Whats up with the silver pants?
 

Seeing more and more of these lately... they look heather gray, but with this weird @ss silver shimmer to them? :confused: is this because of the way they press them?
I guess I could ask them myself, but some people get SO defensive.
I checked my Honigs order that came in this week and my new pants are looking quite "normal"

I noticed that with some work pants that are heather grey (I don't do fast pitch so no need for heather grey umpiring pants), that sometimes if the wrong temperature or fabric is set on the iron, the pants give off this silver shimmer you talk about. I blame the iron manufacturers for not considering the even widening array of fabric we have in our daily lives!

Dunno bout the irons in your neck of the woods.. but mine has a polyester setting... didn't even need to ask my wife about that one :D

When I see the "shimmering silver" they are usually the $15 wally world pants.. and they are not even close to heather gray. They are pretty much attrocious.

It's probably the brand of the iron. Some brands, no matter what you set it on, the damn temperature is the same! :eek:

You know, they do make electric irons now; that's what the wire is for... you plug it in... you don't have to keep putting it on the stove anymore! :D

I remember those... we used it for a door stopper.

Awww, damn...I knew I'd get my a** burned on this one! :eek:

You're supposed to take your pants off BEFORE you iron them :eek:

Is it the umpires that use Leather Lustre on the shoes and belt. They just forget to take their pants off before applying :D

I have to agree with wade on this one. Most, if not all, of the shimmery silver looking pants I have seen are darker than heather gray, and are of a Wal-Mart type brand. I called two games the other night with a guy who was wearing some.

As far as my basketball officiating slacks and my baseball and fastpitch softball slacks, I dryclean only. They come back with a nice sharp crease that has staying power.

MTD, Sr.

I'm a drycleaner too.:cool:

dang... if i dry cleaned my stuff with my schedule... i'd never make any money.

Amen to that! I have a really nice front-loading washer machine that does an excellent job on just about everything. I've thrown down comforters that are dry clean only, and they come out perfectly.

I wash my uniforms separate from the rest of my clothes, and I set the washer to delicate. Never had any problems.

guess i need to stop washing my shin guards with my shirts? :D

Yeah, might be a good idea... ;)

Actually, I wash my shin guards in the sink with a fingernail scrubber. Obviously, I'm referring to the soccer-style. :eek:

I "wash" my shin guards with the parking lot pavement or each other... rap them to knock some of the dust off and call it good...:eek:

I have hosed them off a time or two, also... :)

I think it depends on how hot it gets where you're at and whether or not you sweat a lot. In NC, it gets pretty darn warm and humid, and I sweat an average amount (maybe on the lower end of the range, but anyway). Either I wash the shin guards, or after a while, they just don't feel right.

I both wash and dry clean my pants. Sometimes its balls to the wall busy and I dont have time to dry clean and I wash em. When I get a lull or if a big deal tourney I dry clean em.

Of course, having more than one pair of slacks helps the busy times. ;)

There is a reason for "dry clean only", washing removes the dressy finish. :rolleyes:

dOh! Is that what I'm doing wrong?

hmmm and here I thought 1 pair of honigs combo was good to go...

You guys actually wash your clothes during the season? :D

*sigh* Unfortunately, there are a couple of umpires in our crew that make all of us wonder whether or not they actually wash their uniforms.