Salt stains from walking in the snow

[tokie]

Am I the only person who gets the bottom back of my pants all salty/white from walking in slush? You know, walking in salted snow. It seems like all of my jeans have this happen, but I don't notice it happening to other people.

Do I just walk like a clown or something?

 

[2Xtreme21]

You should see my formerly-brown leather shoes. They're now white. I've given up trying to wash them at this point.

 

[kami333]

It's probably because other people wash their jeans.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

This always happens to me. I am learning to walk using more calf muscles so I am not dragging feet on the road surface.

 

[tokie]

It's probably because other people wash their jeans.

Excluding the salt stain issue, you wash your jeans after every use? You know you aren't supposed to do that...

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Tuck your pant legs into your boots?

 

[kami333]

Excluding the salt stain issue, you wash your jeans after every use? You know you aren't supposed to do that...

Machine wash, no. I wash/rinse my jeans by hand daily when they get salt on them, clothes last a lot longer if you hand wash and hang dry them.

 

[Jumpem]

Excluding the salt stain issue, you wash your jeans after every use? You know you aren't supposed to do that...

You wear dirty stinky jeans around?

 

[Sluggo]

I only buy quality $200 jeans, which don't display the signs of wear and poverty that the dungarees of the downtrodden do.

 

[destrekor]

You wear dirty stinky jeans around?

I refuse to wash jeans after wearing them once. Or even twice. Or even three times.

Do your legs get all sweaty and make your jeans dirty? Undergarments of various styles collect the grime, jeans shouldn't get dirty unless you're a filthy individual.

And it's not good for the denim to wash hundreds of times. They won't hold up for long.

 

[ViviTheMage]

happens all the time ... makes leather look like shit too.

 

[MTDEW]

Pull your pants up so your pant-legs don't drag in the snow. :biggrin:

 

[Fenixgoon]

sure...salt stains....

 

[Jumpem]

I refuse to wash jeans after wearing them once. Or even twice. Or even three times.

Do your legs get all sweaty and make your jeans dirty? Undergarments of various styles collect the grime, jeans shouldn't get dirty unless you're a filthy individual.

And it's not good for the denim to wash hundreds of times. They won't hold up for long.

I always wash my jeans, and all of my clothes, after each use. I've been on the same pair of jeans for at least three years.

 

[CraigRT]

I get those salt stains all the time.
I figure its just part of living in Canada..

 

[DrPizza]

For my own sidewalk, driveway, & stairs, I've switched from salt to coal cinders. It's 100 times easier to clean up when it's tracked into the house, and it doesn't leave stains on clothes like in the OP.

 

[LTC8K6]

Machine wash, no. I wash/rinse my jeans by hand daily when they get salt on them, clothes last a lot longer if you hand wash and hang dry them.

That's what the gentle cycle is for...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Apparently, only InflatableBuddha understands living in cold country. Your pants go inside your boots. You put on your work shoes after you get there. Oy!

 

[RedRooster]

Get some pants that fit you properly, and that won't happen.
Or get your mom to hem them.

 

[Imp]

Get some pants that fit you properly, and that won't happen.
Or get your mom to hem them.

Mom does hem them for me, and it still happens!


I don't like tucking into my boots unless it's winter-spring and there are puddles everywhere. Thanks for reminding me actually, I could use a pair of CSA/steel-toe rain boots.

 

[ISAslot]

wear shorts