Eternal 811 - second wash and repairs

I've been using my experimental clean-by-brushing technique to keep my jeans away from water. It works well, I think you should try it. I think this method has given me more than six months of extra wear out of these jeans prior to each wash.


I had a few repairs to make. My keys wore a number of holes through the front left (my left) pocket, and the fly buttons had the stitching around the button hole coming off.


I used white cotton twill to repair the pocket bag - a combination of hand and machine stitching.

Maybe I'm lazy... I left the repairs badly finished, but it felt appropriate.



I zigzagged the fly button hole edges to re-enforce them (post wash pic).

During the repairs, the close-up work made me realise that I should wash these suckers ie. they stank. So I gave them a decent wash. Hot water, Dr. Bronners, quite a bit of hand agitation.

Some post-wash pics...

Honeycombs


Reverse combs


Yeah.


These are my favourite jeans at the moment. Wish I had a second pair.