IHSH-216-NAV - Heavy Moleskin CPO Shirt - Navy

[Giles]

Does not get my vote,  I think it would get greasy after a few wears, necessitating early wash or looking like a hobo.  Sorry.

[kkibbey23]

That black one looks great! I was torn between the two. I Gotta say I dont think there is a bad choice between them

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[DrPat]

@Giles:

I suspect it is just the way the pile has settled in transit.  As @Wlemon says, it should settle down with a wear or two…

Thanks for the info.  I've worn the shirt about 10 times and the white marks have disappeared.

[DrPat]

Does anyone have any experience washing this one yet?  What's the danger of getting the dreaded white lines from washing or spinning it in a machine?

[Jett129]

I'm with you,totally terrified to attempt to wash this. Probably do it by hand with Woolite when the time comes.

[gaseousclay]

@Jett129:

I'm with you,totally terrified to attempt to wash this. Probably do it by hand with Woolite when the time comes.

A hand wash seems like a safe bet. Moleskin strikes me as the type of fabric that would attract lint in a washing machine.

[EvilTwin]

The Self Edge exclusive black version is now live (as is the navy version.)

[jordanscollected]

great timing @EvilTwin
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@neph93 I dont know the protocol for SE exclusives. Does IH make a page on the forum for those? or can i simply post here?

[Giles]

Thread for the black version is here:

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=13736.msg626731#msg626731

[Wlemon]

Used mine for our Christmas cards this year. That marks the second year I've used a moleskin from Iron Heart. Gotta get the black one for next year.

[Bfd70]

Cross post from WAYWT

[den1mhead]

^ Great fit & great look ^

[ercymmt]

Picked this up from Self Edge early last month.  Easily my favorite shirt ever, the fabric totally blew me away!

[neph93]

Nice score @ercymmt It’s an IH fabric I’m sad I don’t own.

[ercymmt]

Man, pics don’t do it justice.  I looked at this shirt a LOT before finally pulling the trigger and it still had me floored when I got to see it irl!

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[kkibbey23]

Any tips on washing this? Im thinking its time

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[sabergirl]

I machine washed my 216 (the brown one) warm, on a low agitation cycle, with spin, and tumble dried it on low heat. No appreciable shrinkage.

I did get two identical creases set into the sleeves going up from where they doubled over to be sewn into the cuffs. This may be from the spin cycle, and then they were cemented by the dryer. I can’t be bothered to iron, but I imagine the creases could be smoothed out.

Long story short, maybe don’t machine wash if you’re picky!

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[kkibbey23]

Thanks for the heads up[emoji846] kinda what I was thinking. Maybe avoid the machine for this one

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[Jett129]

Definitely going to hand wash mine in Woolite when the time comes.

[DrPat]

I’ve worn and washed mine several times.  The last time I washed it on the synthetic cycle instead of the hand wash cycle because it was starting to stink.  I never spun it regardless of the washing cycle.

You can see from the pics that distressing happens.  The diagonal line across the right pocket appeared after the last wash.  I’m not sure if it’s a soap stain or a crease because it’s an odd place to have a crease and it stops abruptly.  Since the virus arrived I’ve barely worn the shirt so I also can say if the white mark will disappear with time.

Note that the distressing is exaggerated in the pics.  In real life it’s not as noticeable.

My advice would be to wash it on the hand or gentle cycle and definitely don’t spin it.