The Evolution of Jeans: Pictures, Scones and Tea

[M.O.A]

woh

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[jackers]

Self Edge x Sugar Cane 06

4months 1 wash

fit

pre wash

postwash

[lilldavid]

monster combs on your brothers samurai opeth

[morse9443]

Brothers 21 oz sammys. 1 wash so far...

So mint! +rep

[Dizzy Remix]

4001BK

Nearly 6 months, x soaks, 2 washes

[ipkus.]

Brothers 21 oz sammys. 1 wash so far...

fit pic please

[beatle]

Damn - that´s a lot of wear on those canes...what happened to the backpockets ?

[jackers]

Damn - that´s a lot of wear on those canes...what happened to the backpockets ?

ripped the backpockets from skating

[opethrapture]

fit pic please

I will see if he is up for it..

[.jacob]

X-post from AW thread.

15 months, 2 wash

Contrast stitching finally visible.

[M.O.A]

those are great

[alexmak]

washed 2 or 3 times cant remember

got some developer stain on the back

[CrashTestBrummie]

Evisu Lot 2001 in No.1 denim, after over a year's non-continuous wear. Like most of my jeans, these got worn to death for around three months and then worn when they suited me...

The patch is STILL in ok shape, started to crack a while ago but still holding on:

The fades on the front just get better and better in my opinion, these are always going to be a winning pair of jeans with me:

[grouse_allergy]

Nice whispers, brummie. But even better 'stubble'. What is the actual name for the vintage semi-whiskers? anyone know?

[angelachanny]

My slings & stones sz24 Noamis 6months 1 soak 1 ocean wash

[anthonyoj]

those came along nicely, i remember when you first got em

[wgmds]

what does an ocean watch do for color and shit?

[gonegonegone]

it's the same as a soak, but with a lot of salt. allegedly salt fixes the denim, so you won't lose as much indigo as with a normal soak.

i think apc started this whole ocean wash hysteria.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

^The principle of osmosis. Water can only take up so much "matter" before it becomes saturated with respect to that type of matter. This goes for sodium chloride salt and indigo molecules. The idea is that salty seawater is already a concentrated solution (not saturated though) and so will be able to solvate fewer indigo molecules.

Of course, this is a highly over-simplified explanation of the chemistry involved. In my opinion, an ocean wash would be have a minimal effect on indigo retention compared to a regular water wash, since we are talking about such insignificant quantities of indigo any.

[Louis]

ocean watches dont do anything for your jeans

[rnrswitch]

ocean watches dont do anything for your jeans

They make them stink a lot faster.

[enojy]

and they make the ride home pretty shitty, even if you rinse off. it should be called an ocean soak, since you really have no choice but to wash once you get home.

here's a picture of my skulls, then another picture a month later, after an ocean wash.

before-

after-

i didn't really do any of that "rub sand all over yourself and rinse then do it again" stuff, i just flopped into the water for a bit, and that's all. i was over it as soon as i got out of the car. hot as shit.

[mr.invincible]

ocean watches dont do anything for your jeans

they only tell time

[bfan]

APC new cures 12 months 1 soak 1 wash

[Medine]

X-post from warehouse thread..

660s. 3 months. 4 or 5 washes..

[soonami]

what does an ocean watch do for color and shit?

In contrast to what switch said, I think the salt actually keeps the jeans from smelling as bad because the dried salt in the jeans acts like an anti-microbial preventing bacteria and other bugs that cause stink from proliferating. For the same reason, salt is used as a preservative in food storage because it keeps the organisms that would spoil food from living

As for color, I can't say it'll do anything. I ocean washed my SUFU660 just for fun, but I don't have a control to which to compare it too. My guess would be that if anything were to happen, the salt would facilitate the oxidation of the indigo dye causing it to take on a yellow/green tint.

[vamks]

I'm curious if it would just be safer if you soaked jeans in water and salt. Theres a lot of other crap in the ocean that might not be as beneficial to the "health" of the denim.

[shark jacobs]

the point of washing your jeans in the ocean isn't that you want a salt water soak so much as it is (choose one/some of the following)

unusual/novel/unlike normal washing techniques

authentic/natural/organic/genuine

playful/fun/whatev

[angelachanny]

The ocean wash was unintentional. It was more of an impulse thing since i was dared.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

My guess would be that if anything were to happen, the salt would facilitate the oxidation of the indigo dye causing it to take on a yellow/green tint.

Blue indigo is the already oxidised dimer. The yellow/green colour you mention is the reduced form (indoxyl) that is used for enhancing solubility of the dye in solution. As soon as it is exposed to air (oxygen), the dye turns blue.

Neither sodium, nor chloride, are oxidising agents. And in fact, what you describe would require a reducing reagent (again, not sodium ion or chloride).