Soaking and Stretching Denim

[Giles]

@Takeshi:

just wondered if the salt , and sand gave any good whiskering to the denim .. cheers ..

What gives good whiskering is abrasion at the high points, that is the indigo being abraded off the surface of the rope dyed warp.  This occurs with wear, imo sitting around in an ocean does little if nothing to help….

[Sugar Mountain]

APC has a lot to answer for…

I figure the abrasion happens when people rub sand over their jeans after taking a dip in the ocean and the salt water wash seems to leach indigo leaving to an overall loss of colour. But as pointed out above, your jeans are going to stink of the sea unless you're close to beautiful, clean waters.

[DougNg]

Personally, I prefer to jump into the ocean butt nekkid

[Dirty Denim]

maybe a silly question but after i soak a pair of jeans do i try to get out excess water in any way or should i just lay em soaking wet?

[Finn666]

@Dirty:

maybe a silly question but after i soak a pair of jeans do i try to get out excess water in any way or should i just lay em soaking wet?

i always roll´em up in one or two towels to get out as much water as i can, then i´ll let them drip dry…

lay towel on floor, jeans on top of towel, 2nd towel on top of jeans, start rolling and pressing, unroll, hang dry, wear!...

[Dirty Denim]

wow thats brilliant TY TY

[LandoCal126 0]

@Dirty:

maybe a silly question but after i soak a pair of jeans do i try to get out excess water in any way or should i just lay em soaking wet?

I just hang mine right out of the water.

[DougNg]

I do the same as Lando

Whatever you do, don't try to twist and wring out the denim like a towel. It'll put weird creases and stretching into the jeans

[Dirty Denim]

I did the towel trick which i did gently…it did the job...now i wait for the heat to arrive

[nikokosim]

hey, so i just bought my first pair of beatle buster back in 1st of August. the sales person advised to soak them before wearing, but he also mentioned that my pair was raw sanforized. so is there any need to do a first soak?
wore them for 2 weeks everyday, and it was AWESOME

[Seul]

No need for a soak mate (assuming they're the standard Beatles, not the raw model). Wear and enjoy.

[Jordan23]

Do you know the exact model?

If it is sanforized no need for soaking them!…but it seems someones answers were faster!;)

[Giles]

Yes, depends if they are IHXB01 or IHXB01raw…..

[nikokosim]

it just says IHXBO1 on the leather patch. I assume it's sanforized. thanks for the input guys! appreciate it

[Giles]

Yes, sanforised and one-washed.  No soak or wash needed….Just wear the shit out of them....

[nikokosim]

funny thing, when i first bought them, i immediately change and wore them (yeah i was that excited). I happen to own a pair of hairy legs….. and the denim was so tough, that it twirls every hair on my leg with every steps or move that i made. it hurts like hell, and i had tiny red spots all over my leg... just to show how sick is Ironheart's heavyweight denim

[bagley920]

I've had the back of my legs shaved several times if you get too hot in them. No pain no gain

[Giles]

@Sugar:

So, is it recommended to size down in the 634S and allow for waist stretch?

My BB (21oz) are tagged 32, a true 31 waist, and have been quite roomy in the waist from the start. If I were to buy a pair of 634S in 30 and allow for stretch to my true size (prob around 30.5), the other dimensions would be pretty similar to the BB and not the straight fit intended. Better to just wear a belt, right?

You will get 1-2 inches of stretch out of the 634S.

If I go TTS and add no pressure I get an inch of stretch.  I have gone two sizes down and got 2 inches (they were a returned pair of jeans that I could not sell, so I thought I'd experiment)

[Sugar Mountain]

Thanks Giles. I suspect I may have sized-up in the BB, but I love the fit. Would feel like a leap of faith to take a 30w in the 634S though, haha.