If you decide to give a bright color to your old favorite jeans, you can paint them yourself at home. In this way, you can inexpensively and simply update a thing so as not to purchase a new one. At the same time, along with painting jeans in any color (blue, black or other), you can additionally decorate them with interesting and unusual accessories.

To dye your jeans without any problems, you need to prepare your jeans for dyeing.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. wash the garment thoroughly in the usual way (by hand or in the washing machine);
2. dry jeans;
3. any stain that remains on the surface can change the staining not for the best, so you need to carefully remove each of them;
4. when choosing a dye, you should pay attention to the recommendations for dyeing (not every fabric can endure contact with one or another substance);
5. it is necessary to prepare the dye by carefully diluting it with water, with the obligatory breaking of lumps and filtering through a thin fabric, which will allow to achieve uniformity in staining.

Denim dyeing products

There are many dyes that can be used to change the color of denim. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as features of impact and application.

Special paints for fabrics

At the hardware store, you can find paint for your denim to your liking. These products are powdery and are used to dye things in the washing machine.

The paint application process looks like this:

1. dilute the substance, according to the attached instructions, if necessary;
2. turn the product inside out;
3. set the device to the temperature that is acceptable for this type of fabric;
4. put jeans in the washing machine, pour powder for dyeing on top (unless otherwise indicated in the instructions: often it must be diluted in water or mixed with some soda);
5. do not add fabric softener, its effect can change the desired result to an unrecognizable one;
6. set the washing mode that is necessary (most often it will be "washing cotton or linen", with a water temperature of 80 to 90 degrees);
7. when the wash is over, take out the jeans and rinse them by hand in a large amount of cool water, to which add a little vinegar to fix the color;
8. now washing starts again, in a short mode, for which you need to pour washing powder into the compartment of the machine;
9. dry the product only naturally, away from heating appliances.

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Hair dye

When choosing a method that allows you to dye jeans at home, do not forget about hair dye as an excellent tool. This method is somewhat unusual, but it gives excellent results: the color holds well and turns out to be bright.

You can paint your trousers like this:

• prepare paint of the desired shade (it is better to take 2 packs);
• dilute the paint in the usual way, then add it to water, the amount of which should completely cover the product;
• put jeans in a solution and leave for 1.5-2 hours;

How to dye jeans at home

• rinse the pants for the first time in room temperature water, the second time in cold water, to which add a little vinegar and salt;
• wash the product with a detergent;
• hang up your pants to dry in the fresh air.

Blue

Blue is a composition in which starch and blue paint are combined. It works great on various fabrics, including denim.

The most common dyes are:

• blue aniline;
• paris blue;
• indigo carmine;
• ultramarine;
• Prussian blue.

You need to apply it like this:

• dilute the blue in cold water and mix it with warm liquid: it is important to do everything in accordance with the instructions, some of the substances work during washing, some during rinsing. As a rule, there is 0.3-0.5 grams per kilogram of denim. substances;
• straighten clean jeans and lower them into the solution;
• water should evenly soak the product so that the staining takes place equally on all parts of the thing;
• after 2 hours or 12 hours (if you need a very rich shade of blue), the jeans can be taken out;
• rinse the pants in 2-3 waters, adding vinegar (5-7 tablespoons per 10 liters) or table salt to the last one.

Blue tends to wash out quickly from denim, so the staining will have to be repeated soon.

White

When deciding how to dye jeans at home, not many people think about using whiteness. It allows you to achieve the effect of a burnt out blue tint, the so-called "boiled water". A couple of decades ago, this style was very popular.

You can still get jeans of this shade today:

• Dilute 250 ml of "Whiteness" in 10 liters of pure water
• twist jeans into a roller and secure with an elastic band;
• lower the product into a bucket so that it is completely covered with a solution;
• boil for 15 minutes;
• do not allow the pants to rise above the surface of the solution;
• be sure to ventilate the kitchen at the time of boiling, the evaporating smell will be quite pungent.

Potassium permanganate

Potassium permanganate allows you to give jeans a beautiful shade and freshness of the newly purchased product.

An important point: you do not need to boil jeans in this case, which makes the whole process easier.

It's easy to use manganese for coloring:

• first you need to mix the following ingredients: potassium permanganate in crystals (about 80 gr.), 9% vinegar (120 ml), hydrogen peroxide (30 ml);
• dilute the resulting composition with water 2 to 1;
• roll jeans into a tight bundle and fix with white elastic bands;
• lower the product into the mixture;

• withstand 20 minutes, promptly dipping pop-up jeans to the bottom;
• pull out the pants and rinse them in the basin;
• put the product in the washing machine and run 2 rinsing stages in a row, with the addition of liquid detergent;
• dry the pants as usual, but away from the battery.

Zelenka

The brilliant green medical solution is able to give annoying jeans an interesting and fresh shade of emerald.

It is extremely simple to reproduce such staining:

• dilute the green stuff in a large volume of water, adding as much solution as needed to achieve the desired color saturation. Typically, half a bucket of water requires about 10 ml of solution (this is a standard bottle from a pharmacy);
• stir the greenery thoroughly;
• dip jeans into the resulting mixture;
• keep the product for half an hour;
• turn the pants from one side to the other in order to achieve uniform coloring;
• take out jeans and rinse them thoroughly in several waters with the addition of a small amount of vinegar.

Acrylic paints

You can paint jeans at home using traditional methods or special paints based on acrylic. The result from such an impact will be of much higher quality.

On the shelves you can find different shades of such paints: from neon colors to noble silver. Acrylic paints are water-soluble, due to which a complete and uniform coloring of the product is achieved. In addition, you can apply stencils and apply any pattern to your pants that you like. In fact, it will not even be painting, but painting the product.

The process of drawing a pattern on jeans looks like this:

• turn clean and dry jeans inside out;
• having chosen a shade, dilute the paint in water, according to the attached instructions;
• apply a drawing with your own hands or through a stencil;
• put a sheet of paper over the face of the product and gently iron the jeans.

The process is very simple, however, such staining is not durable, after numerous washes, the pattern may lose its contours and completely wash off. This moment cannot be called a disadvantage, because the owner of the pants gets another opportunity to transform his thing and surprise others with an unusual design.

Spray can

The use of aerosol paints is no different from the use of acrylics. It is necessary to spray such a composition onto a clean, even fabric by randomly applying or strictly following the stencil.

Aniline paints

Aniline-based powders have been known for more than a dozen years; today they are more stable and withstand well the effects of the environment and numerous washings. These substances should be applied in the same way as other types of paints.

It is important to adhere to a few rules:

• the most convenient are liquid formulations that do not require dilution;
• it is convenient to apply this dye with soft brushes, with squirrel or ferret bristles;
• aniline tends to spread over the surface, which allows you to create interesting transitions from one color to another;
• if you do not want the effect of dripping paint, you can mix 1 part of aniline and 3 parts of tragacanth glue;
• a good drawing is obtained if gelatin dissolved in water is added to the active substance. After soaking in this compound, jeans can be dried and worn.

Dillon

To dye boring jeans in black or blue shades, you can purchase the Dillon product in the store. One pack is enough for a pair of pants.

The coloring is like this:

• select the cycle with the hottest water in the washing machine menu;
• Add "Dillon" to the powder compartment;
• put clean jeans in the drum;
• start washing;
• at the end of the mode, start the second wash by adding a non-aggressive type of washing powder to the machine;
• turn on the rinse mode and dry the product in the fresh air.

Herbs, berries, vegetables

You can dye jeans yourself, at home, using both artificial dyes and natural remedies.

Different ingredients give different shades and colors:

• orange: onion skins and fresh carrots;
• yellow: laurel, turmeric, dried calendula;
• brown: tea leaves, oak bark, nutshells;
• pink: raspberries and cherries;
• green: sorrel root and spinach greens;
• blue: blueberries, cauliflower, dried cornflower;
• gray: blackberries;
• blue: cabbage with a red head of cabbage;
• red: beets and pomegranate seeds.

An important fact: berry juices give the brightest and most persistent coloration.

Jeans painting technology:

• squeeze juice from berries, make a decoction of herbs;
• put jeans in a container with dye;
• keep the product in a container for 4-5 hours, periodically straightening and turning it over;
• rinse your pants in a solution of vinegar or salt;
• dry on the balcony.

Jeans painting methods

Jeans can be dyed using different technologies, the choice of which depends on the type of dye, type of fabric and the wishes of the owner.

"Varenki"

You can add a boiled-down effect to your jeans by using chlorine-based bleach. Pants will have picturesque snow-white stains, and will attract the attention of others.

The process of making dumplings is as follows:

• pour 250-300 ml of bleach into a metal bucket with water;
• twist clean jeans several times, tie them tightly with a rope;
• in a rolled-up form, immerse the product in the composition;
• put the container on the stove and boil for 20 minutes;
• rinse the item in cool water and dry in the usual way.

In the washing machine

A washing machine can make the dyeing process easier. However, it is possible that she herself can get dirty in the dye.

You need to dye jeans like this:

• wash the product thoroughly and dry it;
• prepare the coloring composition, if it requires dilution in water - get rid of all the lumps by filtering it through the fabric;
• put jeans in the car, pour out the composition;
• select the required mode (at least 2 hours, with a temperature maximum that the fabric of jeans will allow);
• after washing, place the item in a bowl with slightly salted water for 30 minutes;
• start another wash mode to remove the dye;
• after staining, inspect the drum of the machine, if there are traces of paint on the door gum, wash it with laundry soap.

In enameled dishes

The manual staining process involves the use of an enamel bowl.

It goes like this:

• dilute the coloring matter in a separate container, strain it;
• stir the paint in a bowl with 7-8 liters of water;
• heat a bowl on the stove;
• put jeans in hot liquid;
• boil the product for an hour;
• rinse the thing in hot and cold waters;
• fix the color by rinsing in a vinegar solution;
• wash jeans with a mild detergent.

Caring for the product. How to keep color for longer

As soon as the jeans are dyed at home, you need to think about the color preservation. To do this, you need to follow several principles:

• Inadmissibility of washing the product in hot water.
• Use for washing laundry soap.
• The choice of a delicate washing mode in an automatic machine or gentle washing by hand.
• Prohibition of the use of fabric softener.
• Washing separately from other things.

Dyeing jeans is not the most difficult process that anyone can handle at home. The main thing is to carefully select the dye, follow the instructions and properly care for the pants after painting.

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Jeans are a truly versatile wardrobe item. They are convenient and practical and are in everyone's closet. But even the highest quality ones tend to fade. Take your time to throw them into the far corner, your pants can still be saved, you just need to freshen up the color a little. Let's figure out in order how dye jeans at home black or something else.

In order for the staining to meet your expectations, you need to know some rules:

• If you want to update the color of your pants - choose a dye to match. If you want to mask the stains that have appeared on your jeans, take a paint of a darker shade.
• Wash and dry your jeans before dyeing.
• Any stains from fruits, juices, herbs must be removed, otherwise the staining result may not meet expectations.
• When choosing a store dye, look for one that is designed for natural fabrics.
• If you want to get a uniform color, dilute the dye in water and strain from lumps.
• Looking for a unique drawing? Before the procedure, twist the jeans, tie elastic bands on them. The color will turn out to be uneven, with interesting spots and lines.
• Do you want to dye your hands with your jeans? Put on gloves.
• Before painting, carefully read the instructions for the paint. Labels on clothes can carry information that is important to you.

Coloring products

The main questions that the hostess is puzzled with before painting jeans at home:

• what dye to choose;
• how to paint.

Let's start in order.

Professional paint for painting jeans

Factory dyes

Manufacturers of such products offer a wide range of colors; it will not be difficult to choose the appropriate option. With a greater degree of probability, we can say that in the end you will get exactly the result you expected. Dyes for jeans are produced in the form of liquid solutions, powders, tablets. The package contains detailed step-by-step instructions.

Aniline dyes are also intended for fabrics, but they have a slightly wider range of uses. When stained, they give bright colors with soft contours.

Staining result

Blue

The most popular dye from the last century. What the housewives did not paint with her help: lime for whitewashing, linen, even hair. And today, blueprint is quite relevant.

How to dye jeans blue? Pour the dye into a basin with warm water (temperature not higher than 30 degrees), adjust the saturation "by eye". If you bought blue in the form of a powder or tablet, first dilute it to the desired consistency in a little water and pour it into a basin. Put your jeans there. The longer they lie in the blue water, the richer the shade will turn out.

Blue staining is fast and high quality - this is a plus. Minus - the result will not last long, and after a few washings, the staining will have to be repeated.

Important: For a more lasting result, add 2-3 tablespoons of salt to the blue water.

Dyeing denim with blue

White

Of course, with the help of whiteness, the color of jeans will not become brighter and richer, but you can definitely get a unique pattern on your product. This tool is especially suitable for those who do not want to be like everyone else and like to stand out, emphasizing their individuality.

Whiteness is also suitable if you decide to artificially age your jeans.

Painting jeans with white

Potassium permanganate

Not the most popular dye, but if you're looking to dye your faded jeans pink, this is the way to go. You need to work with potassium permanganate extremely carefully, otherwise, except for pants, everything around can become pink.

Prepare the solution: add 30 ml of peroxide, 120 ml of diluted vinegar and 3 liters of water to 80 g of dry potassium permanganate. Immerse jeans in the resulting composition and stand for 20 minutes. Rinse in cold water, wash.

The main advantage is the good durability of the result and the unusualness of the resulting color. But potassium permanganate is a rather complex dye. It is problematic to achieve uniform staining with it. It will be difficult to correct such an oversight.

By analogy with potassium permanganate, brilliant green works. It is easy to guess that as a result we will get a green tint.

The effect of staining denim pants with potassium permanganate

Hair dye

Few people know that hair dye can be used not only for its intended purpose, but also as an excellent dye for fabrics. The method of application is simple: we dilute two packs of dye in water and put faded pants there. The soaking time depends on the desired result. But on average, it is an hour and a half. After staining, rinse jeans in vinegar and water. Wash the product with powder.

Although the final color is always indicated on the box, the result can be unpredictable. Easier if you decide to dye jeans black, it is difficult to miss with it.

Hair dye is not very durable, so be prepared for it to come off safely in a few months.

Important: If you are not eager to ruin your jeans with a bad shade, experiment with an unwanted piece of denim first.

Acrylic paints

This tool is not suitable for repainting the entire product, but it will definitely work out to make the pants bright and unique. This method is especially good for masking spots, excessive abrasions on the knees. All you need: acrylic paints, brushes and an iron.

On the seamy side, draw whatever your heart desires. Depends on the skill of the artist and the flight of imagination. When the creative part is completed and the colors are dry, the product should be turned out and ironed with an iron, placing a sheet of paper on the back. The designer jeans are ready.

The undoubted advantage of such a dye is the richness of the color range. The disadvantages include the fragility and the need to periodically update the picture.

Jeans decor options with acrylic paints

Tissue spray

It is also a fairly popular dye, it is even easier to use than acrylic paints - not everyone can paint with brushes, and a child can also spray a can. With the help of an aerosol, you can paint the entire product or apply drawings through a stencil. The second option is suitable for masking individual flaws. The stencil must be applied to the fabric and sprayed with paint. Once it's dry, the jeans can be put on.

A definite plus is ease of use. The color of the product will turn out exactly what you need.

Alternative dyes

If you absolutely do not want to use chemical options for paints, experiment with natural colors. Light-colored jeans can be easily dyed using herbal infusions and berry juices. But there are many pitfalls here. Berry dyes are dangerous because they can give a violent chemical reaction when in contact with powders and soaps. As a result, instead of a unique color, you risk getting an unpleasant washed out shade.

But if you nevertheless decided on such an experiment, get ready for a long process:

1. Squeeze out the juice, it will take five liters, no less.
2. Place the item in the dye solution. The longer it stays like this, the more intense the color will be. Remember to stir the water constantly.
3. To consolidate the result, rinse the jeans in a mild vinegar solution.

Important: In berry juice, you can dye ordinary blue jeans, as a result, you will get a rich purple color.

Henna gives a long-lasting bright color when painting. Jeans after painting will be a deep orange-red color. If you add 2 tablespoons of ground coffee to henna, then the color will turn out to be deeper, close to brown.

You can experiment with color using markers or felt-tip pens. No, you don't have to sit over your pants for several hours and do not have to sketch them. It is necessary to remove the dye rods from the inside and "dissolve" them in water, you get a dye solution.

It is worth remembering that alternative dyes do not retain a long-term effect - jeans need to be tinted periodically

How to dye jeans in a washing machine

After you have decided on the choice of dye, it is time to choose a dyeing method. In a washing machine, this can be done quickly and effortlessly. So, how to quickly and without hassle dye black jeans in universal black at home.

The first step is to prepare the dye solution. It should be uniform, without lumps or lumps. For safety reasons, pass the paint through a strainer or gauze. Dilute the paint with a liter of hot water and pour the typewriter into the drum. Some manufacturers recommend adding baking soda or salt to the dye. This increases the durability of the paint, so this advice should not be neglected.

To dye your jeans black, turn the pants inside out and place them in the machine. Set to the highest temperature setting. The longer the wash takes, the better the staining will be.

If you don't want to ruin the staining result, do not pour. It will instantly nullify all your efforts, ruining the color in the bud. But vinegar even makes sense to add. Prepare a couple of spoons of vinegar 9% in advance. This volume is calculated per liter of water.

After the machine has come to a complete stop, take out the freshly dyed jeans and dip them in the vinegar solution. Leave it on for 15 minutes, then put it back in the machine and wash at normal 40 degrees.

Important: After staining, the machine must be cleaned of paint residues. To do this, take an unwanted piece of fabric and wash it at the maximum temperature.

The result of staining jeans in a washing machine

Hand painting

You can dye jeans blue or any other shade in the basin. For this, it is better to take an enameled vessel. The procedure is as follows:

1. We put the basin on the stove and pour water into it, let it warm up.
2. According to the instructions on the package, we prepare the coloring solution, do not forget to strain it from lumps and clots. In the manual version of staining, this is especially important.
3. Pour salt or soda as needed, if there is an indication on the package.
4. Attention, first we put jeans in the basin, and then pour in the coloring solution. The product must be completely hidden under water, otherwise there will be unpainted islands. The water shouldn't boil, but the temperature is close to boiling.
5. The pants will be dyed for forty minutes.
6. As soon as the time is up, carefully remove the basin from the stove and take them out of the water. It is better to do this somewhere in the bathroom, so as not to splash paint on the furniture. We put the dyed product in warm water, rinse it, repeat the same thing in cold water.
7. Prepare a solution with vinegar and fix the resulting color.
8. You can now wash your jeans any way you want.

This method has both positive and negative points. From the pros - during staining, you can create a pattern on jeans, making stains and imitating unpainted spots. On the downside - it is difficult to get a uniform color, jeans now and then strive to emerge from the paint. We'll have to literally watch them near the pelvis for all forty minutes.

How to dye jeans by hand

Painting jeans black

To get a bright black color, it is better to take store dyes that have been tested over the years. They are easy to use and give guaranteed results. Choose products for natural fabrics or designed specifically for denim.

How to dye black jeans at home? Jeans dye works best. It is sold in handicraft departments and is designed specifically for this type of fabric, as the name implies. It is a blue-gray powder. Do not worry - after dilution, it will acquire a rich black hue.

To prepare the coloring solution, you need to dilute the powder in a liter of water. Do not forget to add 200 g of salt, the result will be more stable. Coloring can be done both in a washing machine and by hand. The longer you keep the product in the paint, the richer the color will be.

Want uneven stains and streaks? Set the maximum spin speed (if dyeing in the washing machine). Gaps and light areas are provided for you. Finally, do not forget to fix the result obtained with vinegar water.

Painting jeans blue

A truly unbreakable classic of the genre - blue jeans. What shades of this dye are not presented on store shelves: from pale blue to intense blue.

Perhaps the cheapest and easiest option is blue. You yourself adjust the brightness of the coloring. If you want to get an intense saturated shade, do not spare the dye. Looking for a lighter option - be careful not to keep your jeans in it for too long.

Another way to get a bright hue is with the good oldies. They come in blue and purple. By mixing them, you can get different tones. The principle of staining is the same as with bluing.

Do not want to "miss" in color matching, buy ready-made dyes. Here, the color scheme is rich, and you don't have to look for instructions on the Internet - everything is written on the package. You can use such paints both in the washing machine and in manual mode.

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Denim is a lightweight, comfortable, durable material. Dense fabric, resistant to wear and tear, from which any garment is sewn. There is hardly a more popular material on the planet. It can be cut, embroidered, pressed, decorated with beads, buttons, sequins.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the question of how to dye jeans worries people over and over again.

How to dye jeans? Preparation phase

Novelty. If a person buys a wardrobe item or fabric in a store, then everything is simple. You can safely paint such a thing, taking into account other features. And if a person reuses denim, which was once clothing, then you will have to consider it in more detail. If there are scuffs and damages, then during bleaching the places with such defects become thinner. Pieces with such imperfections should be avoided when painting, as they tear in the process.
Thickness. The thicker the fabric, the longer it will take to bleach and then dye it. If it is not visible to the eye, then the fabric can be weighed. The ratio of the area of ​​the panel to the weight will tell about the thickness quite definitely.

Density. Few people evaluate this indicator when painting jeans. After all, it is known that the fibers are tightly intertwined. But now different fabrics are produced - from light, summer to very warm, winter. In this case, light, summer models will color much faster than warm, winter ones.
A source of additional difficulties. Nowadays, ordinary jeans are not in high esteem, so it should be borne in mind: the more complex the item is sewn, the more difficult it will be to dye it. Particular attention should be paid to the seams, as well as other decorative details (flounces and ruffles, folds and darts).

The answer to the question of how to dye jeans involves a preparatory stage, when a person evaluates the quality of the material. Can these jeans be dyed at all, or is it better to throw them away.

How to dye jeans blue?

If a person is pleased with the traditional color of most jeans, but it requires updating, you can use the folk recipe - soaking jeans in a blue solution. To dye jeans blue, you need to take:

Barely warm water (the temperature is checked by touch).
Dilute a chemical purchased from a hardware store in it. The density of the color is determined by eye.
Completely immerse the fabric or item in the solution, leave it for at least a few hours, or better for a day. For greater durability of staining, add a handful to the solution, and then rinse in a weak solution of vinegar. Method of preparation of the latter: pour half a mug of vinegar into each liter of cold water.

Disadvantage of the recipe: the color washes out very quickly, especially if you wash jeans in an automatic machine.

How to whiten jeans? Simple recipes

Pour two glasses of whiteness into ten liters of water. Use a bucket or basin. Place the mixture on the stove and heat until bubbles appear. Place a product or fabric there. Make sure that not a single edge remains dry and nothing sticks out of the water when boiling. Stir the fabric with slow, sweeping strokes for more even whitening. Determine the degree of doneness by color. Overexposure means thinning of the fabric. Take out the white garment and rinse under cold running water until the last residues of color come off along with the whiteness solution. If the fabric is not completely or unevenly bleached, repeat the procedure in a new solution.
You can slightly lighten jeans in a gentle mode if, when washing with powder, add a pack of soda to hot water (take about half a kilogram). The longer you wash, the lighter the color will be. There are people who add this amount of soda when washing machine, but they shorten the service life of the equipment in this way.

The procedure is carried out in strong, whole household gloves. Examine them carefully before using: holes or cuts will cause serious damage to the skin of the hands.

Sometimes lemon juice or citric acid is added instead of soda.
like bleach. Two large spoons, or about a quarter of a medium cup, of this wonderful product should be added to the powder compartment when machine washable in hot water. However, peroxide should be handled with extreme caution; it easily corrodes fabric and plastic equipment.

Whitening can be done partially. If you leave folds on the jeans, pinch small areas with clothespins or rubber bands, you can get very interesting effects.

The question of how to whiten jeans does not imply an unambiguous answer, because it all depends on the needs of a person, how radically he wants to change the look of jeans.

How to dye jeans at home with hair dye?

If you want to radically change the color of denim clothes, then at home you can resort to such a simple and affordable tool as.

Note that medium pants will require at least two packs of paint. But it is better to take with a margin.

No need to ask in despair: "How to dye jeans at home with hair dye?" Instead of this:

Take an enamel bowl or bucket.
Dilute the active component of the paint in warm water.
Place bleached items of clothing or fabric there.
Make sure that the staining occurs evenly.
Keep the item in the solution for a quarter of an hour to an hour.
Rinse in mild vinegar solution.

This is not as difficult as it seems at first glance.

Final parting words

Do not mix different colors in the same water. Do several procedures in a row to achieve the desired shade.
Always wear gloves.
To be sure, practice bleaching and dyeing on a small area of ​​fabric first.
Dry your clothes naturally - away from batteries and radiators.

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Both soluble and water-insoluble substances act as blue. To paint jeans, you need to purchase a soluble dye. It can be indigo carmine, Prussian blue, soluble Parisian blue, blue aniline dyes. Prussian blue dissolves in water only in the presence of oxalic acid. Aniline dyes are usually the most expensive. They have good coloring power, but they can discolor in the sun. Some aniline dyes turn red after using the iron. Among the aniline dyes that are suitable for the production of blue: methyl, methylene and wool blue.

Ultramarine is an insoluble type of blue. This is a fairly cheap product. You should be aware that soluble dyes color the fabric much more evenly than insoluble dyes.

You need to make a blue solution in accordance with the instructions on the package. After all, some things get stained during washing in blue, and some during rinsing. The approximate consumption of blue is as follows: 0.3 grams per 1. Stir the powder in cold water and then pour the mixture into warm water. When painting, the following rule works: the richer you want the shade, the less water should be.

To dye jeans, soak them in the solution for at least two hours. After that, simply dry.

Before painting, be sure to wash your jeans: they must be absolutely clean. Dip the jeans in a container of blue in the flattened state. If they don't fit, fold them in half. In this case, make sure the water soaks the jeans evenly, as there is a risk that they will become unevenly stained. Jeans should not protrude from the pelvis.

Try to dissolve all blue clots in water. If they do not diverge, pour warm water on them (+ 30 ° С). If you want your jeans to appear more saturated, leave them in the basin for not two hours, but overnight.

If you want the paint to firmly set, add a couple of rounded tablespoons of table salt to the blue solution. You can fix the paint by rinsing your jeans in a vinegar solution. This should be done after the blue jeans have been soaked. Pour in 5 tablespoons. vinegar in 10 liters of water. If the fixing power is insufficient, increase the amount of vinegar. Note that blue fades very quickly. Most likely, after a couple of washings, the painting will need to be repeated.

The most resistant are water-based acrylic paints. They can be easily diluted with water. But they are washed off until the moment of the first drying. After that, it will be difficult to wash the thing. Acrylic paints come in a very wide range of shades.

If you don’t like jeans that are too light or have faded out over the summer, there is an opportunity to return them to their previous color. Paint! There are several ways to dye jeans blue at home. Let's find out which ones.

How to dye jeans blue

To dye jeans blue, you can use not only special paint, but also the usual improvised means. For example, blue is the simplest and most affordable dye (a mixture of methylene blue with starch). It is not suitable for full color, but ideal for freshening up jeans.

Sequencing:

• Dissolve the blue in warm water in the amount indicated on the label. Add table salt (2 tablespoons) to the solution. Soak your trousers in it and stand for 2-3 hours. Leave your jeans in it for eight hours to get the best results. To dye things evenly, turn them over every two hours.
• Squeeze and place in vinegar solution. Prepare it at the rate of 2 tbsp. l. 9 percent vinegar per liter of water.

How to powder paint jeans

The convenience of powder dye is that things are dyed right in the washing machine. High-quality paint will not damage the technique, and after the completion of the procedure, it will be completely washed out of it.

The only place where paint can remain is in the rubber seal. But it can be easily cleaned with a regular sponge.

Rules for dyeing jeans in a washing machine:

1. Make sure your jeans are dry and clean before painting. If there is even a small oily stain on them, it will lead to uneven distribution of the paint.
2. Check the label on the jeans and the instructions for the washing machine. Painting can only be carried out in the mode that is permissible for this item during washing. Otherwise, ruin your jeans or your car.
3. After painting, run the machine in idle mode at least once, or wash dark clothes that will not show traces of blue dye.
4. If you still need to wash light-colored items after painting, add bleach.

How to dye jeans in stages:

• Prepare paint according to instructions.
• Before washing, dilute the dye with about ½ liter of hot water and pour into the drum. Do not use the powder compartment - pour the colorant directly into the drum.
• Load the jeans into the machine and select the Boil mode or wash at 90–95 ° C.
• Dissolve 2 tbsp 9% vinegar with water. l. vinegar per liter of water. Place your freshly washed jeans in it. Soak them for 15 minutes.
• Squeeze the jeans, place them in the machine and start the Rinse & Spin cycle.

You can also dye jeans by hand. To do this, take an enamel or plastic dish. Dilute the dye in one liter of hot water. Stir well so that there are no lumps.

If provided in the instructions for the paint, add baking soda and salt. Dissolve the concentrated solution in 6–8 liters of hot water. Use an enamel bowl or bucket of suitable size for painting.

Place jeans in the solution and cook, stirring occasionally, over low heat for 40 minutes. After finishing the painting, rinse the cooled jeans in warm and then in cold water. Finally, rinse with vinegar and water.

If you are not sure that the dye will not cause allergies, then wash the newly dyed item with a detergent.

To dye jeans blue, use other dyes that don't need to be boiled with. Find the method that suits you.

The main thing is to rinse after staining in water diluted with vinegar. This will help keep the color fresh for longer.