IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo
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@Alex said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:
@nurunuru said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:
@timmyboy As I understand it, the gospel as handed down by Haraki is:
Soak
> Let dry
Wash
Let dry
WearCorrected version. And @Kasi is correct in that you could wear them wet or damp to no harm, but you don't need to
Definitely new to unsanforized denim, so I have to ask.
Can i just do a hand wash ( woolite dark with some agitation and warm water) in the tub when I first get it, to get the shrink out? Then hang dry and wear?
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@iamjustdanny hot water is better, but yes.
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@goosehd said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:
@iamjustdanny hot water is better, but yes.
Sweet! I was hoping that I can combine the soak and wash steps.
I also don't want to put these in the washing machine just yet.
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@iamjustdanny make sure you have shrank the jeans to set the stitching. If not, you may be setting yourself up for issues later on with premature failure or blowout.
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@goosehd duly noted. Will use hot water.
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@rasta the waist will feel small when they dry from the wash. It just takes time, persistence, and a lot of stubbornness and they will stretch back out. Once they do, you will have the perfect pair of UHR’s. It’s not as bad as I’m describing, but for the uninitiated a bit unnerving. Stick with it as it may take a day or two for the waist to stretch back out.
Let us know how it works out for you.
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Just picked up a pair of these! To all the UHR veterans out there, do you recommend hemming these before or after the initial soak and wash?
(Apologies if this has been discussed before— I couldn’t find any comments on it!)
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@MrJay They'll shrink roughly 2 inches according to the webpage, I'd get them hemmed before hand and save money shipping them back and forth, but totally up to you if you want to make sure they'll fit you first/what shrinkage will be like... Also depends how warm you'll wash them, ideally you'll want to get all the shrinkage out the way first thing.
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@MrJay If you are looking for a specific length, then I would wait. While it’s easy to say that you will loose 2 inches, it’s not an exact science. If you’re more flexible, then you can hem them upon purchase knowing that they may not end up exactly where you want. For example, most of the inseams are around 37 inches and I know I want 32 inches as my final. I would hem them to 34 inches and hope that they will shrink the 2 inches giving me my 32 desired. I am flexible and know that it may end up being 32.5 or somewhere around there.
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@MrJay I'd shrink them first then just so you can get the exact length
Wear in good health too!
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I can see the potential from my pre-soak try-on. These are going to be mint once I get them dialed in.
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Hello! New to UHR here. Just wanting to get some advice for storing a new unwashed pair that might not get worked on for a long period of time? With UHR if its new and unwashed, will storing it folded cause any long term issues? Or am i better off soaking and washing when i first get it and just leave it folded in storage? I got an extra pair so was wondering if i need to take this into consideration? Thanks!
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@cyclops. I have a much older version UHR the 634SR I think came around 2010. I haven't gotten around to wear it yet. Its been soaked and washed, then folded and put away and still looks good as new. I did nothing special, just folded it and put it in the closet.
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My order was supposed to be delivered on Friday, but UPS dropped the ball. Revised delivery tomorrow. Fingers crossed
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I would wait to soak until you are ready to start wearing them. I had denim sitting in storage for 15 years. I would wait to soak for 2 reasons, any creases from storage are going to be mitigated by the initial soak and any dust or dirt that might happen during storage will be soaked away.
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@goosehd said in IH-634S-UHR - 21/23oz Raw Selvedge Denim Straight Cut Jeans - Indigo:
@rasta the waist will feel small when they dry from the wash. It just takes time, persistence, and a lot of stubbornness and they will stretch back out. Once they do, you will have the perfect pair of UHR’s. It’s not as bad as I’m describing, but for the uninitiated a bit unnerving. Stick with it as it may take a day or two for the waist to stretch back out.
Let us know how it works out for you.
I just want to add that I’ve found spraying the waist with warm water also helps early on during the stretch back out phase.
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And not today either, apparently.
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@atlasfields that‘s a bummer! Same thing is happening with my recent IH order as well
