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Sanforization - What is it?

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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    I lifted mine in the main from there, but rewrote it as I needed it for the tool-tip which does not cater for diagrams….

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      scroogen
      Joined: 30 Nov 2011

      Haha I thought that maybe you had…  I thought it would be nice to see a diagram with text saying what the machine is actually doing. Just seeing the text might be a little hard to wrap your head around

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        I was looking for a photo of the Sanforization machine we use, but could not find one.  I did, however, fing a pic of the skewing machine.  Skew is sometimes intentionally introduced into denim to negate the twist is introduced into the fabric when being woven….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Snowy
          Joined: 15 Jun 2012

          @scroogen:

          Haha I thought that maybe you had…  I thought it would be nice to see a diagram with text saying what the machine is actually doing. Just seeing the text might be a little hard to wrap your head around

          Took me 20 minutes or so to get my head around the text, enjoyed the mental challenge. Appreciate the picture which helped validate it.

          Funny that I've know what sanforization does for years, but until this couldn't understand how. And it's far more complicated than I assumed (I had imagined it was given a single wash or something).

          The Skewing machine looks to be full of pressure/gas gauges. The scale of the machinery is crazy too!

          (Aside 3rd person from the point of view of this photo, love the jacket and jeans, lol.)

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            That is Brigitte, Roger from VMC's wife.  The jeans are Edwin, the jacket is Filson….(anyone see Roger, actually trying to get into the machine?)

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              Finn666
              Joined: 20 Jan 2011

              i only have eyes for Ayumi 😘

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                Snowy
                Joined: 15 Jun 2012

                resisting urge to hijack 🙂 (Thanks Giles).

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                  Chris
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                  Who's the guy between Haraki and Ayumi?  Someone from the factory explaining how the skewing machine works?

                  Oh, and I enjoyed playing a quick game of "Where's Roger?"  I missed him the first time around.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Yep, he's the factory manager explaining how it all works….

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      Sugar Mountain
                      Joined: 18 Jan 2012

                      I was wondering, Why does Haraki prefer sanforization for the majority of IH denim? Selling one-wash denim would address any issues with shrinkage so I presume there are additional reasons.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        He likes the stability that sanforization gives him.  It allows him to be be more sure of creating consistency in production.  With education (read me, going on and on and on and on about it) he is learning to embrace imperfection…..

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Chris
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                          From a practical standpoint, I sympathize with Haraki, but I'm glad you've been wearing him down.  Raw is much more interesting in the long run.

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                            RedStripe
                            Joined: 18 Jun 2011

                            great post, very informative 🙂

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