags his jeans behind the boat when they are in crystal clear waters to clean them. This sounds like it could create some cool fades but also like it could potentially destroy my jeans. Anybody got any experience with this?

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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Salt water prevents dyes from bleeding out of fabrics. Theoretically, rinsing your jeans like that will prevent fading from color bleed.

[-] Username 1 points 2 years ago

Oh interesting! I don’t think I will try it then. Thanks for the info!

this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025

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