Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013-2015 - Official Thread
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Honestly, no idea. I think you get a subtle "tightening" of any jeans that you wash, real shrinkage is a totally different ball park though.
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The 666-xhs is not one washed according to IHUK description. I did not soak until 4 months in… It did shrink them but in microscopic increments... I opted to do the same for these and postponed initial soak. I honestly think its 6 one half dozen the other... Probably technically should be soaked but realistically I can foresee a dramatic difference. Just do what you feel like you should do. To each their own
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I will repeat this until I'm blue in the face in the hope it helps at least one person:
If you're prone to crotch blowouts, soak your 25oz. SOAK THEM! I didn't follow this advice and had my first hole at 3 months. If you soak, you should be good for at least 6 months.
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Mine shrank in the same dimensions that G said they would. So for me I'm glad I did it.
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think this could be interesting for all participants of round two:
today is the day! jumped into my car and drove to the local zollamt (custom office),
the palace where "RAJA" is waiting for me….
and, f*ck, can't find words, so great that belt, WOOW, what a pleasure to held this thing in my hands...did some pics at first, fit-pics later on....
I'm very proud to be the owner of that Heavy Champ Belt!!!
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Fantastic shots Champ
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Congrats sir. Well done
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Sweet belt Champ! Well deserved!
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too bad that it is not wearable all day, so fecking great belt!
had a feeling that the girl at the custom office (she wanted to know what's in that package, and what I paid for) thought "what's up with these stupid guys?" because I had to told her the story about that belt…haha
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Congrats, I'll be lucky to even get half that amount of wear.
I should have bought two belts. One as an air freshener and one to wear around. My whole room smells like a leather store. Mega the belt is fantastic. Thanks for all your help.
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Congrats again! I remember picking up my two prizes from halloffade at customs - they were also totally not believing what I told them about winning a denim contest.
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It's so funny everyone is soaking these.
not at all imo…they are sanforized yeah, but not one washed as FH and Giles stated, so there´s still some shrinkage to be expected! even if it´s just a tad!
If I remember correctly, the 25oz jeans (in any cut) are all sanforized and unwashed. I'm pretty sure a one wash 25oz IH jean does not exist. If I were H and I lost some of the denim in production, I definitely wouldn't one wash the 25oz….
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To take as much shrinkage as poss out of the fabric (and hence any guess work) AND (most importantly), bed the constructional threads into the denim AND it also gets rid of any spinning or weaving gunk, particularly "size".
Size is a solution normally applied to the warp yarns to strengthen, smoothen and lubricate them. Starch is probably the most common size used in denim production.
