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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      We'll have to remove the tack button.  Darn over the hole and then insert new tack button…

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • Baba-sanB
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        Thanks Gents… at least it can be fixed... 🙂

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        • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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          This stuff works great for soaking your smelly jeans. Use a fourth as much as they say on the label for like 2 gallons of water.

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          • organisysO
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            For those in the UK there is a Dettol branded version..

            Pride of Japan :-)

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            • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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              @kkibbey23 you can use this lysol stuff and soak them or a gentle hand wash instead of a machine wash, or just use some regular detergent. You don't have to turn your jeans inside out for just a soak or a hand wash.

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              • KasiK
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                @Giles  @neph93

                Check it out

                Been a while since anyone posted here.

                So you could called it a hack or save your belt.

                The problem with leather they can get stretch or you loss weight..

                What I did got a brass belt hoop for the OGL belt

                When leather belt not looking good

                Problem solve

                God save the belt not queen  😉 😃

                The world's insane
                While you drink champagne
                And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                • GilesG
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                  BOOM

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                    I got a new washer I wanted to show you. This one is big enough to lay the jeans out flat. They are $25 at Walmart. And you can store your other jeans in it when it's not being used as a vessel. Pretty much a shallow coffin for a little person. Even has wheels and I put it under my bed to store it.

                    I forgot to share this last week. But I couldn't find my fels naptha so I used this antique bar of ivory soap that's probably from the 70' or 80's and like three drops of Dawn to wash my lefties.

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                    • pechelmanP
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                      Breathing a bit of life back to this thread, I know that there are other hacks with using pliers, screwdrivers, and even wine stoppers to open up stubborn button holes, especially after soaking things like xhs or uhr and also for more delicate things like leather jackets.

                      Rather than any of those, a while ago I made up a small tool from a piece of 3/8" wooden dowel pin that was laying around from another project. I kept it long enough to be able to have a firm grip on the pin on both sides of the button hole to give it a firm tug in all directions. The corners were all chamfered up to minimize any damage.

                      This lives permanently in a dresser drawer that also has a sewing kit so it's easy to find. Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

                      Here's an example of how it would be used

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                      • pechelmanP
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                        Second up is something I've mentioned somewhere else, but for hanging wet jeans to dry, I made these bent hooks from leftover solid core 12ga household wiring leftover from another project, which oddly was also not electrical in nature. The big end fits over a shower curtain rod, the little through a belt loop, and a little offset to make them easier to don and doff. They kinda look like ear lobes and are more than sturdy enough to support XHS soaking wet.

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                        • MizmazzleM
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                          Hell yeah man.

                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                          • ?
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                            @pechelman very cool! Nice to see some action around this thread

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