IH-2527J - Brown Cotton Duck Riders Jacket

[DougNg]

Not sure what I'm going to do with it. The fades are pretty sharp, I'm pretty sure they're not going to even out. I might just toss it or give it away. I'll take pics later but its a real shame. Was one of my favorite jackets

[Guest]

@DougNg:

Not sure what I'm going to do with it. The fades are pretty sharp, I'm pretty sure they're not going to even out. I might just toss it or give it away. I'll take pics later but its a real shame. Was one of my favorite jackets

Doug, I'm sorry Man. You know, I read something on SuFu – the same thing happened with a pair of those SEXT11 Tan Jungle Pants. I was jones-ing for those til I read what they turned out like after a wash/dry. They were hideous apparently...wrinkled as fuck and faded in all the wrong places.

I don't do dry clean. I'm too busy for that shit. If something needs dry-clean, I won't buy it.  Hence, if something needs hand-washing it, I won't buy it either.

I'm sorry this happened to you, DougNg.

Shubha

[Seul]

Sorry to hear!.. But yeah: just overdye it mate!..

Good tip though: I'll never (machine)wash my pair!.. 

[LandoCal126 0]

@DougNg:

Not sure what I'm going to do with it. The fades are pretty sharp, I'm pretty sure they're not going to even out. I might just toss it or give it away. I'll take pics later but its a real shame. Was one of my favorite jackets

Doug, if you toss it I will take it off your hands for sure!!! Washing Machine = DEATH!

[Seul]

Also, Doug: did your jacket stretch (a lot/ at all)?.. Cause mine's perfect as it is, and I wanna keep it that way without having to hotsoak it in a couple of weeks/ months…

[DougNg]

Yeah, the whole reason why I decided to machine wash it was 1. it was getting grody and 2. it does stretch after awhile. Now that I know, I would just cold soak it after awhile

Anybody got any recommendations how to overdye it? Since it's looking kinda weird now, I might just try that

[DougNg]

@LandoCal126:

Washing Machine = DEATH!

I've thrown plenty of denim in my washing machine, my 634SRs had a couple of weird fades after the machine but it was nothing major like this

[Seul]

Maybe it's because of the stretch!.. Like: it sets creases and fades in the beginning when it's really tight, then it stretches and the fading patrons change and move over a bit…

No experience with overdying items, hope someone can help you out though!..

[LandoCal126 0]

Doug, Any possibility of seeing some flicks of the damage?

[DougNg]

Trying to upload pics now

It's not because of the stretch. It's only on the left side of the jacket. The right side looks fine

[DougNg]

Words cannot describe how pissed off I am right now

[LandoCal126 0]

@DougNg:

Words cannot describe how pissed off I am right now

I feel you. Sorry brotha that looks like no fun at all. I would try hectic's recommendation on trying to dye it. I do not have much experience with this either but I am sure someone on here is (Tfar)…

[Guest]

Maybe check out Dharma Trading Co. for dye info?

I have had similar problems with the 634SR's and the SEXIH07BK's. I will probably try to airbrush the SR's out. Kind of cheesy, but I think it will work. Temporarily, I've hit the SR's up with some Chartpak Ad makers to knock the really light stuff down so it's not super-obvious. I'm not expecting anyone to be able to get a really macro view of them, so I'm not too concerned about its hokeyness. I will probably re-dye the BK's, but I'm trying to find a REALLY permanent black.

Not sure how much effort you want to put into it, but I'd try to get ahold of a proper theatrical costumer.  They might have better ideas on how to re-finish it.

[Seul]

Yeah that doesn't look too good… Missed the one-sided part, can't indeed be caused because of some earlier stretching.

I'd do a red dye on this, see what gives... Have fun with it... Go crazy... Red'd go well with it.

[DougNg]

I'll prob leave it in my basement for awhile and not think about it it

What a waste of my time

[Guest]

DougNg, OK…I'm in the minority here. I'm sure you're upset because of the $$ you spent. But I kinda like the fades...gives the jacket character. I'd just leave it as is and wear it. I don't think it looks bad at all. Just MHO.

[Seul]

Nah it doesn't look bad at all in my opinion either, but the fades don't make much sense, is all.

[Guest]

Here's another idea – send it back to Haraki-San. Ask Giles how to do it. Seriously, one would expect that this shit doesn't happen on a $400++ jacket. I'm certain Haraki-San can fix it, but it ain't cheap to ship shit to Japan either.

[DougNg]

Ever see the character Two Face from the Batman movies? It looks like that. I'll take a pic of the whole thing when I get back from the gym. It just looks really bizarre right now

I'm actually more pissed at myself because it was a coat that took FOREVER to break in to the way I liked it. I should have known better to toss it in the washing machine like that, especially after I got a couple weird fades on my 634SR in the machine.

[Guest]

@DougNg:

Ever see the character Two Face from the Batman movies? It looks like that.

Ohh….Oops. I hear ya buddy. Well, I guess we've all learned a lesson at your expense. But to be honest, I've thrown all my IH shit in the washing machine and never had  a problem...of course I don't own cotton duck. Maybe you shouldn't do that with cotton duck.