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Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013-2015 - Official Thread

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    beautiful_FrEaK
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 15 Jun 2010

    I think I remember Giles saying that also the speed of the drying after the jeans were in the water plays a major role. And to dry your pair in the dryer is the fastet way, I'm sure, and thus you will get more/most shrinkage when you use it

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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      BF.  I did, but I was wrong.  It is all about reducing the friction in the fibres so getting it wet and using a lubricant (detergent) will reduce the friction most and therefore unlock the inbuilt tension.

      "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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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Sanforisation, what is it?

        @Giles:

        Sanforization is a post weave process, patented by Sanford Lockwood Cluett in 1930.  It is a method of shrinking and fixing the woven cloth in both length and width before it is made into garments and other items.

        The fabric to be sanforized is moistened by water and/or steam, this lubricates the fibres and reduces the inherent friction within the fabric.  Once moist, the fabric enters the sanforization process proper.  Here, an endless rubber belt is squeezed between a pressure roll and a rubber belt cylinder, it is here that the stretching of the elastic belt surface occurs.  The more the rubber belt is squeezed, the more the surface is stretched.  This point of squeezing is known as the pressure zone, or the nip point.  The fabric is fed into the pressure zone and upon leaving it, the rubber belt recovers itself and the surface returns to its pre-squeezed (stretched) size carrying the fabric with it.  The effect of this action is a shortening of the warp yarns,  which packs the filling yarns (weft), closer together:  at this moment, shrinkage occurs.

        After compaction, the fabric enters a dryer where the fibres are locked in their shrunken state as the moisture is removed from the fabric.

        http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4550.msg242080#msg242080

        "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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          llvlaglne
          Joined: 8 Apr 2011

          according to urbandictionary.com:

          shrinkage-  what happens to a man's penis in cold water. Often a result of cold showers, swimming pools, or the ocean. Very embarrassing.

          "Man, that pool could make a porn star look like a 9 year old."

          you can go with either gles definition or urbandictionary. your choice

          "…think of a world tour as similar as to the sisterhood of the traveling pants." -LandoCal126

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            tatmantall
            Joined: 24 Dec 2012

            Bahahahaha 😉

            "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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              Megatron1505
              見習いボス
              Joined: 10 Jul 2011

              Nerkg - I didn't take it as an argument, I was simply pointing out that you were wrong  😉

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

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                beautiful_FrEaK
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 15 Jun 2010

                @Giles:

                BF.  I did, but I was wrong.  It is all about reducing the friction in the fibres so getting it wet and using a lubricant (detergent) will reduce the friction most and therefore unlock the inbuilt tension.

                Thx Giles! So I have to update my brain now 🙂

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                  Nerkg
                  Banned
                  Joined: 29 Dec 2012

                  @Megatron1505:

                  Nerkg - I didn't take it as an argument, I was simply pointing out that you were wrong  😉

                  Where does sanforization come in to that

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                    Megatron1505
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                    Right, now you've lost me totally. I was talking about how saturation and agitation are required to achieve maximum shrinkage, I never mentioned Saforisation, you did. And as Giles pointed out, it does indeed also involve water and movement - the key elements of shrinkage.

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

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                      Nerkg
                      Banned
                      Joined: 29 Dec 2012

                      Oh, I thought Giles had said before It did not involve water, my bad. I thought it was denim passed through like hot rubber or something

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                        bagley920
                        Joined: 10 Oct 2011

                        Boys, boys, to each their own is what I say

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

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                          Megatron1505
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                          @Giles:

                          Sanforisation, what is it?

                          @Giles:

                          Sanforization is a post weave process, patented by Sanford Lockwood Cluett in 1930.  It is a method of shrinking and fixing the woven cloth in both length and width before it is made into garments and other items.

                          The fabric to be sanforized is moistened by water and/or steam, this lubricates the fibres and reduces the inherent friction within the fabric.  Once moist, the fabric enters the sanforization process proper.  Here, an endless rubber belt is squeezed between a pressure roll and a rubber belt cylinder, it is here that the stretching of the elastic belt surface occurs.  The more the rubber belt is squeezed, the more the surface is stretched.  This point of squeezing is known as the pressure zone, or the nip point.  The fabric is fed into the pressure zone and upon leaving it, the rubber belt recovers itself and the surface returns to its pre-squeezed (stretched) size carrying the fabric with it.  The effect of this action is a shortening of the warp yarns,  which packs the filling yarns (weft), closer together:  at this moment, shrinkage occurs.

                          After compaction, the fabric enters a dryer where the fibres are locked in their shrunken state as the moisture is removed from the fabric.

                          http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4550.msg242080#msg242080

                          😉

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

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                            Megatron1505
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                            @bagley920:

                            Boys, boys, to each their own is what I say

                            Exactly, if it works for you just go with it.

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

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                              Nerkg
                              Banned
                              Joined: 29 Dec 2012

                              Close up of the ironheart 17oz. Denim with first bits of evo..

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                                sirxlaughs
                                Joined: 1 Nov 2012

                                Me best Popeye impression. I don't have a corn cob, tho.

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                                  GingerMagician
                                  Joined: 27 Oct 2012

                                  @sirxlaughs:

                                  Me best Popeye impression. I don't have a corn cob, tho.

                                  Post/pic of the thread! 😃

                                  Simon

                                  @Megatron1505:

                                  > You're not even bloody ginger  >:(

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                                    darkstar2q9
                                    Joined: 11 Apr 2012

                                    You just need a can of spinach

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                                      tatmantall
                                      Joined: 24 Dec 2012


                                      X post

                                      "I know to you it may sound strange, but I wish it would rain…"- The Temptations

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                                        Megatron1505
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                        ANNOUNCEMENT

                                        **There are still several pairs of MBB's unclaimed, and not paid for. Paula has tried to contact people twice now and there are still people who have not responded.

                                        For those of you who have pre-ordered MBB's, but not paid, you have 30 days from today to either contact IHUK, or complete your purchase.If you do not do either of these things you will lose your deposit entirely, and your pre-ordered jeans will be put up for sale**

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

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                                          patch
                                          Joined: 24 Jul 2010

                                          Cross post from picture thread
                                          HC-IH-58

                                          MBB w35

                                          Washed at 40, no spin.

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