IH-634SR - 21/23oz 5 Year Anniversary Straight Cut

[Giles]

One of my very good customers does not trust himself to do the soaking/shrinking thing himself, so I have to do it for him (well, this is his 3rd pair of SR's, so he deserves some special treatment):

[ALEX1976]

hot or cold soak?

[Giles]

I always do it the Haraki way:

The following is Haraki’s advice on how to treat your Ih-634SR before you wear them:
"This denim is not processed. It will shrink and skew. I have made this pattern "shrink to fit", after washing or soaking a couple of times it will shrink to tag-size
When you get your jeans, soak them in a bath tub of cold water overnight. Turn them inside out and then wash them in a washing machine at no hotter than 30 degrees C, you do not need washing powder or detergent
Don't spin too fast and don't put them in a tumble dryer, it is far better to allow them to air dry (still inside-out) in the sun, try to smooth all wrinkles in the fabric before the jeans get too dry
After the initial soak, the leg will shrink about 2", after the wash, there will be further shrinkage of about 1". So in total you will get about 3" shrinkage. Please bear this in mind if you are hemming before washing”

On subsequent washes, always wash inside out and do not spin too fast or tumble dry.

[DougNg]

Personally, I would advise against putting it into a washing machine. I got some weird fade marks when I did that

My SR's have faded out to the point where the wear marks are gone, but it was weird at first

[Giles]

I have done about 6 pairs now, and followed Harakis instructions and have had no problems.  Maybe we just have gentler washing machines in UK.

But your advice is good Doug, if in doubt, don't.

Beats, when you did yours here, did you put them through the machine or not?

G

[DougNg]

That's entirely possible. My washing machine back home was pretty high powered. There was only two settings, and the delicate setting still left the marks

[ALEX1976]

@DougNg:

Personally, I would advise against putting it into a washing machine. I got some weird fade marks when I did that

thats true!No machine wash!!!

[Beatle]

Okay - snow day …those 634sr's are tough as nails..gonna wear cuffed

[jaythejet]

what's the deference between hot soak and cold soak in terms of results for the first time you soak them?

[Beatle]

I went for super hot soak - I always like to get as much shrink as possible. Hot soak also helps getting rid of the extra starch…

[ALEX1976]

beatle the sr´s look great on you!
Rock the Beast!

[jaythejet]

I already soaked once in hot water for 45 minutes but I want some more shrinkage. is a second soak frowned upon?

[Beatle]

nope, why ?

[jaythejet]

will soaking do anything to the color of the denim?  should I do hot or cold?

[Beatle]

if you want more shrinkage - hot. And no water doesn't hurt the indigo..they might even get a little darker..

[Giles]

I did an experiment today and popped a pair in the hottest water I could get out of the tap.  Dangerously fucking hot when I crank the boiler up.  Absolutely no indigo loss….....

[jaythejet]

all right thanks you two. also I see specks of white on the denim it isn't a solid indigo throughout that's normal right?

[Seul]

In Beats' pics?.. Cause that's just snow, lad…

[jaythejet]

nah on mine

[Seul]

Yeah - that's normal lad