Denim Repair

[CrashTestBrummie]

nice, pretty damn clean, i think i'll have to do these for basically all my pants from now on.

Yeah...the problem I'm going to have is with the other pair I'm wearing at the moment, as they're broken twill and VERY green caste...

I'm going to have to contact the manufacturer direct to see if they can help with any old pieces of denim.

[beatle]

Jesus - what happened ? barracuda attack ??

[blm14]

I wish it were a barracuda attack - that would make SENSE! There was one small hole on each side and then all the sudden the stitching blew in the very middle seam and all the holes combined... I dropped them off at BiG yesterday to see if Gordon can do anything. If 45rpm is not doing repairs on non-45RPM jeans I'm not even sure who to go to.

[Charlie Delta]

A friend of mine had this ratty pair of old pre EuEd European Evisu's that he's had for years and basically wore (and washed) all the time!

Quite a while ago he ripped out of the back and asked me if I could repair it for him, while not my favorite thing to do ever, especially seeing how badly ripped they were I decided to do my best anyway:

Apart from this bigass rip there were some smaller ones that I patched up aswell.

Again a little while later, he told me that he had now ripped a pretty big hole in the crotch and couldn't really wear them anymore, and again asked if I could patch them up for him.

This "hole" was basically a whole piece of denim simply gone "missing" and at this point I recognized that the jeans were really too fucked up to try to repair them in a way that was in any way "subtle", so I decided to make a little project out of them.

This is the result:

The mushrooms had been added by another friend of mine ages ago and I figured they were a part of the jean by now so I didn't take them off...

Both pockets were ripped out and the pocketbags were basically missing, I was able to still safe the right pocket and reinforced the pocketbag with a thin stretch denim, the left pocket however was really farfar gone so I decided to just sew up the whole thing and put on a new pocket.

What was left of the denim was a fraying mess so I just covered it u with leather, also note the new beltloop

New pocket, made out of a beautiful Cone denim, the denim left of it was this very deep gash where the denim had just disappeared over time, I patched that up, covered the edge with leather, stitched it all close and then added the new pocket.

The back was quite messy but I tried my best, keep in mind that by now there was so much denim that my machine didn't really feel like stitching pretty anymore.

Edges of the pockets had somewhat disappeared, the whole right backpocket was worn through and coming off. I lined it again and then covered the worn through rivets with leather. Patched up the hole on the right, added new beltloop, and put on a new leather patch as the original one had gone missing.

Not the cleanest ever, but it'll do the job.

His name is Lukas and the jeans have been going strong since 02...

Burned in by hand.

[Charlie Delta]

The crotch "gap" mentioned earlier

The top repair was done earlier and I tried blending different colour thread, not really satisfied with how it looks

Some better looking stitching:

The hems where a whole project on their own:

All in all I'm pretty pleased with the result, and my friend is super excited to be able to wear them again.

It was a lot of work though, basically patched up whole new jeans on the inside top block, used 5 different types of selvedge denim and leather in the places that were most fucked up.

[Leonard Leroy]

You're a good friend. Jeans that worn must feel like linen already, taking a pool on how long before they hit your shop again?

[Charlie Delta]

I did a fair bit of preventive patching aswell, so the most obvious areas should hold out another while, but you never know...

[akuma no uta]

Sweet jesus I need to find a pair of jeans to fall in love with that much to wear for that long... Beautiful job cotton!

[Charlie Delta]

Fun extra fact, when he came to pick them up he said "these jeans have seen so many cells from the inside!" heh heh heh...

[Quinnskimo]

dude.

that's neat.

[Bigyen]

New Nickname....

[rnrswitch]

A little too loud for my taste, but I do love the craftsmanship involved. That new leather patch is looking nice as well.

I like subtle repairs on jeans (new denim hidden inside the jeans), but sometimes jeans get too out of hand and you just have to slap some new denim on them to make them functional again.

good work Cotton.

[moykky]

Nicely done Cotton Duck! My fullcounts with many repairs which I've tried to keep as subtle as possible (gotten better in time).

[rnrswitch]

Nice socks.

[salaami]

you are the ultimate friend, cotton. my sams need that kind of love...

[opethrapture]

Hyvältä näyttyy möykky!!

[lenn]

cotton, that repair job is beyond amazing. great job. please, please, repair my jeans when they need to be repaired.

[Bigyen]

what exactly is the type of thread used to put jeans together? Seems to be a heavier more durable thread than your usual run of the mill kind.

[jhxkcd]

I would pay to send my jeans to Cotton Duck and have you fix a crotch hole of mine.

[poly800rock]

i just got my omnigods back from hollywood trading co.

they fixed my back pockets and my crotch which were coming apart.

top row is befores, bottom row is afters:

before...

...and after.

before and after:

and before and after:

now -- the crotch seam is nice and clean again:

now -- pockets have no holes...

...and are reinforced and ready for more abuse.

i think they did a great job, and at a reasonable price. very happy right now and looking forward to wearing these again. but not until the sufu contest is over, i guess.

whenever i head back up that way, i need to get my samurais and prps taken care of. back pockets are jacked

[.jacob]

Anyone know who does good repairs in Boston? I don't really want to mail my jeans out...

[sense.]

yea im pretty skeptical about sending mine out too..

any places in norfolk, va?

[chantheman]

had a couple holes starting to form in the crotch of the warehouse 660s so i had my grandma fix them up

no before pics. just got them back

[Elysium]

How should I go about getting this fixed? The left side of the clasp just popped off and I took them to a tailor and they told me that they couldn't fix them.

[jilla82]

how did you fix this? I have a pair of jeans w/ a rip that size, but on both sides. Figured it was too big to fix, but maybe not.

Anyone w/ any suggestions?

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before

after

I guess I would want it more "clean" looking, oh well..

I was so upset when it happened this morning

[raWorkshop]

what exactly is the type of thread used to put jeans together? Seems to be a heavier more durable thread than your usual run of the mill kind.

There's nothing really special about it, it's just usually thicker. Thread can be measured a couple ways, but consider the TEX scale. It goes from 0-100 and measures the weight of the thread over a given distance (much like oz/yard on denim). So the weight doesn't exactly mean thickness, but there's a clear correlation. Silk thread might be TEX 10, threads you might use on a shirt are usually like TEX 30. Thread for jeans is going to be around TEX 60-70.

All cotton is authentic and not good for durability. All polyester can look fine or look really freaking tacky. Cotton wrapped poly or nylon core thread is a good compromise on looks and durability.

Contrary to what you might read on the board, chainstitching isn't really the deciding factor in roping. Using all cotton thread that hasn't been sanforized (preshrunk with steam in the factory), and using unsanforized denim matters a lot more. The thread shrinks, the denim shrinks, and because denim is weaved at 4:3 Warp:Weft, it angles off and achieves the roping look.

I'm writing this from memory, so if anybody knows better please post up and I'll edit.

[siq tribal brah]

Anyone know who does good repairs in Boston? I don't really want to mail my jeans out...

check out stel's on newbury, i know they offer hemming on new jeans and they might be able to direct you to a good tailor

[tg76]

How should I go about getting this fixed? The left side of the clasp just popped off and I took them to a tailor and they told me that they couldn't fix them.

stick a patch in between the layers, darn over it, put a new fastening on. instead of trying to make it as it was make it something you (cheese)

or you could put the thing back in and kindof weave a web around it darning it into place but unless you a neat stitcher it gonna look messy

[denim snob]

There's nothing really special about it, it's just usually thicker. Thread can be measured a couple ways, but consider the TEX scale. It goes from 0-100 and measures the weight of the thread over a given distance (much like oz/yard on denim). So the weight doesn't exactly mean thickness, but there's a clear correlation. Silk thread might be TEX 10, threads you might use on a shirt are usually like TEX 30. Thread for jeans is going to be around TEX 60-70.

All cotton is authentic and not good for durability. All polyester can look fine or look really freaking tacky. Cotton wrapped poly or nylon core thread is a good compromise on looks and durability.

Contrary to what you might read on the board, chainstitching isn't really the deciding factor in roping. Using all cotton thread that hasn't been sanforized (preshrunk with steam in the factory), and using unsanforized denim matters a lot more. The thread shrinks, the denim shrinks, and because denim is weaved at 4:3 Warp:Weft, it angles off and achieves the roping look.

I'm writing this from memory, so if anybody knows better please post up and I'll edit.

Tex equals grams per 1000 meters. So, the larger the number the bigger the thread. 80 Tex is also common in jeans, and is equivalent to 7.38 Number English (the number of 840 yard hanks in a pound). It is about the same size as a typical warp yarn in 14 oz denim.

Interesting comment about thread shrinkage. Need to find out more about that.

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[klue]

rainbow yarn woven with rimjob repairs