IH-634S-RAW - 21/23 ounce raw straight cut

[Giles]

@TinMan:

G,
will hemming the 40.5 pair change the opening of the hem or will it still be 9.5 after when you are done hemming.

Here's the math…...

Knee to hem is about 20"  The taper from knee to cuff is 1/2 inch

Work out how much you are going to chop off (let's call that m)

New opening = 9.5 + (m/20*0.5)

[TinMan]

Shit I have to do math

thanks G

[Blackheart]

Tinman, no agitation, I just soaked them flat in the bathtub. I posted post soak measurements
in the RAW WAR thread, they did shrink but not drastically. 

[Finn666]

well, hello darling… 

for more pics check:
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2214.msg129389#msg129389

[ronaldlsh]

Seriously, I can't get the buttons into the button holes!

[Blackheart]

Go Finn!!!

ronald, try stretching them with needle nose pliers if you have a pair…

[ronaldlsh]

Done! Into the water now!

[zhivago]

Try gloved hands ron

[Giles]

Ron, these should do the trick:

[Blackheart]

[Finn666]

@ronaldlsh:

Seriously, I can't get the buttons into the button holes!

honestly…i never ever ever ever ever in life had so much problems to button up a pair of jeans!
that´s the insane madness right here!

hopefully i can button´em up once they are dry again...ooaaaah feck

[zhivago]

I definitely had a similar experience with my sr's, it didn't last more than a couple days.  I am guessing the same will be true with these. Good luck.

[Guest]

@Finn666:

@ronaldlsh:

Seriously, I can't get the buttons into the button holes!

honestly…i never ever ever ever ever in life had so much problems to button up a pair of jeans!
that´s the insane madness right here!

hopefully i can button´em up once they are dry again…ooaaaah feck

I find that never to be the case. Quite the opposite, actually. Ha.

[ronaldlsh]

I spent 45mins to get all the buttons into the holes. What madness is this. Haha. I had to use a drumstick to pull through the top hole, to allow the top button to get in..

[Seul]

reminiscences about his issues with the buttons on the 25 oz…

[Finn666]

i had problems with all the buttons, but real real real big problems with the 2nd one (from top!)…

how long should i soak them btw.?

30mins should be enough to bed in the contructional stitchings right?

[Guest]

Just a word of caution when using tools to help button for the first time:

I used a screwdriver to help loosen the buttonhole on a pair several months ago, but later found that I had nicked the thread on the buttonhole stitch which eventually began to unravel.  I had to hand-sew a new buttonhole.

Just sayin',  Good luck and Happy wearing to all…

[Giles]

@Finn666:

how long should i soak them btw.?

30mins should be enough to bed in the contructional stitchings right?

Yes, and just remember, it is the drying process that does as much shrinking as the soaking.  So if you want to retard shrinkage, dry them slowly, if you want mega shrinkage, put the on the hottest radiator you can find…...

[Finn666]

so hot water + hottest radiator = max.shrinkage ?

if i`d coldsoak´em but then using the hottest radiator for drying, would i get the same results or is the combination above better for max shrinkage…?

[ronaldlsh]

Damn, no such thing as a radiator here.