Blue Jeans Bleeding Indigo Dye | Ryan Olsen

I bought the perfect jeans. They were so great that I bought four pairs. It is always hard for me to buy jeans, because it isn't easy finding ones that fit me right; but these fit great and looked great. I washed them before wearing them (always do), and wore them for the first time on Monday. I wore a second pair on Tuesday, and noticed that the top of my pants and shoe strings were blue. That is not good.
I told my wife, and she told me that color of dark jeans can rub off onto light colored things; even my car seat! That got me to Googling for an answer for how to remove excess dye from blue jeans. I read mixed suggestions, and decided to go with what a woman said to do on a website. I said I would link to the article, but changed my mind when I found out it is worthless.
I worked WAY too hard to try to get the excess dye out, and it was a mix of various failures. I decided to use the bathtub so I could do all four pairs at once. Things seemed OK at first, because dye was coming out easily; but then I kept this up, changing the water over, and over, and over, and over. I lost count at the number of times I drained and filled, but I would say it was easily twenty; and the water was still really blue. At the end I just stopped, because it was getting late and it seemed like I could do this forever with the same results.
I followed online suggestions of letting the jeans soak in water with salt and vinegar overnight. I filled the washer and loaded it up with all of the stuff. I came back a little bit later to find all of the water had drained from the washer (I found out that is a feature of high efficiency washers). So I tried again, but this time put everything in the kitchen sink. Prior to this I had to scrub all of the blue from the tub, and it took a lot of elbow grease.
The end result...a complete waste of time. Don't try this at home, seriously; it does not work. I think I could rinse them a hundred more times and come out with the same results. Some sources said that dye could keep coming out for two years. I am not carrying a towel around with me everywhere I go, just in case I need to sit on lightly colored fabrics. I want pants that I can just wear and forget about. I am going to ask for a full refund. It is frustrating knowing I will have to shop around some more, but that will be time well spent compared to ruining stuff all around my house and other places.
In case you are curious, the jeans are Field And Stream Dark Wash Jeans. From what I read, it can happen with any darkly dyed indigo colored garment. One site said to store indigo dyed clothing separately from other garments (like in a pillow case) and to avoid light colored things of all kinds while wearing indigo dyed items. NO THANKS!
Just read this, and I think it fits my experience, and probably yours if you dare to buy dark indigo clothing: forum.purseblo...
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[@lisasumner9408]

I soaked mine in a cold salt bath. I used 3 cups of salt in cold water and soaked them for 2 days. It worked well :)

[@RyanOlsen]

I think I could have soaked these for 2 weeks with no change. I read that indigo dye never really stops bleeding. I'm glad that worked for you though 🙂

[@JnTmarie]

I was hoping This would work. I just bought a few pairs of jeans on sale that are made well and fit perfectly. I found that killer warning so I tested the fabric. Sure enough blue, black and red dyes all came off! So THAT’s why they’re on sale. I was hoping the method worked. A detergent for dark colors, white vinegar and salt to set after that. I m going to ask a cleaners if they have any suggestions maybe even fix it for me Of course this purchase was final sale only. They knew what they were doing lol. You had me thinking you were naked in the first part bathing with your jeans. It kept my interest lol.

[@RyanOlsen]

Haha 😂 You're cracking me up! Naked in a KZbin video 🤣 Well, whatever keeps them coming back...😏 I hope you have success with your jeans, but I kind of doubt it. When I was researching this stuff I found people talking about hanging things with like colors or even in plastic bags so the color would not transfer, and other things like that. People would avoid sitting on light color fabric couches and whatnot. What's the point of clothes that you can't even wear without being paranoid?! What happens if you get caught in a rain storm? Thanks for watching.

[@jamieguilmette9997]

I got my son a pair of dark blue jeans and I have washed them 10 maybe 11 times. There is no change in the water color. Its still as blue as can be. It’s never going to stop….I feel defeated 😅

[@RyanOlsen]

Yeah, at this point I think you will just have to accept defeat. This wacky idea just came to mind, that would probably be the only true successful cure for this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2mweZh9n6elpZo Your son would be a true trend setter 😄

[@rythania7686]

Same

[@harvdiamondintherough]

I was wondering why my legs where blue. My jeans still make my legs blue every time I wear them. I’m gonna try washing my jeans in hot water to stop my jeans from bleeding blue hope it works.

[@RyanOlsen]

Haha. Yeah, they just shouldn't use that type of dye. Looks great, but so impractical.

[@johnaustin6067]

I tried it and it did not work at all

[@RyanOlsen]

Exactly. Nothing works. Not sure if you made it to the end, but that was the conclusion.

[@KaiZeMoRu]

Have u found any solution ? I got the same thing happened. I did as what u did last time, washing my jeans using bath tub to safe money 😂. Is it true using vinegar and salt can stop the bleeding?

[@RyanOlsen]

It's been a long time since I made the video, so I can't remember if I mentioned this, but I did try soaking them in salt and vinegar (it did not work at all). Here is a link to my video about the jeans I finally bought that do not bleed color. They are great, and definitely worth a try (especially ones that aren't as dark blue): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWGrZ3eqqZxnfNE In the future, bring a piece of white paper with you to the store and rub the jeans on them. If they leave a lot of color on the paper, don't buy them.

[@KaiZeMoRu]

@@RyanOlsen thank you for the tip 👍

[@RyanOlsen]

You're welcome.