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[bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - deckeda - 05-05-2013
Bought a nice (my nicest) suit a few years ago. Maybe wear it once a year. Put it on today and it's got several small holes on sleeve ends, two on the back and the slacks have one started.
Can someone take some unseen part from an inside cuff or whatever and "re-seam" where the holes are?
I never took cedar hangars and wood blocks seriously before.
Not going to inspect my other suits and sport coats tonight. Don't want to go to sleep even more pissed off.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - Racer X - 05-05-2013
Yes they can. Its called reweaving.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - NewtonMP2100 - 05-05-2013
so looks like WEAV [ we've ] got a problem.......??
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - deckeda - 05-05-2013
reweave - roger that. Thanks.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - testcase - 05-05-2013
Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - BernDog - 05-05-2013
testcase wrote:
Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.
And do something about the moths, or it'll be all for naught.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - testcase - 05-05-2013
BernDog wrote:
[quote=testcase]
Check with your dry cleaner. He should be able to connect you with someone who can re-weave.
And do something about the moths, or it'll be all for naught.
:agree:
If you don't want the smell of mothballs in the entire closet, get a suitbag that will completely zipper that suit in. A cedar insert (or mothballs) in with the suit should give the protection you need. I expect you haven't found a re-weaver yet. I expect it will be expensive.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - rgG - 05-05-2013
I have rewoven holes in a few garments.
It is painstaking work.
Depending on the material, and the size and location of the holes, you might be able to do it yourself.
Check with the place that you got the suit, for a recommendation for someone who can do it. My husband had a hole in a jacket rewoven years ago, and the store where it was purchased, handled getting it done.
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - OWC Jamie - 05-05-2013
Is the distressed look not a fashion statement ?
Re: [bummer] A moth?-eaten suit! - MysteryGuest - 05-05-2013
Wow, I didn't realize that there were still reweavers around!