Heavyweight Denim Championships 2013-2015 - Official Thread

[Megatron1505]

Looking good Rich 

[summ3rhays]

xpost from the pics only thread.

@summ3rhays:

16 month update.

HC-IH-06
IH MBB

[Megatron1505]

Wash Challenge pics part 1, and this is where I reveal my completely unscientific wash regime. This will be about the 10th wash for these jeans and I plan on washing them monthly between now and the end of the contest.

When jeans are new I am quite gentle with them, but after over a year I throw caution to the wind.

First, some pre wash shots.

So first I remove the 2 things which I have carried constantly with these jeans, my HWDC belt and one of the removed hems from the jeans which I keep in the back pocket.

Then I turn them inside out.

The tools of the trade, nothing fancy just regular detergent and fabric conditioner.

Place in washing machine.

Set to high temperature and high spin cycle, watch as denim heads all over the world pass out at the thought of an 800rpm spin.

And await results in part 2.

[Seul]

You use Bald detergent - that's lovely.

[Megatron1505]

And I think of you every time 

[Seul]

You have a really weird washing machine. It lacks a knob with programs on it, but I guess in this case the knob's kneeling in front of it.

[Megatron1505]

I didn't photograph the knob, I'll PM it you later as usual 

[Seul]

Your Bold white lily…

[Seul]

I don't think I'll be eating anymore today…

[Megatron1505]

And the results of my white knuckle ride of denim dirt removal look a little like this…

First a line dry...

After 4 or 5 hours on the line I commit another ultimate denim sin by throwing them in the tumble dryer ( I can hear the collective shock of a hundred denim heads passing out here).

And this is the result….(bad lighting)

So that is how I clean my MBB's, just like normal folks clean their jeans, no magic here people. From here on in this will be happening at the end of every month.

[eyeq8402]

^looking good mega!!

[4c]

That’s blasphemy that is :o

[summ3rhays]

I'm not a fan of fabric softener, but that's preference. I am confused about the chopped hem. What's the scoop? Good luck charm?

[Megatron1505]

I just like to hang onto it as it was a piece of denim which I attempted hemming on at the Chain Stitch Massacre last year.

[summ3rhays]

Ah, that makes more sense. I keep mine in my closet as it's nice to see what the denim looked like when new.

[Chris]

How long do you think the patch will last with hot washes and tumble drying?  The aversion to turning the leather into a blackened chip is the only thing that keeps me from tossing my pair in the dryer.

[sabergirl]

All of my ironhearts have been tumble dried many times, and the only ones that show the least bit of cracklin' on the patch are my 634s.  The others have a changed shape a bit, but I think that's more from my belt than the dryer.

[Megatron1505]

My pair are the OG sample pair of the MBB's, no leather patch, no stealth arcs….simple jeans for a simple man 

[Chris]

@Megatron1505:

My pair are the OG sample pair of the MBB's, no leather patch, no stealth arcs….simple jeans for a simple man simpleton 

Fixed that for you…

[Megatron1505]

I'm not the one masquerading as a rootin' tootin' cowboy  :o