IH-717-KHA - 9oz Mercerised Selvedge Cotton Chinos - Khaki
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Good afternoon everyone!
Today, for the first time in my life, I bought unshrunk trousers.
Please someone teach me how to deal with them properly.
One of these days they should come to me and I don't know what I need to do with them.
Do you need to walk in them first, and then soak them in warm water?
Or not?
I will be very grateful for the correct instruction!
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@Mikhail my way of handling these kinda trousers is to get all of the shrink out before even wearing them. So you can soak them in a tub or in a large bucket in warm water. Like 30 or 40 degrees celcius no detergent. Leave it in there for like a hour drip dry and wear it! Likely it will shrink even a little more when you first gonna give them a wash but most shrinkage will be out!
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@Mikhail Soaking does not shrink the material, you will need to agitate them (like washing them in a machine) to get them to shrink.
I have not had these pants and am hesitatant to comment, but the above advice has that bit of information missing.
Personally, I would wash them in a machine, medium heat, low or no spin to get them to shrink, hang to dry and then wear them from there.
That is how I wash most of my clothing.
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@Mikhail This a post from @Giles that goes into detail of what shrinkage is:
Yarns and/or fabrics are not fixed materials. They consist of separate fibres that will stretch when exposed to tension, i.e. they elongate during the process of being made into cloth (during spinning, weaving, bleaching, dyeing and the various finishing processes, yarns and cloth are under continuous tension). Some or all of this stretch within the fabric is retained in the post-loom fabric because of friction between the fibres and the yarns.
The stretch that occurs can be eliminated when the friction within the fabric is reduced. This will happen during soaking and/or washing, where both water and soap act as lubricants. The lubricants, along with the mechanical action of the washer, help the fibres relax and contract (shrink) back to their original length.
One of the reasons that dry cleaning does not shrink natural fabrics is that the friction within the fabric is not reduced by dampening.
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The tag said ‘wear as long as possible without washing’ that’s why I referred to soaking first
i checked the care guidelines and couldn’t find anything specific to mercerised in there. I know for example UHR has to get soaked/washed for many reasons. The tag from this pair made me think that’s not the case.. but maybe i’m wrong. We’re all here to learn! -
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@Mikhail You may need to email the IH Crew for care advice and to ensure that you have sized correctly: shop@ironheart.co.uk
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Maybe someone can chime in and give you some shrinktest result or so. In the end when they see hot water they will shrink.. nothing you can do about that. Only wat to avoid that is to NEVER wash and only do some cold soaking. Or.. try another pair of trousers that has been washed and sanforized:) that’s my 2 cents man
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@manufc10 said in IH-717 - Khaki Selvedge 9oz Mercerised Cotton Chinos:
Some pre and post measurements for those interested.
Pre
-waist: 35.5"
-thigh: 13"
-Inseam: 36"
-hem: 8.8"Post (warm soak, light agitation, machine dried on medium heat)
-waist: 34"
-thigh: just over 12.75"
-inseam: 34.75"
-hem: 8.5"Here is a prior shrink test on this exact pair of pants.
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I think everything will be fine!
Who does not take risks does not drink champagne!
We have this proverb -
Or do it good and drink champagne for the Victory by doing things right
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@Tago-Mago Thanks for the heads up. I think i prefer my summer trousers a bit wider than that. I have 3 (three!) of the whipcord work pants (720), and this cut here should be pretty similar. I'm willing to wait
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