"Cleaning' your denim with an ozone generator

[tecevo]

Like most people on here I avoid washing my denim as much as possible and ain't really too taken by that "Put em in the freezer to get rid of the bacteria" approach that some like but was looking around the other day and came across ozone generators and how they are used to neutralize odor at its root cause and found it very interesting, walk with me:

Take worn but otherwise non soiled jeans
Insert in a box connected to an ozone generator
Allow the reactive o3 to do its thing
??????
Profit

Check:

Basically, ozone removes odor by destroying the molecules, bacteria, and spores that cause unpleasant smells. Ozone (O3) is a highly reactive molecule and is very quick to chemically react with particles that it comes into contact with in the air and on surfaces. The extra oxygen atom in the ozone attaches itself to other molecules, chemically changing their structure to create non-offensive molecules – eliminating the smell


How Ozone Breaks Down Odor

When considering bacteria and spores the same process applies, with ozone attacking the outer shell of the cell causing it to break down. When the outer shell degrades, the cell itself breaks apart and dies.

With this in mind, it makes sense that a situation with stronger odor (and more odor-causing molecules or particles) requires more ozone to remove the smell – there needs to be enough ozone to react with all of the offensive molecules it encounters.

https://www.ozonesolutions.com/journal/2009/how-does-ozone-remove-odor/

Anyone tried this approach before? The science behind it seems to check out and ultimately it will be a heck of a lot better for your clothes. What say?

 

[nicelynice]

Just wash your jeans!!

 

[Snoopy]

The freezer thing is a myth:

https://kdvr.com/2019/03/21/levis-ceo-dont-wash-your-jeans-or-put-them-in-the-freezer/

 

[skriefal]

Like most people on here I avoid washing my denim as much as possible

Careful with those assumptions.

Cleaning your jeans does much more than eliminating odors. I'll echo nicelynice here. Just. Wash. Your. Jeans. Not after every wear of course. But an occasional wash - e.g. after every few weeks or a month of wear - is a good thing.

 

[robroy82]

The reasoning behind the (hype?) of not washing your jeans is for those “sick fades bro”. If you can’t handle the smell, you’re probably not a ranch hand, which means you probably didn’t earn those fades anyways.
Just wash your jeans like any other normal piece of clothing. Not every wear, like for instance a hoodie. I wash it when it’s dingy or stinky.

 

[skriefal]

I was it when it’s dingy or stinky.

Yes. And remember that others will recognize the stink before you do. Possibly long before.

 

[robroy82]

Yes. And remember that others will recognize the stink before you do. Possibly long before.

More to my point

 

[dieworkwear]

I clean my jeans by pressing the fabric up against my mouth and sucking (sometimes blowing) as hard as possible.

 

[robroy82]

I clean my jeans by pressing the fabric up against my mouth and sucking (sometimes blowing) as hard as possible.

Sulfur is used in agriculture as a fungicide.
You could probably use your other end for good results.

 

[Snoopy]

I clean my jeans by pressing the fabric up against my mouth and sucking (sometimes blowing) as hard as possible.

 

[kiya]

I clean my jeans by pressing the fabric up against my mouth and sucking (sometimes blowing) as hard as possible.

This is also what I do, except I rinse my mouth with Listerine right before to achieve ultimate cleaning.

 

[dieworkwear]

If you meet me and notice my lips are blue, you know what happened.

 

[ShoutOutsFoMyBo]

blue lips is the new dope roping

 

[tecevo]

Open mic night on Style Forum, eh? Good job I bought tomatoes!

I said "avoid washing my denim as much as possible" not "I wait until they get up and walk to the washing machine themselves" fool!

 

[Snoopy]

If you a guy that don't wash your jeans and you wear them commando (no underwear underneath) you are one nasty mother*BLEEP!*

All those accumulated farts absorbed by the denim and the stench of sweaty asshole.