IHSH-53 - 12oz Raw Selvedge Indigo Work Shirt

[jacoavlu]

Cris
Do you have room elsewhere to allow a little more shrink?
Cause a wash with agitation will shorten them sleeves up a bit.

[crisone]

^ Hmmm, maybe just a tad, but will put that in thought, thanks Jaco.

Cris.

[TinMan]

@crisone:

Damn, due to the sizing, my sleeves are too long, I'd like them to be "non-cuffed", cleaner.

Cris.

Cris,
Jaco is right… I am in the same boat as you I have to get XXL sometimes to make room in chest area but the sleeves are always a bit long.  A cold wash with agitation shrank the sleeves on my IHSH-13 from 27'' to a perfect 26.5, but I still had plenty of room every where else.  I am thinking about doing a warm wash with agitation to see if the shirt shrinks any where else. I will let you know.

[TinMan]

after washing I air dried in my pantry

[TinMan]

@Giles:

@monday:

don't know if it is color or if the texture just changed abit.

& which is left, hahahahhahaha

soak seems promising.  if no agitation to the water 53 probably has a bit more shrinkage to give. .  .

damn we are up to 53 already!!!!!!!!

yes, I think there is a tad more shrinkage to go.  i have asked haraki to confirm.

Re 53.  I made exactly the same comment to Kiya in Cabo…....

what did Haraki say about agitation and more shrinkage.

[Giles]

Yep, sorry he did…

[crisone]

Question about agitation….I'd like to stay away from putting the shirt in a washing machine, so I'd assume the alternative way is to wash in my bathtub constantly moving the shirt for about 15 or so???

Thanks,

Cris.

[jacoavlu]

sounds fine
but effect is gonna be somewhere between plain soak
and machine wash

if you got room, I'd just throw it in machine
cold, gentle, remove before spin
air dry

[crisone]

^ Sounds good…..just gotta throw it in the machine while my wife isn't home......cuz to sum it up, she won't understand, haha.

Thanks Jaco....probably try it out next week Monday.

Cris.

[crisone]

Crossing fingers…........

Taking it out to air dry as we speak.

Cris.

[madmonday]

good luck cris.

[crisone]

Thanks Monday…..it stained the shit out of my Machine, haha, doing a dark load right now to hopefully clean it off.

Cris.

[Finn666]

don't let wifey see this bro :P…

[crisone]

That's why I did it right now, I'm home with the kids, wife is at work, haha…....

Cris.

[Giles]

Did wifey want little blue babies?

[PETEROCK1]

@crisone:

That's why I did it right now, I'm home with the kids, wife is at work, haha…....

Cris.

Start wearing it right now while it's damp…. and wear a white shirt underneath 

[crisone]

Petee, I plan to, it's still a bit wet, waiting till like 12 to wear…...

And the dark load cleaned up all the Indigo off my Machine, yessss.

Cris.

[arrow]

This is funny… I had a similar experience with my washing machine and dryer yesterday after soaking my 1103ex Strike Gold.
Took a bottle of Simple Green Cleanser to wipe up the excess indigo left over.

Loading up a batch of dark colored clothes to wash after your indigo soak is a great idea... never thought of this!

Looking forward to the IHSH-53 fit pics.

[crisone]

Alrighty, here's a fit pic in the damp stage, the sleeves shrunk perfectly, I just have to "half'cuff" if you can notice, the chest area feels like it shrunk a tad, but still perfect…..gosh I love this shirt!!!!!!  Thanks to all for the help.

Cris.

[hectic]

really boring question for statesiders - do you guys typically have those top loader washing machines?