IH-555-02 - 18oz Selvedge Denim Slim Jeans - Indigo
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Just finished soaking my sz 32 and really shocked / disappointed by the shrinkage in the leg opening.. 7.3 after hot soak, about no shrinkage. Everywhere else has shrunken properly though, really strange. Don't really know what to do at this point maybe put them on the market and try for another pair and request they pick out one with a smaller leg opening? Saved up for a while for these and am really let down right now..
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Deep breaths, man…
7.3 is TINY!, whatever you may be thinking about this situation, you will be fine. It's not like a 7.3" opening will hang over your shoes ;D. Seriously!
Boil water (or hot tap water) and pour it into a bucket. Dip the hems in the water and soak 10, 15, 20 minutes whatever you like. Then dry them quickly (in the sun or in the dryer, i recommend in the sun). Theoretically you should have some shrinkage left in the 18oz. raw denim. Hot water, fast drying should get the rest out for you.
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Yeah I'll definitely give them another soak. I'm wearing a sz 30 in 301s right now and wanted more room in the top block while keeping a similar fit in the leg, and ideal leg opening would be ~7 in for me which I know won't happen but I'm worried because I saw virtually no change in the original measurement. Even my 301s shrunk about the same amount as this pair except with this one, it didn't shrink at the hem
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No luck with another soak on these, leg opening is 7.25 now and after checking the other measurements these things really didn't shrink at all anywhere else.. real shame and so much for sanforized. They're up in the marketplace if anyones interseted
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I have deleted a lot of posts. Nothing was being gained from the discussion.
I am going to try and invent an anti-shrinking machine. That way I can shrink every pair of jeans, publish the results and then de-shrink them. That should fix quality control.
So are you going to keep deleting my posts to polish this thread for your business? Seems you have a hard time accepting a problem here, Giles. Anyway I'll be soaking my pair again tomorrow a little longer than before with some agitation
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"accepting a problem"…what problem mate?
Giles said you can expect 3% shrinkage MAX which is 0.2" in the hem, so if you ain't getting those in the hem, let's say you're getting the hem to shrink to 7.2" that still sounds about right…so I really don't see a "problem" here mate. all is good, you might just try to wash them one more time at let's say 40-60C and if you ain't getting what you were looking for, you just have to live with it or sell'em...you really can't do more about it!
If the waist shrinks about 3% (1 inch out of 30), then the most the hem will shrink is 3% of 7.3. That is only 0.2 inch.
