Denim Progress: Nudie RR Dry Selvage 4 months

[wild_whiskey]

Already posted this on another forum but for the denim junkies here who want to check it out...

They're four months old and they've been washed 3 or 4 times. they are a bit darker in reality than this picture shows... it's the flash's fault.

[darknworn]

very nice results for jeans only a 4 months old. how much have they shrink from the initial measurements? how have you been washing them? i think i'm going for a pair of these next.

"God is Dead" - Neitzsche

"Neitzsche is Dead" - God

[wild_whiskey]

They shrank about an .25" on the waist and 1.5" on the length. I washed them inside out on hot with hang drying. I also starch them twice a week or so to keep the hige and honeycomb areas stiff. No rubbing though except for my palms. Oh I should add that I wear them every day for about 10-12 hours a day, and ride them when I'm biking, drinking, whatever. The butt area is worn down pretty heavy because I go to the beach a couple times a week and sit on the rocks.

Edited by wild_whiskey on Jun 10, 2005 at 03:51 PM

[Teddy Boy Rocker]

Before the first wash when they were still dry, could you tell how much they would fade after the first wash or was it more of a surprise? hard to believe those are 4 months old, looks nice!

[wild_whiskey]

They looked almost identical before and after the first wash. It was more like 2 weeks after the 2nd wash that they REALLY started to develop the hi/low areas.

[Geowu]

hi wild_whiskey!

I really appreciate seeing those. Good work! You did very well. Is it the Eternal recipe?

More information/details please... I think the starch is important.

I'll try to bring some spray starch from Germany but I'll have to wait some months for that.

They don't have it in my country. Should a home-made starch (water, corn-starch) do the same?

Do you think the washings accelerated the wear? So many questions, sorry.

[ringring]

Nice going Whiskey

[ChadR]

Brian, the real question is, How did you get a digital camera?

They look like shite anyway.

[Geowu]

I'm not being able to access the style forums...

Did you take larger pics wild_whiskey?

What do you plan to do from now on to the jeans?

[deim23]

Sweet WW!! I really like the striated look of the RR dry. I wouldn't mind some nudie dry.

"Today's peacock tomorrow's feather duster. "

[wild_whiskey]

Thanks all... No I don't have larger pics.. I got the camera at work because I was the only one in the office on friday

I'm gonna wear em for awhile without washing and then wash them again probably at 7 months or so total... I'm pretty satisfied with how they turned out at this point so I'm not relaly intent on getting crazy wear.

[guffer]

looking good

[ChadR]

Haha, wait, Brian, since you were the only one at the office on friday- did you bring those pants along (knowing you'd be the only one) or did you drop trou and take the pictures in your skivvies? That would have been hilarious if someone walked in, a cleaning lady, a boss, anyone.

[Serge d Nimes]

I was going to ask the same thing!

Dare I say, the color of the denim looks like a pair of PDC jeans my lady owns.

Carpe Denim!

Edited by Serge d Nimes on Jun 12, 2005 at 11:06 AM

[josepidal]

Would you happen to have a picture of them when they were brand new?

[gunpwdr]

Whiskey,

Are those holes in the rear pocket from the type of wallet that went in or the rocks you often sit on (or both)? I'm hoping my dry RR don't develop holes for a long time, so any insight into how those got there is appreciated.

[magicclean]

dont put any objects in your back pocket, makes them wear out faster.

[wild_whiskey]

hahaha okay

1) I wore my gym pants while I took the pictures.

2) I don't have pictures of them brand new, sorry. They pretty much look like this though [url=" http://www.nudiejeans.com/collection/content/03%20Regular%20Ralf/regular_ralf-dry_selvage_f.jpg"] <a href="http://www.nudiejeans.com/collection/content/03%20Regular%20Ralf/regular_ralf-dry_selvage_f.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.nudiejeans.com/collection/content/03%20Regular%20Ralf/regular_ralf-dry_selvage_f.jpg</a>

3) The back pocket developed holes quickly because my wallet has a metal bar in the middle that sticks out on around the corners. so that coupled with many days at the beach created pretty big holes. I'll patch them up when they get too big

[minya]

Sorry to bump this old thread but I gotta ask --

What exactly is the "Eternal recipe" for washing jeans? I'm curious.

[Geowu]

this is the famous Eternal jeans which have been washed some 8 times, not following the keep-them-dry-for-six-months recipe.

http://denim-gallery.heavy.jp/eternal_811-6.html

Edited by Geowu on Aug 2, 2005 at 10:05 PM

[minya]

Geowu, I thought so, they're beautiful...

but considering I can't read any Japanese and the Google translation is just about as unintelligible, how exactly did he get them to look like that? Did he do anything special?

[Geowu]

I don't know... the jeans in the final stage have been washed 8 times and are 1 year old.

IMO they've got too much contrast, more than I would like.

[minya]

Speaking of washing recipes, the "recipes" on Atelier La Durance's site are intriguing.

One recommends adding salt and white vinegar to the washing machine. Can anyone confirm that this is a good idea?

[Serge d Nimes]

Seems like if you add salt you would get more free chlorine ions since the Na and Cl would break apart. I don't know if that would makes as much of an effect as sodium hypochlorite would though. I was always told that vinegar "fixes" the indigo, which is not really desireable if you are trying to get a good fade.

I found this:

Chlorine is chlorine, so the chlorine in bleach is the same as the chlorine in drinking water and in a swimming pool. In fact, you can use chlorine bleach to treat a swimming pool or to treat drinking water. A gallon of bleach provides 1 part per million (PPM) of chlorine to 60,000 gallons (about 250,000 liters) of water. Typically, a pool is treated at a rate of 3 PPM, and drinking water is treated at anywhere from 0.2 PPM to 3 PPM depending on the level of contamination and the contact time.

Carpe Denim!

Edited by Serge d Nimes on Aug 2, 2005 at 11:37 PM

[ringring]

Speaking of washing recipes, the "recipes" on Atelier La Durance's site are intriguing.

One recommends adding salt and white vinegar to the washing machine. Can anyone confirm that this is a good idea?

There's a previous discussion of chlorine and vinegar on this thread:

http://superfuture.com/city/supertalk/index.cfm?page=topic&topicID=3646

Basically the salt & vinegar won't do much. Save them for your fish n chips.

[shopgal]

Edited by shopgal on Aug 3, 2005 at 12:06 PM

[horriblyjollyjinx]

looking good. wish I lived in california for this purpose, won't happen much to my jeans during the colder 9 months in Sweden.

tally-hoo

[Rockn]

we get it, you work at Jake.

[minya]

Thanks, Serge & ringring.

I guess I'll just stick to hot water and detergent

[culture]

Quote:

They shrank about an .25" on the waist and 1.5" on the length. I washed them inside out on hot with hang drying. I also starch them twice a week or so to keep the hige and honeycomb areas stiff. No rubbing though except for my palms. Oh I should add that I wear them every day for about 10-12 hours a day, and ride them when I'm biking, drinking, whatever. The butt area is worn down pretty heavy because I go to the beach a couple times a week and sit on the rocks.

Edited by wild_whiskey on Jun 10, 2005 at 03:51 PM

--- Original message by wild_whiskey on Jun 10, 2005 03:50 PM

is there a store bought starch spray or a homemade recipe?

how do you do it?