How to not shrink your raw denims after the "long wear"

[khoiphan92]

Sorry for asking so many questions.... the title pretty much sums it up.

After six months they'll be pretty nasty and i just wanna clean em. do i just take a cold shower in em or something?

[DrinDrin]

Sorry for asking so many questions.... the title pretty much sums it up.

After six months they'll be pretty nasty and i just wanna clean em. do i just take a cold shower in em or something?

lol just wear your jeans already.

Geez...

[diewhitegirls]

>_>

I'll behave and answer this for you real quick, before the wolves descend.

It depends. If you have sanforized denim, they will shrink, but not too much. Sanforization is a technique that reduces shrinkage, if you hadn't caught that. If you have un-sanforized denim, they will shrink dramatically.

Now, the colder the water, the less the shrink. Heat=shrink. Heat also=indigo loss. Turn them inside out when you wash them and while they're drying (at the damp stage) pull the bejesus out of them so that you stretch them as much as possible.

All in all, denim is fabric and it will shrink. How much depends on those factors (and probably others).

[khoiphan92]

thanks alot for the advice. so i have to pull them even if i wash them in cold water?

i dont know if i have sanforized or not i have levi's 501xx do i?

[poly800rock]

501xx means its unsafonized. were they raw when you got them?

[khoiphan92]

yah. i brought em brand new

[khoiphan92]

so will they still shrink "dramitically" if i show in cold water with em?

[poly800rock]

yeah, up to 2 inches in the waist, 3 inches in the inseam. are these like cheap $40 pair or LVC's? cuz if they're $40 kohl's, just wash em, and move on, otherwise, dry clean only...

or I guess you could literally take a bath with them on....

[khoiphan92]

wait. so how do i not shrink them? i thought cold water wouldnt shrink. i thought hot water shrinks?

do you have aim?

[diewhitegirls]

They're denim. They're going to shrink if you get them wet, plain and simple. Unsanforized denim is going to be a large shrink. Taking a bath with them on is not going to prevent them from shrinking, it will just prevent them from shrinking past the point that your body allows them to.

[poly800rock]

both shrink. dry clean to NOT SHRINK your jeans. you're basically fucked is what i'm telling you. should have soaked them when you got them....

[khoiphan92]

i see... i suppose i can take a 3 min cold shower with them on and then start wiping like crazy with a towel?

[diewhitegirls]

i see... i suppose i can take a 3 min cold shower with them on and then start wiping like crazy with a towel?

My head just exploded. You're missing the point. Water is wet. Wet is going to cause denim fibers to constrict. Constricting is shrinking. Drying them quickly will not reverse the effects of wetness. Wiping like crazy with a towel will give you a very blue towel.

I'm beginning to think this is a horrible joke.

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

then you'll get towel fades... you're fucked

[khoiphan92]

how will dry cleaning them be any different.

[diewhitegirls]

then you'll get towel fades... you're fucked

Dude, towel fades are the new honeycombs.

[diewhitegirls]

how will dry cleaning them be any different.

Let's examine the evidence:

1. Water is wet. Remember?

2. Wet makes denim go shrinky shrinky. This is no beuno for you.

3. Dry cleaning is, by definition, cleaning with a dry method. Not wet. No wet results in what? Raise your hands...yes, you. Correct, no wet means no shrinky.

What have we learned today class? That my patience is much better than I thought.

[khoiphan92]

thanks alot for helping me! thanks for your patience

[poly800rock]

i can't do this anymore, diewhitegirls, i'm tagging out, sorry...

[diewhitegirls]

i can't do this anymore, diewhitegirls, i'm tagging out, sorry...

Please don't leave me.

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

Let's examine the evidence:

1. Water is wet. Remember?

Haha, first time I laughed out loud on superfuture...

[rh3522]

dumb question.. but r u guys talkin about length or width shrinkage... im tryna shrink the width of my jeans with minimal length shrinkage. after reading tons of threads i THINK the best method is hot soak it with water only and pull on them for a few hours... am i right?????

[notesee]

I have the opposite problem. I wish I could shrink the waist on my APCs, but I think I'm just stuck with having a pair that are a bit bigger than I hoped for.

[khoiphan92]

when they dry clean it wont they get rid of the whiskers and honeycombs?

[beefcake]

heheh. someone's pulling your leg.

[Superstar]

Is it just me or are people just asking more and more on simple things ?

[the wit of the staircase]

your honeycombs and whiskers will be fine. but dry cleaning will turn your jeans into a skort. dry cleaning isn't actually what the obvious name suggests. it's a skort maker. don't listen to these people. they are trying to trick you.

[beefcake]

nah, look up some old starch threads... when/if/how/what brand... those killed my brain x5.

[machineo]

Haha, first time I laughed out loud on superfuture...

and that "wiping like crazy" comment gave nothing?

good thread

[deedotceedot]

Best thread ever.