How about vacuum cleaning your jeans, denim jacket, and the lining of your leather jackets

[navetsea]

Today I planned to wash my jeans, but I see a lot of surface dust trapped around the seams and creases and belt loop since I been wearing them for morning walk lately, then I thought straight up dumping them into water won't be smart since it will only get the dust mix deeper into the fabrics, so I vacuum clean them both outside and inside and also their pocket bags while lightly brushing to help releasing the dust, after I'm done, I look at the pants, smell them, and decide they don't need washing, I try it and feels light and clean, so I go on with vacuum cleaning all my denim jackets and the lining of my leather jackets, is this something you guys do... or did I do something next level
it should be the first thing mentioned in raw denim care in all those blogs and you tube videos, right?!?!? ... a lot more logical than putting them into a freezer for example, yet somehow nobody ever mention it...

 

[Dav]

I occasionally vacuum my sheepskin collars if I feel I haven’t worn it recently, ie summer, but as for jeans, well I own two large slobbery dogs and I can say for a fact a vacuum ain't touching that stuff.

 

[casechopper]

For dust vacuuming or brushing can help a lot. For sweat, stink and stuck in gunk washing is best. Denim is generally going to have more sweat than dust so washing will usually be the best option.

 

[GHT]

Denim is a sturdy, cotton warp-faced textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. The most common denim is indigo denim, in which the warp thread is dyed, while the weft thread is left white. As a result of the warp-faced twill weaving, one side of the textile is dominated by the blue warp threads and the other side is dominated by the white weft threads. This causes blue jeans to be white on the inside. The indigo dyeing process, in which the core of the warp threads remains white, creates denim's signature fading characteristics.

Whenever jeans go through the washing machine or dryer, they are necessarily exposed to agitation and temperatures that can alter their colour and degrade the denim fabric. While there are times your jeans will need a complete and thorough cleansing, at other times it may be enough simply to freshen their scent so they feel clean to wear. Vacuuming is a good idea, I do it at festivals where the pathways get very dusty, a small hand-hold vacuum, plugged into the car soon cleans dusty clothing, even shoes.

Washing jeans in a hot laundry machine is an effective way to kill bacteria associated with dirt. However, hot water can also cause denim fabric to expand and contract, which makes denim shrinking a real concern. Many times your jeans aren't actually dirty -- they're just in need of some perking up. So when your jeans need refreshing, try giving them a steam treatment using your shower. This is a great solution when your so-called dirty jeans don't have any visible stains and you're just looking to refresh their look and feel.

Simply hang jeans from a pants hanger and let them absorb some steam, while you enjoy a long, hot shower. The small amount of water vapour won't be enough to stretch out the jeans fabric and they should dry with a fresher smell. You don't have to get too fussy about how you hang your jeans, when using this method. You can either hang them by the waistband, or dry them upside-down by hanging them from the hems using a hanger with clips designed for hanging up skirts — it's your choice.

Once the jeans have dried out, a quick squirt of fabric deodoriser and they will be almost as clean as a machine wash. Remember, denim is made from cotton, a naturally grown plant, it's fibres are strong and tough, but also absorbant, so don't worry when you finally just have to put them in the washing machine.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

I put my hats in the freezer and i vacuum them so there’s that.
I’ll save my jeans for the washer thank you,

 

[belfastboy]

Interesting side note; I just retired from a career in industrial health which involved me conducting many many air tests. One thing we tested for was fine respirable particulate matter in the air. Most office buildings averaged to a level of 11 parts per billions in a complicated formula. When people expressed a concern or were interested I would show them my 'cheap' parlour trick. I would show them the metre reading of 11-15 ppb and then I would flick my cotton work shirt. You could not see the debris that arose from my shirt BUT the reading would skyrocket into the low 100's. We swim in an ocean of fine debris invisible to the naked eye but left to accumulate becomes the dust we see collected on our furniture or any horizontal surface. We humans walk around like the Charlie Brown character with the perpetual dust cloud hovering above.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Fascinating and gross at the same time!

 

[navetsea]

I put my hats in the freezer and i vacuum them so there’s that.
I’ll save my jeans for the washer thank you,

Wearing hat fresh from the freezer must feel great on hot days... i m refrigerating my cap now.

 

[navetsea]

Agree when jeans,or any pants or clothes for that matter is soiled by wet stuff from sweat, dirty road water, food, pets/baby drool, etc. Then it needs washing

But most time it is only dusty especially fabrics with "interesting texture and character" as often selling point of raws trap and collect dust like no other , and it makes it feel dirty to touch and if this dust later combined with moisture then the pants is too late for vacuum cleaning and need proper washing, but when it still only dusty vacuuming helps alot, at least in my case since i dont really do outdoor activity in them other than just road dust from morning walk, really feel the difference after vacuuming, even visible the brown cast over the blue is gone it looks even cleaner than hand washing or soaking in cold water i did earlier.

 

[nick123]

Haven't ever vacuumed a jacket lining, but I suppose it could help if there's any pet hair in there or whatnot. Tape or a lint-brush would probably work better. To be honest I think the interior of my car needs vacuuming first.

I have been around carpentry machinery with sawdust that seemed to end up in a jacket's seams. One would need a fine brush to get that out if at all necessary.

 

[Monitor]

Sounds like a good idea to me, actually! Will definitely try. I bike 20 something miles every day on top of the levee that's basically sand so all of my clothes is near white by the end of the week. The idea of vacuuming any of it never occurred to me for some reason as I usually use brush to dust it off... Now I feel pretty stupid for not thinking of it, actually.

 

[Benny Holiday]

Here in Australia we get these massive huntsman spiders coming into the house, usually when it's about to rain. (They're nicknamed the bushman's friend for that reason).

They look fearsome and their legs can span 10 inches or more across, but by and large they're pretty harmless. The easiest way to get 'em out of your house? Empty out the vacuum cleaner bag and then suck 'em up in the tube. Take the vacuum cleaner outside to the nearest tree, open up the bag and let the spider back out to climb up the tree where it belongs.

Of course if they freak you out and you inadvertently drop a bundle in your jeans, well, vacuuming said garment won't help you then. It'll be a good long soak and wash after that!

 

[navetsea]

Iiiiii will use this instead

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

Some things are best left un-thought about. Like.....oh nvm...that’s how Howard Hughes started!
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[JMax]

Here in Australia we get these massive huntsman spiders coming into the house, usually when it's about to rain. (They're nicknamed the bushman's friend for that reason).
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They look fearsome and their legs can span 10 inches or more across, but by and large they're pretty harmless. The easiest way to get 'em out of your house? Empty out the vacuum cleaner bag and then suck 'em up in the tube. Take the vacuum cleaner outside to the nearest tree, open up the bag and let the spider back out to climb up the tree where it belongs.

Of course if they freak you out and you inadvertently drop a bundle in your jeans, well, vacuuming said garment won't help you then. It'll be a good long soak and wash after that!

Heck...no. I’ve had plenty of fun-filled encounters with 8” camel spiders (actually more of a scorpion) but the thought of that thing watching me sleep in my bed is too much. I’d lay enough C4 or dynamite to destroy my entire block, just to be sure.

 

[Benny Holiday]

It's worse if they get inside your car, they can lay really flat and fit into almost any space, and they run across the INSIDE of the windscreen or the dashboard while you're driving. That stuff causes accidents!

 

[JMax]

It's worse if they get inside your car, they can lay really flat and fit into almost any space, and they run across the INSIDE of the windscreen or the dashboard while you're driving. That stuff causes accidents!

And heart attacks.

 

[navetsea]

it waits you sleep and lay eggs inside of you

 

[JMax]

I’ve read about spiders and other insects laying eggs in ear canals or just under the skin. Truth be told, normal spiders do not bother me. But the south Florida flying cockroaches make me cringe. Nasty, disgusting and when I see one I hammer it into oblivion with a magazine. My wife thinks I am crazy when I go all Michael Meyers. I hammer it until it becomes a fine mist and some little cockroach legs lol.

 

[navetsea]

I luckily don't have phobia about roaches although I hate to share living space with them and always have bug spray ready in every room, but slimy thing like snail or slug send shiver down my spine, thank god they are slow