IHSH-369-GRY - 12oz Slubby Heavy Flannel Herringbone Check Western Shirt - Grey
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@Megatron1505 said in IHSH-369-GRY - 12oz Slubby Heavy Flannel Herringbone Check Western Shirt - Grey:
… and just admiring the shirt.
Heartwarming even after all this years, isn’t it.
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@Aetas a new Iron Heart purchase always hits the spot. Hope you are well mate.
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This was my first IH flannel, which led quickly to the UHF in Red Hombre, then Green Hombre, then 9oz Selvedge in Blue Check, two western and two workshirts so thoroughly enjoying my new shirt collection after being solely IH jeans and jackets only for the past 12 years. There might be a better place to post my query but will start here since it is specific to my first flannel piece. I seem to have a fairly good handle on caring for the jeans and jackets since they are one washed and I have little concern about overwashing or shrinking. The fading and softening and washing when the nose knows has been a satisfying occurrence with my jeans and denim jackets. Now as I enter the IH shirt world and I have read alot on how to wash I don’t see as much on when to wash. Should I just keep up with the nose knows and be sure to cold wash my xxxl and perhaps bit warmer water on my xxxxl if I want a bit of shrinkage in shoulders and sleeves, or cold wash all but dry the 4x in a dryer to realize some shrinkage? I don’t necessarily need to shrink any but i defiinitely don’t want to shrink the 3x at all but don’t want to never wash either if i should be? I am 6ft 4 in 235 lbs btw, 3x are not tight but perfect in sleeves and shoulders and waist, where 4x are bit big in shoulders but hang nicely with room for layering as needed. As always, all advice is appreciated.
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@les-l I cold wash (machine - front loader) and hang to dry all of my flannels (Ironheart) and have not had any issues with shrinkage following that protocol.
Edit: As indicated on the product pages, you can get up to a half size shrinkage using hot water and drying with a machine.
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@goosehd I’m coming up on my first wash with some of mine … do you also do a gentle spin cycle or no spin. Thank you.
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@Brandrea I try and do no spin although sometimes I don’t catch it before the spin cycle starts or normally try and turn the spin cycle off beforehand.
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@goosehd thanks very much, appreciated.
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This was the first winter I bought IH flannels, bought four of them and was a little worried about the washing part since XL fits me perfectly with a T-shirt under. I washed my 369 yesterday, tap cold whatever that setting is with no spin, hung it up to dry and happy to report today it fits exactly the same as before washing, 0 noticeable shrinkage. Feeling much more confident to wash the others now!
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@Ikeaparty thanks for the info, I’ll be a bit less worried when I come to wash mine now
