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    Care For Your (Denim/ Wool/ Cotton)

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      @STAN:

      What I do is, if it start to smell stinky,  I just rotate to other jeans. The smell stinky jeans I just air dry.  If it too dirty and smell stinky then I will wash it.

      This is true, if you don't wear them for like a week, the smell disappears

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      • supersalamiS
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        @nerkg:

        @STAN:

        What I do is, if it start to smell stinky,  I just rotate to other jeans. The smell stinky jeans I just air dry.  If it too dirty and smell stinky then I will wash it.

        This is true, if you don't wear them for like a week, the smell disappears

        haha that might be true! but it still isn't clean! usually when my jeans are really dirty.. my legs end up getting little zits or rashes. maybe i have sensitive skin…

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          I thought I would type down what I do since I just put my 666s to soak after a looonnngggg night at the bar. They had a nasty looking dirt spot, which wouldn't come off after light dabbing and a little rub with water and MIGHT have gotten some little puke dust on them 😞 it didn't smell like it and didn't really look like it, but I still decided to just soak them. They've only had about a month of wear, which kind of sucks but hey, life happened 😉

          If they have some nasty looking spots, big dirt spots, etc.. I'll flip them inside out and cold soak in some Dr. Bronner's (Peppermint ftw!). I'll do some light agitation, light hand rub on the spots that look nasty and soak for 45min to an hour. I'll then rinse with fresh cold water, flip them back to normal and air dry. I've done this in the past with my Samurai's after about 3-4 months of wear and they now seem to fade A LOT faster and also seem to break in faster as well. I'm hoping that's the case with the 666s as they seemed to be a little stubborn. Also, I guess it doesn't really matter how much wear they've had. If they're dirty looking but not that dirty looking, I'll just do this since it's not really a wash. I'm sure it won't do any harm in the fading/contrast process.

          Now if my jeans have some throw up, chunks, shit, piss, whatever…I'm washing them in the washer. Woolite Dark, gentle cycle, warm/cold and call it a day. I honestly haven't done this yet, but when I have to, this is what I'll do!

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          • DougNgD
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            http://thecrosbypress.jackthreads.com/2013/01/04/video-denim-mythbusters-self-edges-experts-dont-do-this-to-good-jeans/

            I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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            • ChrisC
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              Yeah, but those guys don't know anything about denim.  What do real experts think?  You know, anonymous dudes on the internet…
              😃

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              • injunjackI
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                BRAVO….stands up and applauds

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                • tigerpacT
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                  ^^^Nice vid - have spent plenty of time trying stuff on in that cramped little space!

                  Kiya sporting an IH shirt too!

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                    That's a great video. Will I machine wash my jeans? Maybe. Will I keep hand-washing? Hells Yeah! Love Kiya in the IH top too 🙂

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                    • Max PowerM
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                      Great video and I love the "I wann be sedated" background music.

                      @elclintor:

                      > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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                      • Finn666F
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                        great vid indeed!…
                        kiya´s dita glasses and andrew´s thomas hooper tattoos are dope as hell as well!

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                        • PushragnerP
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                          I had an accident with my new Beatle Busters this weekend. I managed to spill at lot of hand lotion on them. First I tried to wipe it off with a cloth, but the cloth turned blue so I was afraid I would wipe off a lot of the indigo as well. Off course I did not have time to post a question here on the forum about what I should do and the wait for replies. So I decided to take them in the shower and spray off the lotion, after that I gave them a 30 minutes soak in lukewarm water. Now they seem alright and smell faintly of oranges (the lotion was orange flavored).

                          I don't know if this was the right thing to do, or if I get some weird fading down the road. But there is nothing to do but wait and see. Originally I hadn't planned on soaking the jeans either, but there you go. Has anybody else here had similar experiences?

                          "The city is the hardware" Iain Borden

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                          • bagley920B
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                            Eh, shit gets spilled, they are jeans after all, wash them

                            If I am not I, who will be? -Henry David Thoreau

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                            • injunjackI
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                              @Pushragner:

                              Has anybody else here had similar experiences?

                              Yes, and that's when we turn our jeans inside out and toss them into a washing machine

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                              • Megatron1505M
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                                Hand lotion? Were you jerking off? ???

                                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                • SeulS
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                                  Glad some other wanker made that remark…

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                                    Personally I'd leave them as they are now. You've given them a soak, washed the lotion out. See how they develop. It's all about the fadez/wear* (*for some), this is now part of their story, it might fade slightly differently, and you'll be able to talk about that time you weren't jerking off…...Jeans handle a lot of abuse, it's in their DNA.

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                                    • PushragnerP
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                                      Guys, you got it all wrong. Here’s the real story: I had been tracking the Joker for days after his brutal break in at the Gotham body lotion factory. When I finally caught up with the laughing loony I discovered that his nefarious plan was to drown all the kids living in Wayne Orphanage with his misgotten gains from said break in. “Holy moly,” said my trusted sidekick Robin, “you have to stop this vicious villain from committing this cowardly crime!” And so I did. A bit of KA-POW, BAM and POW left the livid lunatic longing for a swift return to Arkaham Asylum.

                                      It was then I discovered that some lotion had spilled on my Batjeans during my triumphant tangle with the manic murderer. I then rushed to heroically the Batcave to soak them in my Batbucket.

                                      But seriously, I am clumsy and had very dry hands. Anyways, the pants seem fine.

                                      "The city is the hardware" Iain Borden

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                                        Question: Will it always ruin your leather tag if you put the jeans in the dryer? Ihxb01 in my case.

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                                        • zhivagoZ
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                                          depends how hot your dryer is, hotter = more leather "aging" for lack of a better term

                                          Zhivago

                                          MM: "we all got to start somewhere"

                                          G: "Never once did he bitch, moan or complain.  He just motivated the team and got on with it"

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                                            @zhivago:

                                            depends how hot your dryer is, hotter = more leather "aging" for lack of a better term

                                            Thanks Zhivago I have seen patches turn black and hard before so I wanted to avoid that.

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