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

[davito]

If anybody of my denim friends visits Zurich in the near future: VMC has also some pairs of these guys in the shelf (do not know quantity and also not knowing available sizes)

[crankyfart]

@davito:

If anybody of my denim friends visits Zurich in the near future: VMC has also some pairs of these guys in the shelf (do not know quantity and also not knowing available sizes)

OMG! thats so tempting!

[bagley920]

Anyone got any experience with not soaking these? Or doing only a cold soak?

[Finn666]

what you want to know matey?

[Giles]

It's completely up to you what you do with them, but if you don't soak them you will reduce their lifespan

[bagley920]

Not sure I want to shrink them in the waist just yet. Was more curious what kind of shrinkage I could expect with a cold soak as opposed to a hot soak. Don't really want to leave them raw

[Finn666]

best thing you could do is to leave them on while giving them a soak and wear´em till they´re dry. you won´t have problems buttoning them up afterwards and you also won´t let them shrink as much as they would if you wouldn´t wear them…just my 2cents though!

[MastersOfDeath]

Not recommended:
"Raw DenimAlways soak before wearing, not only does this shrink the raw denim to tag size, it also beds in the constructional stitching, lessening the possibility of a stitching problem (e.g. crotch blowout).  Ideally soak for an hour or so in a bathtub or large sink of hot water and drip dry.  If you cannot drip dry, soak up the excess water with an old towel and lie flat on a clothes rack to dry."

edit: got sidetracked in between reading original question and subsequent replies and me copying and pasting

[Seul]

Not his question…

[bagley920]

To be more direct…

A hot/warm soak will give the 1 inch shrinkage in the waist as described on the purchase page

I was curious if someone had just done a cold soak and if so can I expect the same 1 inch or less shrinkage, or any at all

[Seul]

It will shrink. Probably not as much as a hot soak, though.

You could cold soak and stretch the waist manually whilst it's drying, or put it on while it's damp to stretch it quicker…

[Finn666]

the fit was actually perfect pre-soak, so here´s what i did back then (coldsoak btw.):

@Finn666:

thanks mate and thanks BH 

oh and btw. since i didn´t want to shrink the waist during the soak, i had to be a bit innovative

measured to my waistsize…

@Finn666:

Here are my measurements…

The presoak ones are almost the same as the sizingchart on the webpage is saying and are more accurate as the postsoak ones since I had to wear'em after the soak to stretch these out and since 23oz isn't nice to fuck with

I'd guess you can take about 3cm from the waist-, 0.5cm from the thigh- and 0.1cm from the kneemeasurements (postsoak!) to know how these cane out of the tub, unworn!
And add 1-2 or a bit more centimeter to the inseam length (cuz of the combs and all that!)…

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[bagley920]

Thanks Rafa

[bagley920]

Cold soaked for an hour and a half, hung dried, still slightly damn, can't button the top button but still wearing them today

Bulging out a little at the knees but I'm sure that will go away as they settle

[Finn666]

congrats buddy!…

[bagley920]

What say you?

[Jestre]

I'd give them a good hot soak or wash to shrink them up a little more.  They look good but I feel like the fit could tighten up a bit.

[MastersOfDeath]

I'd have to agree with the J-man. They look great, and the whole outfit is very smart (are those your new Buzz boots?), but a smidge tighter would be perfect.

[mankarat]

Give them some time to settle.. It will mould to your body with given time.

[bagley920]

I've hot soaked them twice, as hot as the bathtub will go, guess I could try again

They look good from the side but from the front they look big on me. They are still settling which is why I think they are bunching around the knees

Gonna give them another soak and see what happens

Yes, new Buzz boots, little large though I got 9.5UK and I'm a 10.5US. Might pop them up for sale if they don't feel right