ETERNAL 811 Contest 10/10/10 - 12/12/12

[Pi-tol]

Beats try the 2x hot soak and 2x hot wash with 4x hot dryer.

[beatle]

Boil soak shrank them down enough to not slide down over hips..yeah..

Gonna see about the hot wash

[reallypeacedoff]

The change from 1st soak to 2nd soak was huge for me. Made all the difference. I think a second hot soak and/or wash + a couple of hours in the dryer will make all the difference.

Anyways, off to Vegas for me. See you (if I'm still alive) in a week.

[ranonranonarat]

good luck with the shrinkage process beatle. it would be a pity if you dont fit into yours. crossing my fingers!

[beatle]

Thanks, I shall find out..I must have lost some serious weight...

[aho]

With lack of funding I'm unable to get in on the second run order....Damn this is what I get for slacking but enjoy the contest everyone! It shall be glorious...

(Pre-distressed model)

[ranonranonarat]

wow. if my pair turns out like that, it doesnt really matter if i win or not. dammit.

[aho]

Can you imagine all the pairs in two years? I'm already counting down until this future galaxy blower...

[beatle]

Still the holy grail...needs to be beat

[beatle]

side note - if I can shrink them down a teeny bit more I might get a relaxed fit close to this one..no epic tight combs and shit, but it might work

[aho]

FWIW, two years of comfort gets my vote beets!

[Shangers]

side note - if I can shrink them down a teeny bit more I might get a relaxed fit close to this one..no epic tight combs and shit, but it might work

Hey Beatle, It's gonna be close. You are going to get some serious shrinkage, but not sure if you will get the fit you want with just a soak. If I were you, I would skip all the BS. Put 'em in the wash, on the hottest temp you feel comfortable with (for me, I just didn't want to burn up the patch). Then throw them in the dryer till they are just slightly damp.

I did that to mine and You Ren's pair, and there is still plenty of starch in the jeans to be crisp. They are still bleeding indigo, so I don't think I lost that much in the wash/dry. Anyway, glad you finally got yours in.

Btw, plus rep for getting this all put together for us. And no worries about tight combs. I think these will look good with looser combs for vintage fit/fade.

[beatle]

Thanks - gonna do that tonight...

[beatle]

Washed at 60C - 140F...will keep you posted

[beautiful_FrEaK]

looking forward to the result. fingers crossed

[beatle]

damp waist measurements - 14.7 , thigh 10.5...looks like it was worth it..

[kit99bar]

I'm happy that worked out for you but also shocked at how tiny a 32 became (my TTS)! I would've had to size up 2-4 times to get the thighs to fit

damp waist measurements - 14.7 , thigh 10.5...looks like it was worth it..

[beatle]

will post the final measurements tomorrow...

[Farhad]

beatle- no way your the same size as me eh?

I got a 32 and if I wanted a Z fit, I could have gone down to a 31

Some 811 love. I wore it during a hike the other day

Here's the view from the hike. that's down town LA in the distance.

Still an iPhone pic but no app

[Bomull]

I think ipkus eternals are the holy grail! had to quote these again to inspire you;)

eternals 811s

1 year

pre-wash

[Bomull]

They are EPIC!

post wash

-still damp-

-dried up-

[Alex3000]

Finally I got my pair back from Gordon had em hemmed to a 34" inseam.

Also ordered some Thunder Soap to wash these with for the next two years.

The instructions aren't very helpful

So anyone know how much I should use per wash? Beatle if I remembered you washed your contest 0500's with Thunder Soap how much did you use?

[Flash]

i just use a table spoon whenever i use it

[Alex3000]

Thats what I was guessing too.

[Farhad]

What's better for jeans, thunder soap or thunder thighs?!!!

[Pi-tol]

I wash my jeans with bakin soda & lemon juice. It works

[beatle]

waist shrank to 14.8, good stuff

[ranonranonarat]

waist shrank to 14.8, good stuff

fit pics soon!

[beatle]

tonight.....

[JayFourEyes]

I think you will be fine beatle. And, roomy is comfy...

What's the max shrinkage you guys got out of the inseam?