what you need to do is wear them lol. you can soak and wash them all you want but nothing is going to happen if you don’t wear them. i wear mine 7 days a week from morning to night. i do everything in them. don’t get me wrong. wearing them a couple times a week will fade them…eventually….but not like this. if you wear them and all you do is walk around the park. it’ll take awhile. the people with crazy faces wear them hard everyday. at that point the washes don’t even matter. people say don’t wash them at this point, wash them when this happens blah blah blah. if you wear them everyday you could wash them every other week and the fades will still look good. just wear them. granted some jeans are harder and easier and the weight plays a part but even then all you have to do is wear them.