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aquaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 01:25 AM
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How often do you wash your jeans?
I was coming home late tonight, from my second job teaching at a local college. The debate on the radio was how often often you washed your jeans after wearing them. Most were saying that they would not wash their jeans until visible dirt appeared or a smell occurred. WTF? Maybe I am weird, but I wash my jeans after wearing them once! Is that weird?
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 01:28 AM
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1. If I owned any jeans, I'd let you know
But since I don't, that will have to remain one of the world's unsolved mysteries.........
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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 01:36 AM
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2. Every week
Which amounts to every time I wear them. I am kind of a neat freak.

I have the "luxury" of no washer/dryer and a dry cleaners in my apartment building that does wash/fold laundry for cheap. I never want to do another load in my life. For 10 bucks a week, it is well worth it.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 01:49 AM
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3. I wear them until my bodily filth makes them stiff.
Then I wash them and repeat the cycle.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 02:19 AM
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4. I have a pair of jeans I havent washed in 9 months.
I dunno why but for some reason I dont wash pants as often as I do everything else.
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NecklyTyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:54 AM
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5. I didn't know you could wash jeans
Learn something new everyday
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:03 AM
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6. I don't wear them for extended periods of time
however in general they go in the wash when they get dirty or I have worn them for the equivalent of a few days.
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backwoodsbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:06 AM
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7. you wash your clothes?
damn...guess I better check the owners manual on that washer thingie
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:21 AM
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8. It depends on which jeans...
I have two pairs of jeans that are really old and comfy, and I only wear them around the house and to walk the dogs. Those may get washed every two or three wears. Good jeans get washed after every use.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:23 AM
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9. Weekly, unless I do some yard work or work on the cars
If they get dirty or greasy I'll toss them in the laundry. I can't wear jeans at work so I only have them on for a few hours in the evening.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 08:49 AM
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10. depends on what is going on
perfect question as I am off to go check a waterline

sometimes we are very short on liquid cleaning substance and clothes washing takes a back seat to animal thirst and human body washing (which also can take a back seat to animal thirst)


arrggghhhh
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 10:37 AM
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11. Wash them?
:shrug:
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 10:40 AM
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12. You're supposed to wash them? Who knew?
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marzipanni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 11:20 AM
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13. Not every time I wear them, but more often than the original jeans wearers
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 11:28 AM
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14. Much more often than when I wore them in the '60's - when they fail the
sniff test....I don't usually wear underwear.


(More than you wanted to know, I guess.....)


mark
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 12:03 PM
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15. magma
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 12:15 PM
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16. I've got three pairs of jeans in the active rotation.
I wear each pair twice.

I wash them all together once a week.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 12:15 PM
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17. When I wear them usually
I mostly wear them to the barn so they get grubby fast. But if I'm just wearing them to go out for a couple of hours, I generally wear them 2 or 3 times before I wash them.
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 12:46 PM
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18. After about 3 or 4 wearings, unless they get dirty.
They really do wear out faster if you wash them more frequently.
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Ivan Sputnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 01:33 PM
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19. If they aren't dirty, why wash them?
I don't wash them unless I spill something on them. They don't smell, because I'm clean and always wear clean underwear. I've heard that excessive washing makes clothing wear out faster.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 02:11 PM
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20. When they are dirty.
Right now, I have 5 pair in the dryer.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 02:18 PM
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21. Depends on how many days I wear them and what I'm doing in them.
If I don't spill anything on them or get dirty/sweaty I'd go for a five-day wear before a wash.
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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 02:30 PM
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22. After wearing them once
I go commando so I have to
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oedura Donating Member (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:09 PM
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23. I wear a pair...
...for maybe 2 or 3 days and then I wash them, whether they stink or not.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:12 PM
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24. During cool weather, every three days of wear. Different during the summer.
If a hot summer day makes me sweat around the waist, the jeans get thrown in the hamper immediately. However, if I'm wearing them inside in A/C all day, I'll wear them another day or two under the same conditions.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:21 PM
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25. after 3 wearings, unless forced by dirt / heat to wash them sooner
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:39 PM
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26. In the summer a lot more, sweaty jeans smell.
In the winter, a little less.
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 06:44 PM
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27. Denim kind of gets faded and frayed with too many washings,
Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 06:45 PM by vixengrl
so I don't like to wash mine too aften. Also, for the sake of fit--I'm what we might call "thick" and I am not comfortable in jeans just after they are washed. I have to break them in again after a washing, which means if I've worn them once, I really don't want to wash them, just in case I need to put together a "going-somewhere" outfit that doesn't give me a good cse of pink-belly. So I'll stick them back in the drawer (after about three wearings, they get saggy and are ready to clean again.)
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 07:03 PM
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28. when i can stand them up in a corner after taking them off.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 07:26 PM
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29. I wash them after I wear them. Like all of my clothes!
:shrug:
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vadawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 07:38 PM
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30. never, the wife will wash my work jeans when she gets a chance
but why wash jeans unless they are dirty, probuably why i still have clothes that are over thirty years old and in my opinion wearable (not in my wifes)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-01-09 07:45 PM
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31. Wash?
I wear them till they can stand up on their own.

Then I donate them to the Burning Man Festival.
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