Repairs & Modifications

[Beatle]

ha…nice report

[Jsticklee]

Spent my vacation with an friend who has a few pair.. He wears his Iron Hearts to work. He's worn out the cuff in the shop and had to sew the two halves back together.. Check those Superblacks still dark and an awesome tight weave..

[that_was_easy]

That tutorial is much appreciated jimmy!  Cheers!

[jimmy]

@that_was_easy:

That tutorial is much appreciated jimmy!  Cheers!

Your welcome. When I get more time I'll go though and do all the common repairs.

[madmonday]

my good buddy jaco did this for me.

great job imho & so appreciated.  the devil's thank you

[Giles]

Liking the fact that it is upside down.

[elclintor]

hahahahahahahahah

that's great stuff    ^^^^

[elclintor]

@Giles:

Liking the fact that it is upside down.

so he can read it when he checks out his ass..

[jimmy]

What happen to the old patch ?

[elclintor]

@jimmy:

What happen to the old patch ?

Pretty sure he turned it into bacon with a boiling soak…

[madmonday]

@madmonday:

i figured fire & brimstone shouldn't be a problem & took a walk through HELL. . .

guess that boiling lake was a bit much

thanks again to jaco.  that's the old patch.  would have replaced with a 666 patch but one wasn't available at the moment, & if you know anything about me from the forum i am inpatient as hell.

[ronaldlsh]

Something really bad is happening at the crotch area….

Should I repair myself or send them to the tailor?

[madmonday]

[jimmy]

got a sewing machine ron? if not take it to a tailor.

[jimmy]

ouh and monday, just how hot of water do you wash your jeans in!

[Seul]

666 F

[madmonday]

hey jimmy, it was a literal boiling soak to make sure i got all shrinkage out of my devil's.  the denim & all the hardware besides the patch was fine.

[DrPat]

I broke the zipper on my Wings and Horns jacket and I was wondering if someone involved in the industry could advise me on how difficult a repair would be.  The pull tab on the slider broke off and the first tooth is also loose so the entire zipper would have to be replaced.

I talked to Giles briefly about this at the party and he showed me a tool which can remove the rivits.  Would a normal tailor be able to do the replacement?  Also, how hard would it be to get new rivits and a new zipper equivalent to the Riri which is currently there.

[Guest]

I was quoted roughly $50 to fix a similar issue.

[jimmy]

for D97 and Adam

Hand Sewing buttonholes

first of all you need gimp or waxed linen thread. I understand neither is that easily available so here is how you can make your own.

a piece of thick top stitch thread

twist it together

it will be all loose and keeps coming untwisted so you will need to wax it. i used natural bees wax but anything you use to condition your leather will do or if you really don't have anything use soap.

the gimp is going to be the back bone of your button hole. depends how thick your tread is it may pay to do 3-4 layers of twist for IH jeans.