Whenever I buy a pair of new jeans I’m always treated to a period where my legs appear to be horribly bruised from the dye rubbing off the jeans. Since I rarely buy new jeans I usually forget about the dye thing, and then end up wondering what on earth I did to myself to entirely bruise both thighs.
I recently bought two pairs of jeans in close enough proximity to one another that I remembered the dye thing by the time I bought the second pair. So I remembered to do something to fix it.
And you know what fixed it? Vinegar. I started off by placing the new jeans in a plastic bucket. Then I added boiling water, colder water, and a few good glugs of vinegar. I let that soak for a while (an hour or two), and then washed the jeans in the washing machine with more vinegar.
Hang to dry and voila. No more dye leak. Perfect.
it’s best to wash your jeans inside out and put a capful of vinegar in the washing machine with every load of jeans you do. it keeps them from fading!
Great tip, Meghanne! Thanks!
If you add a 1/2 cup of regular table salt to ANYTHING that is new that you do not want to bleed later with other clothes, and run it cold or hot it will cure the color. This also works on dedicates you wash in sink or tub by hand.
Thanks for the tip, Christa! It’s amazing what we can do with simple ingredients like salt, vinegar, and baking soda 🙂