Learning moments in my denim journey

[T4920]

Just my two cents, but maybe tweak the name of this thread to put a more optimistic spin on these 'failures'?

I know for one I've been upset and disheartened by these things in the past, and seeing a thread with a more positive title may help people feel better about such mishaps.

Perhaps 'I messed up, a place for denim mistakes or; How I learned to stop worrying and love the Wabi-Sabi'

Dr. Strangelove style

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Wabi-Sabi denim

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same"

... you're allowed to enter this thread

[goosehd]

@T4920 ...under consideration and will get back to you.

[T4920]

@RobeOfTheMagi I'll wear and post my marbled shirt tomorrow

[Giles]

It's good job that I didn't start this thread......

[RobeOfTheMagi]

@Kasi Did it do anything to the jeans or did just leave an itchy bottom?

[AdamJ]

Probably got away with it because it's SBG but I totally bollocksed up my IH-526J-SBG sample by not soaking it before washing.

Practice what you preach and all that

[T4920]

and what would've it been titled if you did @Giles

[Giles]

I daren't reply......

[AdamJ]

@T4920 He doesn't want to get himself banned

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

nudie jeans

[Kasi]

@RobeOfTheMagi said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

@Kasi Did it do anything to the jeans or did just leave an itchy bottom?

didn’t do shit.

Wash them afterwards

Waste of time.

[Kasi]

@AdamJ said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

Probably got away with it because it's SBG but I totally bollocksed up my IH-526J-SBG sample by not soaking it before washing.

Practice what you preach and all that

And your 555 sbg you hem wrong.

[AdamJ]

@T4920

....I know for one I've been upset and disheartened by these things in the past

Yeah, something not to admit in the pub. Someone spilled a pint on my new-ish IH-555N during the World Cup, I had a sense of humour failure and complained "these natural indigo". What originally was sympathy from my mates quickly turned in to piss taking

[T4920]

@Kasi I did all that rubbish around 2010 ahaha...
Freeze my jeans, sand bath my jeans, take them in the sea... don't think it did anything but I enjoyed the whole process

[RobeOfTheMagi]

@AdamJ Couldn't you explain that the next wash was only due in six months time?

[Giles]

@AdamJ said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

What originally was sympathy from my mates quickly turned in to piss taking

Oh really........

[Kasi]

@T4920 said in I messed up (A place for Denim Mistakes and Failures):

@Kasi I did all that rubbish around 2010 ahaha...
Freeze my jeans, sand bath my jeans, take them in the sea... don't think it did anything but I enjoyed the whole process

Me 2.. just bullshit on the internet’s

My experience wear fuck of it and earn the fades

[Oaktavia]

I have a pair of 888XHSib that I have thrown in the washer and dryer 7-8 (maybe more? I lost count) times. Anytime I had a load to wash, I just thew them in with what was dirty. These are my pair with paint on them from last summer. As an experiment, I wanted to see how what XHSib looked like washed the fuck out with vintagey style fades. I can post photos later when I get home if anyone is interested.

[goosehd]

Mistakes are made by all of us, we learn, and move on...it's not a bad thing.

I once drilled into the bottom of an air conditioner's bottom pan because the unit was incorrectly mounted, kept collecting water, and would freeze up because of it. I thought that if I just made an extra hole in the pan then the water could drain out and fix the freezing issue...what happened was that I drilled through the pan and directly into the condenser coils freeing all of the coolant. It was a $700 dollar mistake in the middle of the hottest part of the year