IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk

[Oaktavia]

UGH I am super bummed out about the paint on these jeans. I was painting all day Sunday and was super in the zone. I knew I had got some acrylic paint on my right knee, but woke up to a fuckton more than I realized was there. I then tried isopropyl alchohol and a rag, which fucked them up even more (even after knowing the risk involved). I also tried baking soda mixed with water and that didn't so shit but get the solution caked onto it. After a hose down, I am left with this. Totally bummed and feel I ruined them even more when I guess I couldn have just left them. I have been moping a lot about it. Anyone on here able to tell me I'm not a huge idiot and I should/could still wear them?

Edit: FWIW my wife thinks I'm wrong for caring about it. She's just happy I'm painting again. Tells me to own it and stop being a pu**y about it.

[SonnyTheElder]

@Oaktavia Ouch! I feel your pain as it's akin to getting the first scratch on a new pair of boots but I agree with your wife on owning it. Roll with it and make them your new "gettin' shit done" jeans and use them for yard work, house work, painting, etc. and they'll probably end up better for it.

Worse case scenario, you could snag another pair on the impending restock and given your track record, you could probably have a new pair equally worn-in in no time!

[Oaktavia]

@SonnyTheElder thanks for the hype my dude. I'm feeling a bit better about it. Plus, now I can keep wearing my XHSmb more often. Definitely have my eyes on that restock but not sure.

[Matt]

@Oaktavia did you try rubbing alcohol?

[Matt]

@Oaktavia whoops, just realized you said that. If you haven’t tried soaking in just the alc then washing maybe try that. The rubbing spread it around because the alc dissolved it. You might need to do it a few times but it could at least lessen the severity.

[Matt]

But ultimately yeah, your being a pussy. You’re a painter. That’s how your people are supposed to look. IH done your way. That’s the way it should be.

[Oaktavia]

@Matt thank you wise dude, I will try that tomorrow. And thanks for the email encouragement, I get fixated on shit that don't matter sometimes.

[Matt]

As do we all.

[pechelman]

@Oaktavia, I think they look rad. Wear the hell out of them, bet they'll even more incredible when they fade in a bit more.

[Nik]

The best option here is to enjoy them. You won’t get a good price for them, and I assume you don’t want to burn them? I think they look great. Double down and take them further in that direction. Have you seen the trousers that the guy who makes Clinch boots wears? They look pretty cool…

[Daniel San]

@Oaktavia
If nothing works, just make shorts out of them 🩳

[Oaktavia]

Thanks everyone for the replies. I tried Matt's idea and while it did start to work, there is so much paint still on there that I decided it's just not worth the fuss. I'm going to double down and paint them today, feck it .

[Oaktavia]

@Nik said in IH-888-XHSib - 25oz Selvedge Denim Medium/High Rise Tapered Cut Jeans - Ind/blk:

Have you seen the trousers that the guy who makes Clinch boots wears? They look pretty cool…

I just looked them up and actually dig it. I'm not worried about my 888s now at all actually...thanks for that homie.

[goosehd]

@Oaktavia Why don't you let them evolve naturally instead of trying to make them into something? In my opinion, you should wear them every time that you paint and not give two fucks!! Let them become a product of you and your painting, not force them into looking one way or another.

A product that evolves with you will be way cooler than trying to force it.

[goosehd]

@Oaktavia Example of not giving a fuck and going with it:
@Giles said in Random Rants:
This is a pair of 634S I beat the living crap out of renovating the house, the last major job I did wearing them was painting.  These were about 2 years old when I stopped wearing them, probably about 20 washes including a few mega-hot (see leather patch).  I occasionally pull them on for special occasions - like creosoting the fence….

[goosehd]

...and some of the coolest jeans I've seen thrashed:
@mitchellvilla said in IH-634S-142 - 14oz Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:

My well-loved IH-634S-142

[ARNC]

@Oaktavia I completely relate to your response but the collective wisdom seems good too.

My memory finally fired up (almost simultaneously with @goosehd). I was about to share the same post - see also https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum//post/559898 from the same guy - should help you feel happier about embracing the .

[goosehd]

@ARNC Good one!!! Impressed

[ARNC]

@goosehd thanks! I often remember seeing something but working out where is the hard part!

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd in my 20s, my clothing was covered in paint. Everything had some color on it, head to toe, I didn't give a shit and I painted all the time. I haven't painted regularly like I used to in over and decade and lost a bit of my identity, especially when I started to teach. I am a much different person from last decade but I have slowly been remembering who I used to be by means of art and listening to music from my past. It has been mostly great but I have my moments of uncertainty. My diagnosed ADHD enables me to hyperfocus on anything but sometimes it's not the right thought or idea and I get confused about the original point in the first place.

Anyway, I forgot to mention that I planned on wearing these 888 to work teaching art and at home as much as possible. I often push the boundaries of my appearance at work with wearing only denim and boots, while having visible tattoos everywhere. The public school systems image of what a contemporary teacher looks like is different these days. I think I could get away wearing paint covered pants some days at work, but I wanted to be able to wear them whenever. So that really is where my head was at with removing the paint, the root thought.

Thanks for sharing those photos of Gile's pair and of that rad artist dude @ARNC . They are inspiring and remind me of photos of me in my old art studios in Maryland. After all this discussion, I feel like I understand my thought process so much more and it feels relieving.