IH-888-XHS - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Indigo

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Well I got about a half an inch of vertical shrinkage with my boiling soak. I'll let them dry and try again.

[vaquero357]

@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!

[Graham]

My pleasure @Filthy so glad you love them!

You got a twofer on these. I did one leg and @Jack did the other. Neither of us wanted to miss out on the action!

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@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'

Yeah it's awesome @Jack @Graham thanks a lot.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

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.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

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.

[Paul9221]

LOL @ the hairdryer

That hotel is going to be wondering what the heck you did to consume so much electricity in your room

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

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

[Paul9221]

If you would've gone up to a higher floor, you probably could've turned them into a windsock off the balcony.  Though I can only imagine some of the many ways that that could go hilariously wrong

[Palmer]

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.

[RoxRocks86]

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!

[Giles]

@vaquero357:

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….

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@RoxRocks86:

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!

Thanks. I used some metal tongs. I was just trying to get hotter water. I turned the water heater down because we were have $350 a month gas bills.

[weftyarn]

Where are the fit pics, @Filthy
Really curious to see how they turned out post soak.

[Chap]

@weftyarn:

Where are the fit pics, @Filthy
Really curious to see how they turned out post soak.

They shrunk to much… he can’t button them 

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I'm working out in the middle of nowhere and no phone worthy of taking pics with yet. Sorry

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

It took me exactly 23 minutes to get the top button done up on these.

my internal organs:

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

@weftyarn here's a fit pic. I had to stand on the bed to get this.

The legs fit me perfectly and the waist is super tight. But all my other pairs the waist gets too loose after a month. So these should be just right.

[RoxRocks86]

Great fit @Filthy ! Your dedication to get that top button buttoned is admirable. Do you get to wear these to work?

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

No, I wouldn't wear these at my daytime gig. I have to wear FR coveralls.

The nighttime one is a different story