IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo
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It's been a long time coming then! Congrats on finally getting yourself a pair @Filthy. Kinda thought you'd pull the trigger on another pair of XHSib's before any other denim
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Thank you very much! I have a pair of 888xhsib in a size larger. The new ones are gonna be somewhat of an experimental pair. I plan on removing the patch and hot soaking them and a hot wash right out the gate. I was thinking about maybe trying to use a cement mixer with some boiling water to gently agitate the jeans for a few hours
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@Filthy:
Thank you very much! I have a pair of 888xhsib in a size larger. The new ones are gonna be somewhat of an experimental pair. I plan on removing the patch and hot soaking them and a hot wash right out the gate. I was thinking about maybe trying to use a cement mixer with some boiling water to gently agitate the jeans for a few hours
its like science and shit
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If I can get a Harbor Freight mixer for $120 (with coupons) it might happen. Or I might just weld a drill bit on to an old soup pot and use this ancient corded drill I have….
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You bet. It would be cool to have a cheap cement mixer for washing jeans in. I am actually worried I am gonna break the washer when I wash my jeans in it. It sounds like a helicopter.
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love that Simpsons clip!Your cement mixer sounds like a brilliant idea. Down to see how this goes down & if you end up rigging something, def share please! Gotta go the extra mile for these heavyweights. I actually think my last NEW washer broke bc of all the denim bashing ???
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Lookie what has arrived
I am soaking them on the stove on low heat until it is time for me to leave. I won't have time to remove the tag and run them through the washer like I wanted to.
I'll probably soak them a couple times this week and try to shrink them as much as possible. I could barely get them buttoned up… I almost had to lay down on the bed. So the waist should be just right after a while. The rest of them is super comfy and roomy
Also @Graham EXCELLENT JOB on the double chainstitch hem job it is perfect
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Well I got about a half an inch of vertical shrinkage with my boiling soak. I'll let them dry and try again.
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@Filthy hey we wear the same waist size!
I want to see that 'double chainstitch hem job'! Sounds interesting. …boiling jeans on the stove, like an old pioneer woman!
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@vaquero357 did you know Little House on the Prarie is my favorite show ever? The double chainstitch they just go around twice so there's more cushion for the pushin'
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SHRINK YOU BASTASRDS!
They put me in the handicapped room at this hotel (because I am obviously mentally handicapped lmao) because I wanted a king size room on the first floor and I had to get it changed because it didn't have a tub.
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IDK how but I think I got the inseam to shrink a whole inch… I hot soaked them twice and the blew a hairdryer on them for a half an hour
They were a tad over 33 before the soaks and now I am here. Hopefully this is good enough.
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I tried to remove the hairdryer from another room so I could two at once. They're the wall mounted shits. So I did 15 minutes up each leg
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The things we do for art… I got an inch of shrink on my 666-XHS but I also had to work for it. My other XHSibs got to .75 inch and I settled.
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Did you stir the pot with a wooden ladle too?
This is quite the xhs shrink adventure. Super stoked you got em & were able to take them with you! -
I want to see that 'double chainstitch hem job'! Sounds interesting.
I always go round mine twice. I'll take a pic later, you cant really tell, especially if the needle goes into the same hole of the second revolution, but it makes the hem a load stronger….
