How to Wash Jeans the Right Way?
如何正確清洗你的牛仔褲？
Some people swear you should only hand wash your favorite pair of jeans. Others say you shouldn't wash them at all. But most of us just toss this wardrobe staple in the washing machine along with the rest of our laundry without thinking twice.
有些人發誓說你應該只手洗你最喜歡的牛仔褲。其他人說你根本不應該洗它們。但我們大多數人都不假思索地把這衣櫃里的主要衣物和其他衣物一起扔進了洗衣機。
So what's the best thing to do? We've tested all kinds of denim fabrics and detergents in our Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning and Textiles Labs, and we recommend you wash denim after every three to four wears or so to keep your basic dark blue and black jeans clean, fitting well, and looking new for as long as possible.
那麼最好的辦法是什麼？我們已經在Good Housekeeping學院中的清潔和紡織品實驗室中測試了各種牛仔布面料和洗滌劑。我們建議您每三到四次穿著後清洗一次牛仔布，以保持牛仔褲基本的深藍色和黑色，合身，以及儘可能長地光亮如新。
The Best Way to Wash Jeans
清洗牛仔的最好方法
New or old, you should always turn jeans inside out before placing them in the washing machine. This helps minimize the abrasion that causes fading as well as the wear that can happen along the hems, pockets, and fly and waistband edges. It's also important to zip zippers and fasten buttons and snaps — this helps keep the jeans in shape and prevents snagging other items in the load.
無論你是新牛仔褲還是舊牛仔褲，在放入洗衣機之前，你都應該把它們翻過來。這有助於最大程度地減少導致褪色的磨損，以及下擺，口袋，和腰帶邊緣可能發生的磨損。拉上拉鏈、系好扣子和搭扣也很重要——這有助於保持牛仔褲的形狀，並防止卡住其他衣物。
For ripped jeans with frayed hems or holes, clip the openings or edges together with a clip like Sock Cops. Designed to keeps socks paired up in the wash, these clever clips can also help keep denim from fraying more than you want it to. (If your jeans are really ripped, they will fare better with hand washing.)
對於下擺或有破洞磨損的破爛牛仔褲，請用襪子夾將開口或邊緣夾在一起。這些巧妙的夾子專為使襪子在洗滌時保持配對而設計，還可以防止牛仔褲過度磨損。（如果您的牛仔褲破洞很多，那麼建議手洗會更好。）
Use a detergent designed to preserve colors like Woolite Darks Liquid Laundry Detergent or Tide Studio Darks and Colors. They contain ingredients to help fabrics hold onto dyes and to deactivate the chlorine in the water that can fade colors. Finally, it's best to wash jeans in cold water on a short, delicate cycle.
使用專為保色而設計的洗衣粉，如Woolite Darks液體洗衣粉或汰漬工作室的Darks and Colors。它們所含的成分可幫助織物維持那些會褪色的染料並使水中的氯失活，因為氯會使顏色褪色。最後，最好是在冷水中進行短而精細的洗滌。
The Best Way to Dry Jeans
弄乾牛仔的最好方法
When it comes to drying jeans, be sure to turn your pair inside out and tumble dry them on a delicate cycle and low heat setting, unless the care label directs otherwise. Toss in a few dryer balls to help keep them tumbling so they』ll dry more evenly.
曬牛仔褲的時候，一定要把褲子翻過來，用小火慢速烘乾，除非護理標籤另有指示。扔進幾個乾衣球來幫助它們保持滾動，這樣它們就會幹得更均勻。
Plus, jeans will actually last longer and stay in shape better if you take them out of the dryer when they're slightly damp. Simply tug them into shape, smooth out the wrinkles, hang your jeans and let them air dry. Over-drying them in the machine can cause jeans to shrink and too high a temperature can dry out and damage any spandex or elastane (Lycra) in the fabric that gives it stretch. If your jeans have more than 3% spandex in the fabric blend, you may want to line dry them instead.
另外，如果你在牛仔褲稍微潮濕的時候把它們從烘乾機里拿出來，那它們會穿得更久，能更好的保持版型。即簡單地把牛仔拉成形，撫平褶皺，然後把牛仔褲掛起來，讓它們自然晾乾。在洗衣機里過度乾燥會導致牛仔褲縮水，而過高的溫度會使牛仔褲變干，並損壞織物上的彈性纖維或萊卡彈性纖維(Lycra)。如果你的牛仔褲含有超過3%的氨綸纖維，那最好還是把它們自然晾乾。
More Tips for Washing Denim Fabrics
更多洗滌牛仔布的小貼士
Avoid cramming the washer and dryer full. The more garments you stuff into a load, the faster you'll get laundry done, but the more wear and tear your fabrics will endure. Without room to move, zippers and rivets can snag, and stitching can break. Your clothes should circulate or tumble freely, so they are thoroughly cleaned and dried and don't emerge from the machines in a tangled knot.
避免把洗衣機和烘乾機塞得滿滿的。衣服塞得越多，洗衣服的速度就越快，但你的衣服就會磨損得越厲害。如果洗衣機里沒有更多的空間，拉鏈和鉚釘可能就會卡住，縫線可能就會斷裂。衣服應該在洗衣機中自由流通或翻滾，這樣它們就會徹底清潔和乾燥，並避免打結在一起。
Remove stains promptly. Spot clean stains so that you'll get more wears between launderings and your jeans will spend less time in the washer and dryer.
及時清除污漬，你就可以多穿幾次，牛仔褲就不用花那麼多時間在洗衣機和烘乾機里了。
Separate light and dark jeans. You may think that it's safe to wash all your jeans together in one load but do so and the extra dye often put on dark denim to make it look dark can transfer to light-colored fabrics. It’s best to wash and dry them in separate loads. And be cautious when carrying light colored purses or sitting on light upholstery while wearing new dark jeans. The color that rubs off may be impossible to remove from these other items. Test by rubbing a white cloth on new super dark or black jeans to see if any color comes off (this is called crocking). If it does, consider washing them once or twice before wearing.
將淺色和深色牛仔褲分開清洗。你可能認為一次洗完所有的牛仔褲是省力的，但如果你這麼做了，深色牛仔布上多餘的染料使它會看起來很暗，而且額外的染料會轉移到淺色面料上。所以還是最好分開洗和晾乾。另外，當你穿著新的深色牛仔褲，提著淺色錢包或穿深色牛仔褲坐在淺色內飾上時一定要小心，沾染的顏色可能很難被清除。我們可以提前用一塊白布在新的超黑或黑色牛仔褲上摩擦，看看是否有顏色脫落。如果有，考慮在穿之前洗一兩次。
同時歡迎你來分享如何保養以及清理你的牛仔褲！
BY CAROLYN FORTE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING INSTITUTE
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