Detergent..

[salaami]

if you want to protect your patch from that severe a shrinkage, you can just boil a pot of water, and pour hot water over the crotch. that'll kill all the nasties. no diss to sugarcane, but you DONT need all kinds of 'treatments' and complex shit for washing denim. just dr. bronners. ive used all kinds of crazy shit, but i def. wouldn't recommend. if you want the jeans softer, wear them bitches more. even sams soften up after a while. simplicity and moderation is best for most things, even denim.

[ringring]

is there anyway to get dr. bronners in europe?

There's quite a few places on the internet for Bronner's in Europe eg. http://www.dreadworx.co.uk

But there's no need to be so brand specific. Any pure soap will do. Look for Castille soap or Savon de Marseille. Many health food shops sell them. If you buy them in bars, then just use a cheese grater to break the soap down and just use as you would a regular washing powder.

[gonegonegone]

is this the dr. bronners soap everybody's using here?

http://www.dreadworx.co.uk/dreadlockbrands/drbronners/pages/liquid/drbronnerspeppermintliquidsoap.html

[fallen angels]

^yep that's the one i used

[gonegonegone]

should you use the bonners liquid soap just for soaks and handwashes or could you also put it in the washing machine like a "normal" detergent?

[salaami]

you can use dr.bronner's for any given situation in which removing dirt is required. you can wash your clothes, body, car, dishes, the cat, every damn thing. the bar and liquid are essentially the same. with the bar for jeans i wet the jeans, and then LIGHTLY rub the damp bar over the denim. if you're machine-washing, just a good squirt or two in the washer will do the trick. you don't need much, depending on how hard(mineral saturated) your water is. the water here in richmond is harder than chinese algebra...

[poly800rock]

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/MensBrowse/Men_Shop_By_Category/accessories/necessaryluxuries/PRDOVR~23450/23450.jsp

new steez

[beautiful_FrEaK]

detergent from "The Laundress" is also offered here in Germany, saying it makes the denim softer.

Here's a link: http://www.edelight.de/i/the-laundress-jeans-waschmittel-von-schnegge

[warpnweft]

got my 'vintage wash & premium care' detergent by Sugar Cane

big ups to Kurt @ Faith Taipei.

[Maynard Friedman]

DP Pure Soap Flakes from Waitrose are cheap and very good

[Turntabloid]

did anybody of you use the momotaro denim detergent yet and could comment?

[drz]

^ I have it and use it quite often for my IH and eternal. I don't really see big differences between using them and non-bleach ordinary (not denim oriented) detergent.

[almostnice]

^^agreed.apart from the fact that those specials are hardly available outside of Japan i believe that a quality eco detergent will do the same job,if not even better.i am using eco-ver wool detergent which iam pretty pleased with,but used woolite black and other standard non-bleach ones in the past.i am always satisfied with the result.

i believe the whole subject is overrated.

[Turntabloid]

^^^thanks! it's about time to wash my skulls the first time and daniel (dc4, berlin) said they will get some detergent in the next two weeks. i never washed any of my jeans so far (only soaks or freezer vacation), so i was not sure if i would want to wait or just use an available (e.g. woolite) detergent straight away.

[bestie]

...the freezer trick actually works?? haha i

[Turntabloid]

...the freezer trick actually works?? haha i

absolutely, i just put them in a plastic bag for freezing food and store it in the freezer for 1 week. special treat in the hot berlin summers is to wear them directly "out-of-the-box"!

[surly]

I just use some Woolite Dark and call it good. A lot of the decent Japanese brands don't lose much color from washing, anyway, as most people seem to notice. I think a rope-dyed pair of ring/ring jeans could probably handle most phosphate-free detergent and come out just fine.

If it's APCs or something cheaper, then perhaps I'd worry more.

[salaami]

kirk's coco castille soap is my new steez. it's cheap, and works great. i just wet the jeans, and rub the bar over the damp denim. then i massage the soap in(fingertips only). after that i give em their fair share of dunks in a bucket, and i change the water until it's pretty clear.

[poly800rock]

I just use some Woolite Dark and call it good. A lot of the decent Japanese brands don't lose much color from washing, anyway, as most people seem to notice. I think a rope-dyed pair of ring/ring jeans could probably handle most phosphate-free detergent and come out just fine.

If it's APCs or something cheaper, then perhaps I'd worry more.

same here, giant thing of woolite dark from costco.

[mothys]

this is what i used... thunder red powder

http://www.j-e-a-n-s.net/items/00046.html

official web site: http://www.thunder-red.jp/index.shtml

it states that powder was made of the natural ingredient

and there is a special smell after every wash

[Turntabloid]

i just bought one bottle of the momotaro detergent from dc4 - just for kicks - wanted to try it anyways.

[501XX4EVER]

same here, giant thing of woolite dark from costco.

 

I just use some Woolite Dark and call it good. A lot of the decent Japanese brands don't lose much color from washing, anyway, as most people seem to notice. I think a rope-dyed pair of ring/ring jeans could probably handle most phosphate-free detergent and come out just fine.

If it's APCs or something cheaper, then perhaps I'd worry more.

 

Just a note to say I'm also a fan of the Woolite Darks & Blacks Gel, as it's now known. It defintely has less/different "ingredients" than regular Woolite and seems to take hardly any of the colour out.