indigo dyed jacket care advice
hi all, I've had this lovely blue blue japan jacket for ~1.5 years am looking for some care advice. it still bleeds pretty heavily after all this time, which I know is part of the process and all that.. but would a soak or light clean be in order at some point? worried about messing up the patina/wear as I'm not very familiar with dyed items like this. thanks
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Just wash it tbh
do a cold soak/wash if you're worried about shrinkage
yeah figured it was that simple.. i'll try it out thanks
Only other advice is if you're putting it in a machine, turn it inside out if you're worried about marbling
Wait can you say more on this
Or is there a link to something
my washing machine isn't very gentle so I'm just gonna try a cold soak with mild detergent and see how it goes
I don't have any links to anything definitive but have seen it posted in other places that if you don't turn inside out then the indigo is directly in contact with the drum/agitator and can result in dye rubbing off due to creasing/rubbing in the machine
It may be more of an issue with top loaders than side loaders though
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It'll look like this potentially. The fabric creases really hard and the dye washes away prematurely
Holy shit
This explains a mishap I had like two years ago
Well partly
Thanks and sorry for hijacking thread
You could try looking into soda ash potentially to fix the dye but others more knowledgeable on the subject should weigh in
Yeah marbling is most common with top loaders with agitators. I was lazy with these jeans once and will be paying for it forever ðŸ˜
Me with my stories lmao
Tragedy MFG
I still wear them all the time but….. it’s different……
😠consider it a unique fade and its not so bad
ty for the cautionary tales
kinda dope
yeah i fw it
I’ve always heard the people in Japan making these jeans don’t give a fuck and just wash their jeans whenever. Basically they’re jeans so don’t take it too seriously if you have weird fades or imperfections
As long as you have like some common sense like don’t tumble dry unless it explicitly says you can.