IHSH-68-ind - 12oz Wabash Work Shirt - Indigo
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@rocket
Great , I will wash in hot water and that may help me . Thanks for your helpSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Rocket is right and a 90C wash will give results. The very important thing though is too thoroughly soak the shirt before washing and turn inside out. Also, don’t have the RPM’s too high. 800rpm is enough. If you don’t do these things you risk white lines from creasing/abrasion. If you are worried about the arm length you can stretch the seams while the shirt is still wet to regain a little length.
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@Neph93
My machine doesn’t give me temperature settings , I assume you guys meant hot water wash. Secondly , I don’t know the rpm because my washing machine give me an option as shown in the picture . I am assuming hot water and light cycle
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Good man. If you can’t see abrasion/heavy creasing now then you should be good. Tumble drying will maximise shrinkage but will accelerate wear, affect the cotton and you risk abrasion lines again. Leave it and see how you feel.
One more word to the wise, wabash needs to be ridden hard to reveal it’s true glory.
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Nice shirt @Stuart.T and looks great on you.
I bought one from a Winchy (he used to work at IHUK) and I love it. Had it on yesterday on the bike.
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@neph93 and @rocket the wash to shrink advice worked perfectly. A little bit of white lining on the inside of the shirt and the whitedotting has a little more blue hue than it did but nothing to lose sleep over, and it will end up that way anyway.
Hem curl on thicker shirts make me wonder why though. My IH 33 does it too. Any established reason for it? The result of shrinkage? Hem Weight and construction? Who cares, it's just an awesome shirt?
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It's a characteristic of twill weave fabrics, so nothing to be done about it. Ironing will reduce it some.
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@neph93 the wash to shrink advice worked perfectly.
Excellent news…
Hem curl on thicker shirts make me wonder why though. My IH 33 does it too. Any established reason for it? The result of shrinkage? Hem Weight and construction? Who cares, it's just an awesome shirt?
Check what has happened with the hem curl on mine in the above pics. It seems shady after the first wash but the results it gives with wear are trés cool.
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Thank you @neph93 for convincing me to buy this.
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@neph93 Your shirt looks amazing! I received mine last week and I'm looking forward to the cooler months.
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@atm23 Thank you and congrats on a special shirt.
They are so crisp and stiff when new, it’s great. I wrote this somewhere else recently, but for me this shirt embodies all the qualities that define Iron Heart. Wonderful fabric, classic but refined design, fantastically engineered and hard wearing af. And of course they age incredibly.
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@atm23 Thank you and congrats on a special shirt.
They are so crisp and stiff when new, it’s great. I wrote this somewhere else recently, but for me this shirt embodies all the qualities that define Iron Heart. Wonderful fabric, classic but refined design, fantastically engineered and hard wearing af. And of course they age incredibly.
@neph93 I completely agree with everything you've said. This embodies the work wear clothing ethos to me. I owned hickory and Wabash shirts in the early 90s before I really knew what they were, and when you could still buy vintage American work wear on stalls in London.
I think I could have got away with an XL in this and cool washed it, but the XXL fits fine after your advice. The is some white lining on the inside of the shirt, but none on the outside. The hem curl doesn't bother me too much. My indigo IH 33 does it sometimes too so I'm used to it.
Your IH 68 has aged amazingly! I love the wear and fade on Wabash…thanks for sharing the pics
resisted the urge to tumble dry!
