Shrinking APC NS without affecting the wash?

[mouko]

I've had my pair of APC NS for about 4 months, they're a size 31 and since then I've lost about 8lbs. The problem now is that they're a bit too big for me mainly in the upper thight and waist area.

I was just wondering if there is a way to wash them and shrink them back to the original size, so that I can wear them again and have them stretch to my current size without affecting the wash?

I am considering just selling them and grabbing a smaller size, but I thought I'd ask before it gets to that.

[PG2G]

My Nudie's are a bit big. I'm toying with the idea of just soaking them every other weekend. They seem to stretech back out within a week or two. I'm not sure how bad soaking them could be, but i don't think it'd cause too many issues.

[meditation]

How much too big are they? I think your only choice is to do a cold soak, then hang dry, that would result in some shrinkage and the least amount of colour lost. I think ultimately they will stretch back out to the size they are now though.

The important thing before I report in... my position.

[Corbin Law]

after the first wash and or a good 4 months, a decent wash every 3 weeks or a month of so does them good.

chwa?

[johninger]

Now i'm not advertising anything here so leave me alone. But on the Imperial Jeans website they have a simplified description of how to take care of raw jeans

[url=" http://www.imperial.st"] <a href="http://www.imperial.st" target="_blank">http://www.imperial.st </a> in the Imperial is ... section under perfect wash

I hope indigo doesn't cause cancer...

... could you hand me the dental floss

Edited by johninger on Oct 30, 2005 at 06:44 PM

[Spike]

Hrm... wouldn't cold soaking a pair of unwashed but heavily creased jeans fuck up the wearing in? Because the honeycombs would appear in new places, surely?

[super]

Solution: Gain back those 8 lbs.

I thought about this too because I used to be a waist 30 (long ago) but I gained like 15 pounds and I'm now a waist 32. It's too bad that I bought most of my pants/jeans in 32 because if I excercise, I'll lose weight and will not fit into my pants.

[johninger]

I washed mine after about 9 months ie. machine wash etc. and the honeycomb folding came back where it was.

This is due to the the honeycombs bending the fibres a certain way, they in effect gain memory for the folds.

shrinking to fit sanforised jeans doesnt work. Sure they shrink about 5% but they give that much too, so just get a pair that fits

I hope indigo doesn't cause cancer...

... could you hand me the dental floss

[adsurgo]

a few of my jeans have gainned the exact honeycombs back and a few of mine havent.

i know its not that big of a deal to say anything but i dont think any sanforized jeans will shrink up to 5%.