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by nit2winit on October 12th, 2004

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How do I remove the sour smell from blue jeans?

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  • by MyKinKStar on April 24th, 2006

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    If you're talking about brand new dark blue jeans, the smell is from the dye. Wash them alone in plenty of hot sudsy water (warm is okay if you don't wanna change their size!) using detergent, and some borax added (using whatever the box recommends).

    In addition, add a double dose of fabric softner to the rinse cycle. If you have one of those center pieces for the softner, fill it but also add more when the machine gets to the rinse cycle. Be careful not to spill any on the jeans, or it will leave a mark and you'll have to wash 'em all over again. This procedure should eliminate the dye smell.

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    • Thank you so so much for this. Because recently I had just bought a very nice and expensive pair of jeans at American Eagle. And when I got home that same day of buying the jeans, I tried them on and noticed a very rancid smell. So I was curious about it and it made me angry so I took your advice and I just got done washing my jeans and it worked! Thank you soo much! Now I can wear them with out feeling smelly! haha! Thanks!! :)

      Brandi_D

      by Brandi_D on January 14th, 2011

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