Did you know you’re only supposed to wash your jeans every three to ten times you wear them? Well, that’s according to Reader’s Digest, at least. Washing them more often than that can cause the fabric to break down, the color to fade, and the size and shape to shift.
Now, we as RVers may wash our jeans less than the average person anyway just because we may do laundry less than the average person since not all of our RVs have washing machines. But who knows…
If you had to say, how often will you typically wear a pair of jeans (any color jeans) before washing them? Do you wash your jeans after each wear? Do you wait until about ten wears? Do you wash them whenever you do laundry? Tell us in the poll below and leave a comment, too, if you feel like sharing.
I normally will wash new jeans b4 wearing anywhere. Why? Remove the extra dye that Always turns my legs blue, n to remove what somebody else left in them when they tried them on at the store. True story- I worked retail, n a big box store (you KNOW who I’m thinking of) had a bad case of lice running thru their women’s jeans dept. After that, if they’re obviously dirty, or sweaty, they get washed, otherwise 3-7 days. Not doing too much out here that requires being filthy, for me.
Gross. Now I know how those guys who show up at the laundromat with one small bag of clothes to wash do it. They wear the same jeans all week. Ick.
To me, it depends on what I am doing. When I am actually doing something that will cause them to get dirty, I will go a couple days. Normally, 4 days in general but I change out of them several times a week when I need to dress a little better.
As a kid – “Mom where are my jeans?” “They were standing in the corner all by themselves and asked me to wash them.” Not an exaggeration, that was my Mom. Really, when they get stiff and can stand alone, it is easier to slide your feet thru. I wear jeans all the time, even to my daughter’s cowboy country wedding, by request, bolo tie, hat and boots and all. However, they were a new, once washed, pair. There is no question, Fathers must make concessions to the Daughter Bride.
I think I know where you got your sense of humor from, Kelly. 😆 Have a good night. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
Yep, Mom drove my Dad nuts (and she was a preachers wife). And now I and my daughter (took after her dad) drive her mom (who happens to be my wife) nuts. But we all have fun and no one has ulcers. lol
Sounds like a really fun family, Kelly. Have a great day. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
Twice, then I turn them inside out for 2 more days, so that’s 4 days total between washes.
I thought that was how you did underwear…yuck!
i try new ones on first, and if they fit, I wash them before actually wearing them. I don’t like the way they feel before being washed.
Wash by themselves to get rid of excess dyes. Then, wear the heck out of them.
When they start to smell!
Close to three weeks but I marked 14 days.
Wash when filthy, could be a year as I don’t wear them all that often.
You can wash them?
Who, ME……?
I have two pair of jeans hanging on the back of the bathroom door. One old pair for bumming around the house and yard, and one pair to wear when going to the store or out to dinner.
MY MAN!!!
I don’t wear jeans. I have worn two pairs of pants in the some 30 years.. I wear pants to work then after that i don’t wear pants and i wore 2 pairs this past year to weddings..( Had to ) lol..
Tim must be part nudist LOL
Depends on what I was doing.
I have sold clothing for two divisions of Nordstrom. Please wash your clothing before wearing them, please dry clean your suits and dresses before having them tailored or worn.
the new clothing smell is insecticide and coloring agents. Wash first please.
I’ve always washed NEW clothes because of whatever they put in new clothes to make them look good. I think they call it sizing, but whatever it is, if they don’t get washed they feel stiff & scratchy! Also the possibility that someone else has tried them on YUK!
Snoopy
I always wash all new clothes, towels, sheets, etc., before using them the first time. I don’t like how they feel and smell. I didn’t know that they contain insecticide! Yikes!
When they can stand up and walk to the washer it is time to change them.
Or at least start thinking about it. And who doesn’t wear jeans?!? Unless you’re a geezer, I guess…
What do you mean “unless you are a geezer”? I am 84 and a proud geezer, that wears jeans daily. And yes l probably wear them too long between washings. ðŸ¤
I remember when we were kids and would call the old people geezers. Now after the blink of of an eye we are now the old geezers. How time flies and things change.
Agree, it beats the alternative