Getting ready to head out on the range? But your new blue jeans are a might stiff and rough? Today you will learn how to soften new jeans. Here's how to make jeans soft while they clean. Take them down to the old watering hole, fill your wash tub with water and 1/2-cup of salt, and wash just like you usually would. Then hang the jeans out to dry and they will be soft as a baby's behind. And that's the On The House tip for today.