Staying Salt

You just bought some new jeans/towels/curtains (insert item of choice) They are the perfect color, but you don't want the color to fade when you wash it. You can help prevent this in the first couple of washings.

Grab your salt and add 1 cup to the water the first few times that you wash them. The saline of the salt will help set the color in the fabric. It will also help to make sure that the color does not bleed onto other fabrics that might be washed together.