Proper washing of jeans in a washing machine. Useful tips and tricks

Jeans are comfortable everyday wear. In them you can both walk around the city and attend more official events. Pants made of denim are wear-resistant and do not lose their attractiveness for a long time. However, they need to be properly cared for, as jeans can shed and change size (shrinkage) after washing. Many people are interested in information on how to properly care for this category of clothing.

Can they be washed in a washing machine?

General information

In order for denim clothes to retain their presentable appearance for a long time, you need to follow a few simple rules:

• - Never dry clean your jeans.
• – wash separately from other things to avoid staining;
• - Jeans should be washed inside out.
• - jeans must not be bleached;
• - it is recommended to wash in moderately warm water (no more than 30-40 degrees);
• Denim should not be dried in the sun.

How to wash jeans in a washing machine?

Despite the fact that manufacturers recommend washing clothes from jeans with your hands, so as not to spoil the appearance, you can wash jeans in an automatic washing machine, regardless of the model of the washing machine, be it a Samsung or Electrolux washing machine or any other modern washer. You just need to do it correctly, taking into account the features of the decor and the type of fabric from which they are made. Before washing, jeans should be treated from all types of stains.

If stains have appeared on the fabric recently, then ordinary washing powder will cope with them without any difficulty. And if the pollution has eaten into the fabric or has had time to dry, then you can apply salt and ammonia. Or use industrial stain removers like Vanish, Antipyatin. Before washing in the washing machine, you need to fasten all the locks, buttons and buttons on the product.

First of all, you need to choose:

1. - the desired water temperature (no more than 30 degrees);
2. - optimal washing mode;
3. - high-quality detergent (for colored items or a special detergent for washing jeans);
4. - the correct spin mode (no more than 800 rpm). 

Selecting a mode for washing denim products

So how do you wash jeans? The modes of modern washing machines are adapted for washing different types of fabrics, including jeans - the "Jeans" mode. The mode can be adjusted manually, based on the recommendations indicated on the clothing label.

The following modes are recommended:

1. Hand wash - gently washes denim at partial speeds.
2. Delicate - recommended for washing jeans decorated, for example, with lace or sequins. Washing takes place at a temperature of 30-40 degrees at low spin speeds.
3. Express - used to refresh clothes. You can wash jeans using this mode if the soiling of them is not very persistent.

Handwash

Washing jeans in the washing machine can cause them to become deformed, which is why people often choose to wash them by hand.

You need to do this, observing the following rules:

1. – Before washing, they should be soaked for about 30 minutes. For soaking, you can use both laundry soap and regular washing powder for colored fabrics. The powder is pre-dissolved in water;
2. - Before washing, jeans are turned inside out.

How to wash jeans so they shrink

Often, in the process of wearing jeans, they lose their original shape, simply put, they stretch. Their knees sag and a place in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe “fifth point”. So how do you wash jeans so that after washing they “sit down”, return to their usual shape and fit? To do this, the automatic washing machine uses an intensive wash mode, increased spin speed and an increased washing temperature (up to 60 degrees).

Important! Be careful with stretch jeans. After spinning at high speeds (1000-1200 rpm), they can shrink by two or even three sizes.

How to dry jeans

It is good if there is an opportunity to dry jeans in the open air. I do it this way: they hang them in the shade in order to prevent the denim fabric from discoloring in the sun. The thing is turned inside out. With care, jeans are dried in the cold in winter, as having frozen, and having a high density of fabric, jeans can break.

Drying indoors is much easier. Jeans are hung at the end of the legs. In this form, they dry much longer, so the water flows to the pockets and the waist part, where the fabric is more multi-layered. But the fabric does not deform, as if we had dried them by throwing them over a rope.

The more synthetic fibers in denim, the faster they dry. And, accordingly, the more natural their composition, the longer their drying time. Thick denim can take up to two days to dry.

Summarize

Here are some basic points to consider when washing jeans:

1. The first wash should be done by hand and not in the washing machine. Since the paint is washed out during the first wash, in simple terms, jeans fade.
2. It is not recommended to wash at high temperatures, as they will quickly fade. And the metal "rivet buttons" will rust.
3. You can add a little table vinegar to the conditioner-rinse compartment, thereby fixing the color.
4. No need to soak jeans before washing unnecessarily.
5. Do not dry your jeans in the sun if you don't want the fabric to become discolored and rough.
6. Before drying, straighten the product, pull it at the seams.
7. Jeans can be ironed in a slightly damp state, thereby facilitating the ironing process. Dried denim is much more difficult to iron.
8. Do not put more than three pairs of jeans into the drum during washing. When wet, denim becomes heavy.
9. If the jeans have lost their beautiful original color, then you can return it to them by resorting to self-coloring.