Ultra Heavy Raw (UHR), AKA 21/23oz Denim

[louisbosco]

@Oaktavia

I machine wash every time but I just do the jeans by themselves on a quick 30min cycle. Also, I’m a lazy fucker nowadays and even for initial soaks, I chuck them on a quick wash cycle without soap. I haven’t done a bathtub soak since 2013

That said, I’m just making assumptions that your washing machine allows for temperature selection. Mine could and that’s what I did

[Matt]

This is what I usually do. For black denim I’ll pre soak just to prevent marbling but UHR fading definitely benefits from washing.

[Oaktavia]

@louisbosco cool and yep, my washer has temp selection. That's what I usually do too. Thanks for the info.

[Oaktavia]

@Matt said in Ultra Heavy Raw (UHR), AKA 21/23oz Denim:

This is what I usually do. For black denim I’ll pre soak just to prevent marbling but UHR fading definitely benefits from washing.

Cool, I am happy to hear that. I wonder if XHS is this way because with my latest pair, I have only washed twice with nearly 250 wears and the contrast, while nice with the whiskers and thighs, isn't as contrasty as my XHSbb in the honeycomb area, which has been worn about 100 times less but washed 9 times with much more contrast on the honeycombs. Hmm.. IS this the way?

[Matt]

Now that I’m back to a tropical climate I’ll be washing much more frequent than I did in the high desert. When they feel/smell gross, I wash. IMO fades look better when they are the journey, not the destination.

[Tago Mago]

@Matt said in Ultra Heavy Raw (UHR), AKA 21/23oz Denim:

IMO fades look better when they are the journey, not the destination.

Amen to that

[Oaktavia]

@Matt today feels especially tropical out there

[Matt]

Agreed. Like menacingly humid for fall. Downvote.

[louisbosco]

@Oaktavia different types of denim are going to fade differently, something that you’ve experience washing or soak, with 1 denim, will come out differently on another. Just wear and wash when you feel like it.

Or even, stick to what you’ve been doing. Who knows, your outcome might be different to another in the same type of denim