Do You Distress Your Jacket(s)?

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:10 am

Do you distress your jacket(s)? Meaning unnatural distress at any level, be it alcohol, wetting, acetone, sandpaper, wire brushes, pocket knives, tumbling in a dryer, etc. Of course simply wearing the jacket and visiting nature or going into town doesn't count.

ortiz344 · Post by **ortiz344** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:17 pm

nope, just natural, i figure it will get messed up enough just wearing it

CM · Post by CM » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:10 pm

No. It's not needed and so often looks fake.

RockBottom · Post by **RockBottom** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:13 pm

I did once--to a lambskin A2 (michaelson made me do it). Bad mistake.

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:25 pm

I've done it to a lambskin jacket I owned. At first, I thought I had ruined it. Then I took some Pecards to it and fixed it. Since then, I have not been too ready to distress. I might do it to my current lambskin if I end up getting a new jacket in the future, or just on GP. I am considering it, since the natural distressing is starting to pile up after almost three years, but I would definitely go "less is more." So that's why I voted yes on lamb.

raider 57 · Post by **raider 57** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:02 pm

Would probably never artificially distress a jacket, mostly because they are so darned expensive to begin with. Hate to risk destroying something costing that much.

Red Dust · Post by **Red Dust** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:11 pm

i put fullers earth on my jacket once so far and it gave the brilliant apperance of age and desert dwelling. any destressing that had been inflicted would not be noticable (inless your last crusading it) plus you get the upside of your jacket being unharmed when washed off!! Peace

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:35 pm

On the Todd's standard lambskin I used 70% alcohol (not 90%), and finished it off with some fuller's earth. I tested some sandpaper under the collar and decided against it. I think it would be a little extreme on that particular leather. So, yes, but not that much —yet.

ij1936 · Post by **ij1936** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:15 pm

I went to town on both Wested jackets. Don't really care too much about damaging the leather.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:46 pm

I have a wested Lamb and cow both are not distressed

Mark Brody · Post by **Mark Brody** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:53 pm

I always thought most people DID distress their jackets. It's nice to know I won't be in the minority. Only natural distressing for me (once it arrives).

CM · Post by CM » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:25 am

Mark Brody wrote:I always thought most people DID distress their jackets. It's nice to know I won't be in the minority. Only natural distressing for me (once it arrives).

Yeah. Feels good knowing this.

PLATON · Post by **PLATON** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:29 am

I distressd my Wested lambskin with alcohol, acetone and a little sandpaper. The result is SA Raiders but, SA Raiders is not really wearable in every occasion.

I can say I regret it but think that if you have two jackets can distress one and leave the other undistressed. Used to own 3 westeds and sold the 2. I am left with the distressed and plan to order one more, as soon as me myself and I agree which are the most SA specs.

Treadwell · Post by **Treadwell** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:19 pm

I bought my lamb second-hand and it came predistressed, so I didn't place a vote on that one.

My goat, though, was pristine and I'm not going to mess with it.
...much. I have put it in the dryer to get it to shrink a bit (it was too big for me), but it wasn't for distressing purposes. Whatever real world wear it gets, it gets, but no sandpaper or acetone on this baby.

JulianK · Post by **JulianK** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:40 pm

Wested Lamb - No (I baby that one..what Platon said "SA Raiders is not really wearable in every occasion.")
Wested Cow - Yes, artificially distressed test subject
USW Goat - Yes, naturally distressed...but I beat that @#$% out of it.

Chewie Louie · Post by **Chewie Louie** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:10 pm

No, never. I like to earn my battle scars.

jeremy3178 · Post by **jeremy3178** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:59 pm

I used to be in the same boat with you "anti-distressing" people. I figured I would earn my battle scars as well, but after 7 years of steady wear I finally got sick of the shine on my jacket. I took a bit of sandpaper to it, not too much and added some fuller's earth. I think it looks better now than it ever did.

Indiana Croft · Post by **Indiana Croft** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:37 pm

I have a Wested Auth. goat, which I distressed only lightly, major rub down with alcohol, then lightly w/acetone. Then hit it with fine sand paper and scuff pad, even hit it w/steel wool. But lightly. When done hit it with Pecards. You can only see the distressing if up close, just wanted to have that lived in feeling.

I also have a Todds custom Lamb, natural distressing for this one, well I did let it get very wet so the grain would lift and the arms would get that nice wrinkly look. Looks awsome, heck they both look awsome.

croft

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:27 pm

According to poll results most people distrees their lamb but not their goat, that's bizarre since lamb is more delicate. Of course this poll is not scientific.

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