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    WAYWT - The Hard Labour Edition aka "Working in your workwear".

    What Are You Wearing Today (WAYWT)
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    • neph93N
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      @Crit_Obs:

      This might be the place to ask: how do you lads & lassies get specks of paint off your jeans? I got water-soluble paint on mine and the stains got dry before I got around to trying to remove them, and it seems they are sitting mighty tight. 😞
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      I assume what you're after is how do you get them off without losing a patch of indigo? With some difficulty. Certainly don't scrub with water and a cloth as that will strip the indigo. I got wood glue on a pair once, let it harden then picked it out with the tip of a knife. Worked well. These days, anything like that happens I say fekk it and leave it be.

      “Some of those that work forces
      Are the same that burn crosses”

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        @neph93:

        I assume what you're after is how do you get them off without losing a patch of indigo?

        Ideally would have loved coming up with a MacGyver-esque indigo-preserving magic-solution but now I said

        @neph93:

        fekk it

        and tossed the offending pair into the machine. Just a bit worried the wash won’t get rid off the stains as they got good and dry in the meantime. 😞

        Thanks for the moral support!

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        • neph93N
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          Washing machine may work. If you’re still not happy then it should loosen the paint enough that the knife tip would work. But again I’d not worry about it and just wear them. Wabi-sabi and all that.

          “Some of those that work forces
          Are the same that burn crosses”

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          • RoxRocks86R
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            How much specs of paint @Crit_Obs ? Not one big dunk into a bucket? If the paint wasn’t rubbed into the denim, like neph said, should be able to peel them off. Worse case scenario just designate the pair to paint days.

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              @RoxRocks86:

              How much specs of paint @Crit_Obs ?

              On a scale from ”lol look at the doofus with dirty pants” to ”that’s like, avantgarde, man”, they score a solid ”slightly awkward law student in altogether too expensive clothes, that he uses also when he really shouldn’t”… which isn’t too far off the mark. 😎

              The wash didn’t do them much good and there’s no ”layer” that I could try and pry off. 😞 I guess that means I’m a pair of presentable jeans short at the moment... And the 888-OD just released... Hmm...

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              • GilesG
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                🙂 🙂

                "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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                • steelworkerS
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                  The Tri Ter @work. crane end truck on my left. It's going to get dirrrty.

                  Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                  Well, I have others.

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                  • neph93N
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                    @Crit_Obs:

                    On a scale from ”lol look at the doofus with dirty pants” to ”that’s like, avantgarde, man”, they score a solid ”slightly awkward law student in altogether too expensive clothes, that he uses also when he really shouldn’t”… which isn’t too far off the mark. 😎

                    That made me laugh.

                    Think of it this way, you have the perfect excuse for new jeans, AND, you’ve gained the greatest pair of beaters ever. It’s win-win.

                    “Some of those that work forces
                    Are the same that burn crosses”

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                    • neph93N
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                      @steelworker:

                      The Tri Ter @work. crane end truck on my left. It's going to get dirrrty.

                      Make that pic b&w or sepia and it could go in a museum (I mean that in the nicest possible way). Great stuff.

                      “Some of those that work forces
                      Are the same that burn crosses”

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                      • steelworkerS
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                        ask and ye shall receive

                        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                        Well, I have others.

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                        • neph93N
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                          Brilliant. Looks like the pictures my parents have of my great uncles who worked in the Welsh collieries post WWII. Thanks very much.

                          “Some of those that work forces
                          Are the same that burn crosses”

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                          • ChrisC
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                            I had no idea they made collies in Wales.  Not sure what these have to do with steelworker, though.

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                            • steelworkerS
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                              Interestingly-to me anyway- there are a number of Welsh & Scot names here, Ercildoun, Berwyn,Uwchland, Bryn Mawr.
                              As for the dogs that's easily explained  they're thrown into ladles to bring up the carbon.

                              Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                              Well, I have others.

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                              • neph93N
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                                @Chris:

                                I had no idea they made collies in Wales.  Not sure what these have to do with steelworker, though.

                                Apparently they make Neanderthals in Arizona and then further decrease their intelligence in Texas. Probably with chemtrails.

                                “Some of those that work forces
                                Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                • neph93N
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                                  @steelworker:

                                  Interestingly-to me anyway- there are a number of Welsh & Scot names here, Ercildoun, Berwyn,Uwchland, Bryn Mawr.

                                  Bryn Mawr means «big hill». I just had a Google and the other areas in the township in PN it’s a part of are all named after towns in Wales too, Radnor, Merion and Haverford. I’ve been to the Welsh versions of Haverford and Merion.

                                  “Some of those that work forces
                                  Are the same that burn crosses”

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                                  • ChrisC
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                                    That was kinda low, don't you think, neph?  Even I don't dislike Phoenix that much.

                                    Oh, wait.  Yes, I do.

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                                    • ChrisC
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                                      @steelworker:

                                      As for the dogs that's easily explained  they're thrown into ladles to bring up the carbon.

                                      Fascinating.  I did not know that.

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                                      • RoxRocks86R
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                                        Sorry to hear the wash didn’t erase the paint art @Crit_Obs

                                        Vintage photo looks bomb @steelworker !  😎

                                        Rolled outta bed in
                                        IHSH-193
                                        777S-21

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                                        • UnTuckedU
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                                          Nice sticker placement on the Yeti!

                                          *I think we have an "IH stickers" thread somewhere…..

                                          In search of:
                                          IHV-04, med.
                                          IHSH-185, large
                                          IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                                          • rocketR
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                                            we have, sticking around here

                                            rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                            It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                            R.I.P. Geo

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