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I really like your post Doug.
My thoughts are that denim should reflect you lifestyle and movement and end up telling a story of sorts. Too frequent a washing regime and you effectively diminish the ability of the fabric to speak for itself.
On the other hand, I certainly don't subscribe to the idea of only washing your denim every 9 months and trying as hard as possible to wreck the jeans in the shortest time period possible before moving on to a new pair. That to me smacks of an instant gratification culture that this type of clothing is/should be the antithesis of. A little care goes a long way - consider it an investment in terms of ensuring that your clothing lasts and lasts. There's no way people should be seeing crotch blow-outs on 6 month old jeans (particularly IH) and simple things like soaking them every other month can reduce the chances of that happening. This is beautifully crafted clothing built to withstand the rigours of life and it can do so if you give a little back in the way of maintenance.
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shasavan7 hope your not too embarrassed by me posting your very good question. i thought it was great & deserved to be answered by folks that live & breath all this stuff, better late than never i always say
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oh & clop those jeans are groovy
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Well, ok
I'll admit that paint/bleach/baby eruptions are things you'd want to keep away from your jeans
Then again, those are things I try to keep away from any of my clothes, not just my jeans (back to the $30 Dockers analogy). When I work with paint or bleach (paint for walls, bleach for killing black mold that seems to be everywhere in Maryland), I have a pair of beater jeans that I bought on the cheap because they were hemmed too short. My son is 17 and he hasn't pooped on me in recent memory
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shasavan7 hope your not too embarrassed by me posting your very good question. i thought it was great & deserved to be answered by folks that live & breath all this stuff, better late than never i always say
I, for one, and glad you posted this. I knew there was SOMEONE out there that was collecting denim and stashing it in a closet
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My son is 17 and he hasn't pooped on me in recent memory.
Yeah, I suppose the older they get, the more the pooping on you becomes figurative, rather than literal.:)
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Lucifer - I mean, I would definitely not do it on anything you care about. Could be fun to experiment with free, cheap, or old items. Listen to h if you were thinking about anything but.
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think Beats did some self OD experimental stuff, to lazy to search for this now, but sure you can find it somewhere here around. And as the guys says, wouldn't do that with a quality piece, but with 2nd hand item, or a cheap old Levi's or whatever why not, worth a try, just don't expect perfection…
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These are the three threads I found in a quick search that have to do with Overdying and Overdying Projects. I also dyed a pair of vans somewhere on here. Hope it helps.
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1226.0
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These are the three threads I found in a quick search that have to do with Overdying and Overdying Projects. I also dyed a pair of vans somewhere on here. Hope it helps.
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1226.0
Thanks!
Thinking about getting a cheap shirt ( http://www.sullivanuniforms.com/uniforms/SD78DN/denim-shirts/Red+Kap+Denim+LONG+SLEEVE+Western+Work+Shirts.html or something) and try to get my hands on some indigo dye.
Edit, found this: http://www.paradisefibers.net/Instant-Indigo-p/2391.htm
I'm not to electronically gifted 
thanks in advance
Just getting desperate, went trough all the "denim"-stores in Oslo today, noone had a decent denim shirt with dark threads, dark buttons and decent weight denim. Seriously crappy stuff. I wish I never saw that RT overdyed workshirt 
