i finally washed my APC's

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and i think they came out well.

[Serge d Nimes]

Very nice! What was your recipe?

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

[pointballer]

sorry, kinda of a newbie, but can someone please tell me what style of apc jeans they are?

[showbiz00ditc]

look like english to me.

so what exactly does the washing do? bring out different colours or what?

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lots of good old fashion wear for as long as it was bearable to put up with the smell and dirt, then a warm soak with some arm and hammer detergent (i was thinking of going for woolite black but i decided id rather loose a little of the color to try to make them look more contrasty so i just used any old detergent, though the arm and hammer worked well didn't take too much color away from the already dark areas and lightened up the lighter ones). after the first soak to get all the soap out i did a hotter wash with warm to hot water, then hung them up to dry.

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they are new standard

[sbbbjm]

wow 1, those look really good! i haven't seen that kind of contrast wear on APC's except on Serge's pair, and i think i like your's better lol (no offense Serge, i like your still too!)

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im glad you guys like them, im pretty happy with them too. it was like diving into a cold pool every morning putting them on, i would hesistate because they felt so gross and were almost brown from dirt but after jumping in them it didn't feel too terrible.

[showbiz00ditc]

yea they look sick... i just dont know about the super white stain beside the crotch... uh hummm

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ha, thats just light from wear... not even a stain

[soleindahole]

came out nice, that indigo still looks real bright. im still trying to break in my dry black slims jim nudies, which is harder to break in than the blue denims, im up for it.

[soleindahole]

by the way how many months?

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about 6 months of everyday wear.

[soleindahole]

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about 6 months of everyday wear.

--- Original message by 1 on Aug 29, 2005 10:20 PM

thats dedication. , my nudies i wear it everyday in the house as mucha s i can and going to leisure events,but i try not to bring it to sweaty clubs. to save my self when it starts to get little grody.

[darknworn]

good job 1. can't wait to see what they'll look like after another 6 months...if you dare

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don't worry, these pictures are just the start...i'm still working on them, you'll see them again in 6 months if they are still in one piece.

[ardeetee]

wow those came out really nice!

is there any other way to duplicate the honeycombing on the back of the knees and pocket areas with jeans that were bought already treated?

[ringring]

Nice job.

"is there any other way to duplicate the honeycombing on the back of the knees and pocket areas with jeans that were bought already treated?"

Depends how they have been washed. Basically indigo will rub off the surface of the yarn at all stages in the 'lifecycle' of a pair of jeans. You'll notice the wear marks more on dry or one-wash jeans because they are darker and have no factory-made distress marks on them. So whilst you can still remove some indigo on a pair of light blue washed jeans, you won't see the marks very clearly due to the lack of contrast.

[M4TM]

good job! i wish you had a before wash pic as well for comparison...

oh, and yeah, ummm... that is quite a bit of "wear and tear" in the crotch area.

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[sway]

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im glad you guys like them, im pretty happy with them too. it was like diving into a cold pool every morning putting them on, i would hesistate because they felt so gross and were almost brown from dirt but after jumping in them it didn't feel too terrible.

--- Original message by 1 on Aug 29, 2005 10:01 PM

Hahah, that pool analogy is spot on. And those jeans look awesome... sweetest looking pair of worn-in APCs that I've seen. I really like how the dark areas have remained pretty dark.

[champagne_bubblebath]

If I can only wear jeans everyday... Damn awesome job on those jeans.

[Geowu]

Quote: good job! i wish you had a before wash pic as well for comparison...

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2293/apcnews9zp.jpg

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ha, very good job with the picture geowu. yyou can just barely see on the 5 month one how dirty they were, where the spots were all washed out they were almost brownish colored with dirt, the wash did a good job clearing all that out and letting the worn parts show through.