alden distressing

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alden distressing

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how do you distress your aldens without ruining them
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Post by Holt »

wearing them :wink:

on to the question....use a kitchen sponge..you know the green side and with the colory side yellow,pink,blue what ever..

it will do wonders..but go easy on it...a little by little....and use some pecards on them when finished.

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Post by Weston »

It's amazing what a pair of boots will look like after a couple weeks of wearing. You might find that they distress faster than expect, and will be looking for a way to preseve them. I'm with Holt. Wear them outside, don't coddle them.

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Post by Mulceber »

And if you want to distress them even more quickly, try going for a run while wearing them. That should get them nicely broken in. :junior: -M
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Post by JAN »

No doubt - sand them.

This is Indy-gear, not a fancy dress-thing. I´ve alway given my gear
H+LL - it´s surposed to look like it has been draged through same location.

So go ahead....

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Post by Holt »

see..that's why I like beeing here in this community..there are so many different perspectives and different opinions here about distressing.

love the boots Jan.in fact all your gear looks great.
here the other day i was looking thru some pictures of you palying around in your gear at Indiana Jones.dk

looks great
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Post by JAN »

Thanks, Holt :D

And You are right - a big part of the energi in this Forum comes
from the different angels of wearing/carring for gear.

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Post by TonyRush »

JAN wrote:No doubt - sand them.

This is Indy-gear, not a fancy dress-thing. I´ve alway given my gear
H+LL - it´s surposed to look like it has been draged through same location.

So go ahead....

Image

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JAN
JAN, what grit of sandpaper did you use on these? They look GREAT!

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Post by Zach R. »

I'm clumsy so pretty much the only distressing I've done on my Aldens has been at the toe area where I trip over curbs and bricks and whatnot. :lol:

But, I do say that wearing them is probably the best thing you can do, just don't be afraid to get them a little scuffed.
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Post by JAN »

JAN, what grit of sandpaper did you use on these? They look GREAT!
Thanks!

As I recall I used a 120 grain. At bit rough, but that was what I had at hand.
But the main part is to take it slow and easy working Your way to the look You want. Distressing is hard to reverse if You have been to hard on the material.

by the way... for a party I wore my Aldens, just "repaired" with some shoeshine. I was amazed how slick they came to look (for that evening only :wink: )

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