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Getting to fade to grey quick?

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    Matt
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    Joined: 4 Oct 2011

    Put them in the dryer after washing.

    last edited by 13 Jan 2024, 17:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      Mizmazzle
      見習いボス
      Joined: 29 Jun 2021

      Wash more frequently

      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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        rudy
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 2 Apr 2023

        Sounds good will do and thank you

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Putting SBG in the dryer is a sure way to get bltches

          "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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            endo
            見習いボス
            @Mizmazzle
            Joined: 29 May 2020

            @Mizmazzle said in Getting to fade to grey quick?:

            Wash more frequently

            @Matt said in Getting to fade to grey quick?:

            Put them in the dryer after washing.

            IMO no, this won't look good with a SBG, you have to wear them @rudy

            si tacuisses

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              Mizmazzle
              見習いボス
              @endo
              Joined: 29 Jun 2021

              @endo I agree 100%. No shortcuts to great looking fades. But washing a lot might give him a lighter looking denim overall. Like Giles said though…lots of marbling to be had.

              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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                Matt
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                @Giles
                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                @Giles said in Getting to fade to grey quick?:

                Putting SBG in the dryer is a sure way to get bltches

                Doesn’t sound so bad to me.

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                  GraemeE
                  Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                  Yeah I wasn't sure if that was a typo or not

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                    rudy
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    @GraemeE
                    Joined: 2 Apr 2023

                    @GraemeE said in Getting to fade to grey quick?:

                    Yeah I wasn't sure if that was a typo or not

                    Haha they are in the dryer so hopefully that wasn’t as he was pretty firm on that

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Whoops - botches 😂

                      "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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                        IH-GARY
                        Haraki san Student
                        Joined: 3 Jan 2017

                        Life's a botch and then you dye!

                        My contribution, to urban blues…

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                          Brian
                          Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                          Blotches are we talking about ?

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                            GraemeE
                            @rudy
                            Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                            @rudy whether it's bitches, botches or blotches you are gaurunteed something interesting post dryer

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                              SaddleSC
                              Haraki san Prodigy
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2022

                              There is a woman on Reddit by the name of EllaHarp who posts her IH 888 vintage fades quite often and they look amazing. Her fades have great contrast, but the denim has a lighter overall appearance and she swears by the technique of adding a splash of bleach to every wash cycle. I have heard that idea floated by others who like a lighter fade. Perhaps that would help tame the SBG in the way you are looking for?

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                                68degreesorless
                                Haraki san Student
                                Joined: 19 Jul 2021

                                One of the owners of son of a stag told me customers use to pay him to fade their denim. His trick was to hang them closeby while taking hot shower each day. The slight dampness from the steam supposedly helps them fade faster.

                                I have no idea if it works, just passing along what I heard.

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                                  Giles
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                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Jackanory

                                  "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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                                    68degreesorless
                                    Haraki san Student
                                    Joined: 19 Jul 2021

                                    Had to look that up. I suspect you may be onto something… lots of wear always right answer for fades

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                                      Matt
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                      If you want fast fades buy faded jeans.

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                                        goosehd
                                        Mod Squad
                                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                        …or just enjoy the journey, which is why most of us are here.

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          Matt
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                                          I’m here for the bltches

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