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    Sanforization - What is it?

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    • S
      Snowy
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      @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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      • GilesG
        Giles
        IHUK Crew
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        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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        • Finn666F
          Finn666
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          i only have eyes for Ayumi 😘

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          • S
            Snowy
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            resisting urge to hijack 🙂 (Thanks Giles).

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            • ChrisC
              Chris
              Raw and Unwashed
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              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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              • GilesG
                Giles
                IHUK Crew
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                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 MountainS
                  Sugar Mountain
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                  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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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
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                    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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                    • ChrisC
                      Chris
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                      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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                      • RedStripeR
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                        great post, very informative 🙂

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