Club Obi Wan

I've seen a lot of partial suggestions in many threads, but I'm looking for a suggested list of things to do to my Wested as soon as it arrives - in the best/recommended order. I *think* I've figured out what to do, but I'd like the input of those who've been around.

What would you do w/ a new Wested, in what order?

For the sake of choices/options here, I'm getting an Authentic Brown Lamb, and I don't want it to look brand new. I will wait a bit before possibly/probably distressing it, but for now, just what do I do first (short of acetone and sandpaper)?

I *think* this will be the order:

1) Take pics
2) Brag on COW but fail to post pics for several days
3) Skip step 2, post right away...ahem...on to business...

4) Roll it in the dryer (heat or not?) to get rid of 'new waxy look' (SJ?)
5) Take pics
6) Pecards it right away for weather proofing (Michaelson? Rick?)
7) Take pics
8 ) Sleep on the couch sitting up in it so it really starts to take my shape (Jess?)
9) Take pics

What would I be forgetting or doing wrong?

Thanks for any and all opinions, and despite the chicanery - all opinions respected.
J

Wear it and enjoy it!

You're on the right track, Jerry. However, to further enhance the effect, here's an additional 'to-do' list:

1) Rent a billboard in 5 major U.S. cities for displayng the pics.
2) Register on as many forums (incl. 'Graeco-Roman Wrestling fan board' and Canadian Classical Ballet Connoiseurs Forum) as possible to brag about the jacket.
3) Skip and jump

4) Apply Oriental philosophy to get rid of new look (wax on, wax off)
5) Hire renowned artist for a 6' oil painting of jacket
6) Write 'Pecard' on crude oil barrel, immerse jacket within
7) Spend time in open field close to military installation of choice, hoping for a spy satellite to take pics
8 ) Substitute 'couch' with 'gym coach'. Sleep on said coach and see what that does to the shape of the jacket
9) Make jacket replica out of duct tape , then take the pics. Post in various Internet locations and conclude with posting the question 'what's this "Indy" you're all raving about?' on COW.

Hope this helps.

Take all the above...shake it around...toss it out, then go with Ken's suggestion.

Honestly, wear it for several days before you do anything to it, is my suggestion. You want it to take on your shape and 'style' of wearing. Once it's begun to take on the 'character' of the sleeve ride up etc. THEN decide what it requires for it's longevity....THEN decide if you want to prematurely 'age' it (not my cup of tea ) as well as the Pecard treatment you believe you'll require for your area.

Those are my suggestions.

Regards. Michaelson

Ummm... did someone say "post pics" yet? 8-[

bink

Boy...4 replies, 2 serious. I did pretty good on this thread so far! Good thing I decided to delete my last question: "Michaelson, Jess, Bink, is coffee-staining a Wested for distressing advisable, or just accidental?"

Ken & Michaelson - thanks for the advice.
Bink & SJ - just...uh...thanks.

(SJ - Do I get to CHOOSE the coach? The choice of coach would definitely change the shape of the jacket. "I'd hire Halle Berry as my yoga instructor." - SWAT)

Coffee stains on jackets? Never tried it.....why do you think we like to wear khaki colored trousers? Regards. Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:Honestly, wear it for several days before you do anything to it, is my suggestion. You want it to take on your shape and 'style' of wearing. Once it's begun to take on the 'character' of the sleeve ride up etc. THEN decide what it requires for it's longevity....

Not even rolling it in the dryer, to remove some of the new waxy finish? Okey-doke, I bow to the masters. Your kung-fu is greater than mine!

Michaelson wrote:...THEN decide if you want to prematurely 'age' it (not my cup of tea ) as well as the Pecard treatment you believe you'll require for your area.

I'm holding off on that for a while...I agree, if I fall in love w/ it the way it is, I may choose not to. But there's general agreement that natural-time distressing may make a beautiful jacket - for my grandchildren, so I am considering helping it along after a while. And the LC look is killer - I think I've even heard you remark upon it...there may yet be a way to bring Michaelson over to The Dark Side...

THANKS again - J

Sorry. Being the ''Dean" of Michaelson U., there is no turning me in that direction, weed hopper. I practice wearing first, THEN decide what further steps you may want to take. Sometimes things tend to take care of themselves. Regards. Michaelson

Indiana Jerry wrote:(SJ - Do I get to CHOOSE the coach? The choice of coach would definitely change the shape of the jacket. "I'd hire Halle Berry as my yoga instructor." - SWAT)

I believe you need to hire a R. Lee Ermey kind of coach. That way, your vocabulary will be quite enriched and the jacket's shape will improve, or something.

Arf! Okay, that's a whole different 'whipping into shape' than I had in my mind...I'll go sit in the corner...

ARRRRRR! What's goin' on here!? A pointless conversation and no invite?! I want my ten bucks back! I didn't get the memo. Excuse me now while I go smoke and drink like Winston Churchill trying to out-smoke and out-drink Keith Richards. (That's Hungarian for "I should know better than to be here, it's high time that I pass the hours at another website while I wait for the inevitable.")

Hang on, my thread, you still need to provide at least a glib answer...what would you do w/ your Wested FIRST? Then get your drink and smokes...

I believe you need to hire a R. Lee Ermey kind of coach. That way, your vocabulary will be quite enriched and the jacket's shape will improve, or something.

That's it, Private Jerry, don't make any effort to get to the top of the obsticle course!! I bet if there was a new Wested up there, you'd get to the top!!!

Come to think of it, your answer would be most interesting, considering you're waiting for yours to arrive soon as well. Well, what's your plans, Jack?

Cold turkey and getting on the wagon upon delivery. Then I'm gonna take some pics while wearing it, cus folks get no respect sans photos 'round here. I may do the dryer trick with Pecards and without heat but that means that I'll have to TAKE IT OFF FOR A WHILE. Which I don't see myself doing what with the wait and all. My first order was too big, so I had to send it back...yeah I know *GASP*. I'm over the shock, kinda.

.....*TWITCH*

You pecards it first, then roll it in the dryer? I was thinking it was the other way around, to remove or dull the original finish first, then pecards it, or else the pecards would all be lost (and all over the inside of the dryer).

I read somewhere here that you put the goo on first, then throw it in the dryer. But I'm so far from that it's not funny.

That's it, Private Jerry, don't make any effort to get to the top of the obsticle course!! I bet if there was a new Wested up there, you'd get to the top!!!

Hehehehe! I couldn't come up w/ any good quotes...thanks! (Actually, I also got lost in the R. Lee Ermey official website...fun, and yet disturbing...)

Jack Flanders wrote:I read somewhere here that you put the goo on first, then throw it in the dryer. But I'm so far from that it's not funny.

I forgot, when's your 'due date'?

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'd rather not guess, *November hmphlgph* I think.

WHAAAAT? I thought your order when in before mine! I placed mine 9/30, they confirmed it 10/1, and projected sending it out in 21 days. I thought you'd ordered yours back in September sometime...

I did, then I got it and it was too big so I sent it back. THE HORROR, THE HORROR...

Oh, I thought you'd been referring to a previous Wested order...my bad, didn't mean to rub salt in an open wound...(no glib Indy analogy really seems to fit there...)

Sorry, man! If I get mine first, want me to warn you so you don't go look at the pics?

Indiana Jerry wrote:(no glib Indy analogy really seems to fit there...)

"All I have to do is scream..."

Jack Flanders wrote:I read somewhere here that you put the goo on first, then throw it in the dryer. But I'm so far from that it's not funny.

Whoa. Don't mess up a perfectly good dryer with greasy Pecard stains! You're supposed to dry clothes in it afterwards!

Then again, perhaps you're the veritable high-life man (no salad eater) with the means to acquire a dryer intended for Wested distressing only...

Tumble dry first, condition afterwards (if necessary).

I prefer the "Brawny Guy" to have a mustache. Since your in Sweden I'll explain: there's a paper-towel brand in the states who's "mascot" used to be a lumberjack with a mustache. The latest incarnation features an "updated" (as marketers would say) clean-shaven visage. Needless to say I was outraged, and, quite simply...mortified. It's like removing an ear from Mickey Mouse.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertisi ... awny_x.htm

I'm with you, Jack. I HATE the new 'PC' Brawny character. My wife thinks it's funny....she just doesn't understand... Regards. Michaelson

You, like me probably own the DVD Star Wars travesty, uh, trilogy because it was GIVEN to you as a birthday present without your express written consent, right?
Maybe Georgia-Pacific should get Jar-Jar as a spokesman.

Scandinavia Jones wrote:Whoa. Don't mess up a perfectly good dryer with greasy Pecard stains! You're supposed to dry clothes in it afterwards!

Thanks for clarifying that...that's what I thought!