What causes fading on the thighs portion??

[bahnahnahs]

I dont see how jeans get fading on the thighs, as the thighs wont be creasing, bunching, etc etc?

Yet pictures show thighs gets the most fading, so whats the cause?

[timmy32]

there is more friction on your thighs than any where else on your jeans, hence the indigo will start to rub off more there, especially after you wash them

[bahnahnahs]

u mean friction from the underside of the jeans rubbing against the skin?

didnt know the underside can also cause fading on the outside..

ok thanks.

[cheapmuthafukr]

the fabric is put under strain... which causes the indigo to fall. also alot of people tend to wipe thier hands on thier thighs, which causes loose indigo to fall.

[rnrswitch]

I think cheapmutha got it right. Any portion of jeans that goes through some type of strain, whether it be stretching, creasing, rubbing, etc. those portion will fade more than others.

Remember the indigo never really penetrates the fiber (too big of a molecule), but rather it forms a hard shell around the fiber. This hard shell when put under strain of some sort cracks, and the indigo literally falls off of the denim.

[Guest jeffvyain]

i also wondered the same thing. i beat the shit out of my APCs for 4 months... skating, falling, and just good ol' wearing, and had almost no loss of indigo on the thighs. i honestly would dry my hands on my thighs just because i wanted to see some change there (and I'm an OCD handwasher so it happened a lot). is there a point at which the jeans are just too tight to rub and end up just sticking to the skin? My APCs, even after stretching, are still ball crunchingly tight, which is great, but i feel like it resulted in a little less wear than it otherwise could have.

[Geowu]

AFAIK the tighter it is, the faster it wears. Anyway the tighter it is the more stress there is?

[LIVENUDEGIRLS]

i also wondered the same thing. i beat the shit out of my APCs for 4 months... skating, falling, and just good ol' wearing, and had almost no loss of indigo on the thighs. i honestly would dry my hands on my thighs just because i wanted to see some change there (and I'm an OCD handwasher so it happened a lot). is there a point at which the jeans are just too tight to rub and end up just sticking to the skin? My APCs, even after stretching, are still ball crunchingly tight, which is great, but i feel like it resulted in a little less wear than it otherwise could have.

I think its pointless to wash your hands and rub them on your unwashed jeans

[keri]

^good point lng.... thinking of all the times I've done that cause the head at school has an air dryer and no napkins...ewww.

[Guest jeffvyain]

i would usually hit up the paper towels, but due to my OCDness I would then whipe my hands on my legs to get the remaining water off. It wasn't a conscious decision to try to wear in my jeans any more, but rather I would think about it afterward or during and hope that that sort of OCD behavior would show on my jeans...which it didn't, really.

[Seething Tortoise]

Where's ringring

[Corbin Law]

my new school has no fucking paper towel dispensers (except one in the dressing rooms but thats like 1 in the whole fucking school)

and its all air dryers so i think im going ot be doing alot of thigh rubbing in the future

as to whether or not that will do anything

no se`

[bahnahnahs]

normally i wipe my wet hands on the back of the jeans

[M.O.A]

normally i wipe my wet hands on the back of the jeans

same here man

[keri]

my new school has no fucking paper towel dispensers (except one in the dressing rooms but thats like 1 in the whole fucking school)

and its all air dryers so i think im going ot be doing alot of thigh rubbing in the future

as to whether or not that will do anything

no se`

I found a solution, I cary around antibacterial wipes now, and just omit washing my hands and use those!! now i dont have to get my thigh's wet.

[__3xL]

You don't like when your thighs are wet anymore Keri ? :-(

[whorishconsumer]

i like to search out the nearest street urchin and dry my hands on his or her hairy belly.

[Seething Tortoise]

same here man

I do it on the top.

[werdtoyourmoms]

i like to search out the nearest street urchin and dry my hands on his or her hairy belly.

excellent username