# A dark blue funk--smelly jeans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-blue-funk-smelly-jeans/466260>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 3, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-blue-funk-smelly-jeans/466260 "2008-10-03T01:19:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-blue-funk-smelly-jeans/466260/21 "2008-10-04T23:52:30Z")

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So far so good on the vinegar. The smell is much fainter when you hold the jeans up to your nose and sniff and I have hardly smelled it at all while wearing them. My husband said he could not detect any odor at all–however, he does have a cold.

I think when I wash these, I will wash them with vinegar again to see if even more of the smell goes away.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dark-blue-funk-smelly-jeans/466260/22 "2008-10-05T06:29:20Z")

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If all else fails, line dry them in sunlight. Sometimes odors will fade quite a bit in sunlight…the problem is, colors might also fade.

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