Care For Your (Denim/ Wool/ Cotton)
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Splattered's question over in the 634S thread reminded me of one I've been thinking about for while, so here's me sharing.
Sometimes when I use the regular, blue bottle, or single serving Doc Bronner's detergent we get from the Castle, I see residue after the cycle(no spin), that's clearly left by the eco-cleaner. It's soapy and filmy, like that scum that'll accumulate around the bathtub. Now, it goes away with another rinse, but I haven't used that kind of Doc Bronner's in a while because of it. Instead I've recently gotten and used Sal Suds, which seems to remedy the issue:
http://www.drbronner.com/DBMS/SAL.htm
What are your expeiences, if any, with Bronners? Any issues with left over residues?
Add half a cup of washing soda to the wash, it makes the world of difference, no idea why but it does. My Grandma used to swear by soap flakes and washing soda and she really knew a thing or two about washing clothes!
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Thanks Simon. That actually sounds like my great aunt saying that no more than a cup of vinegar per load works wonders. Lovely to hear about the variety of washing opinions!
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didn't know where else to put this:
but for the IH shirts that have the washing instructions written on the inside, is that the general consensus on how people wash them? or is it hand wash all the way?
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Delicate settings is what I use… IF I wash them, that is...
just wash when dirty, cotton/poly blend for the most part, no real benefit of not washing
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^ sounds good then, anyone recommend a special kind of soap to use for something like, say, the hickory shirt?
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^ sounds good then, anyone recommend a special kind of soap to use for something like, say, the hickory shirt?
Why, they are just shirts for normal use…though a bit more expensive ones.
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Hey there -
I just got my first pair of Iron Heart Jeans (634S) and I actually want to shrink the thigh and soften them up just a little bit.
However, I don't want the inseam to shrink at all. Any recommendations? Would a tumble dry on low be dangerous for this sort of thing. The crew at Self Edge in San Francisco told me that these wouldn't shrink much. What's been your experience?
Thanks!
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never tried tumble drying any denim and probably never will - maybe someone else on forum has practical experience of that (good or bad)
but the 634s won't shrink (maybe marginally) but will stretch back out, but you can't selectively shrink areas of the jeans if that's what you're suggesting
i also found them pretty soft to start, and general wear takes any of the residual stiffness out
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I put my Samurais in the dryer hoping to get some additional shrinkage after their first wash. I had read about people getting weird fade marks from doing this without care, so I turned them inside out and I was very careful to align the seams, etc, so that creasing, if anything weird would be along the selvage line or inseam.
Well, nothing happened. There were no negative affects. But, to be honest, I don't think they shrunk at all either, at least not after a day of wear. And this is on a pair of unsanforized denim. The IH 21oz is preshrunk, so, for you there should be even less of an affect. And with a fresh pair, I think the risk of inducing bad fades is far greater. For all of these reasons I would say DON'T DRY. Not worth the risk.
Sounds like you want Beatle Busters. Either that or size down IMO.
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Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but I'll be copping my first pair of IH634S and was wondering whether it's really beneficial soaking this particular model before wearing? Cold soak? Hot soak? How long? I'm totally new to this and wanna get it right the first time!
I've read some general soaking stuff (and a bit technical IMO) "increased fabric density & strength, corrected stitch tension to fabric pull balance…" Whoa - overload! Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Hey there -
I just got my first pair of Iron Heart Jeans (634S) and I actually want to shrink the thigh and soften them up just a little bit.
However, I don't want the inseam to shrink at all. Any recommendations? Would a tumble dry on low be dangerous for this sort of thing. The crew at Self Edge in San Francisco told me that these wouldn't shrink much. What's been your experience?
Thanks!
Hang them upside down when you HOT soak, so you just soak up/down to the part you only want to shrink if it's even possible/ left over to shrink
