Make Professional Looking Ripped Jeans
Ripped jeans are all the rage, and you can spend bundles on them if you buy them from a designer. But why would you want to do that, when you can rip your jeans yourself? If you want to rip jeans in a professional manner, you'll need to process them with sandpaper before using a scissors. Ripping jeans on your own takes a little extra time, but the results are well worth the trouble!
Steps
- Do some research. Look online and in fashion magazines for distressed jeans. Two or three tears are usually sufficient and not overdone.
- First you need some sandpaper.
- Then you lay out the jeans flat
- Then rub the sandpaper over the jeans
- Use scissors to increase fraying. Cut small snips into the edges of the hole.
- Fray the edges of the hole by hand with your fingers.
- Learn how to bleach your jeans outdoors. Rinse your jeans within three minutes to stop a bleaching process.
- Use a bleach pen to create bleach spots or stripes.
- Flick bleach onto your jeans with an old toothbrush.
- Learn how to bleach your jeans Bleach Jeans Camo.
- Learn how to fade blue jeans in the washing machine.
- Distress the remainder of your jeans. Tear the corner of a pocket. Rub sandpaper or a grater over random areas. Sit on concrete or the ground more often to create natural distress at the back of the jeans.
- Add fabric patches, at a later time, for a different look:
- Patch Your Old Blue Jeans
- Make a Custom Cloth Patch
- Repair Worn Out Jeans
- Apply a Cut Out Fabric Patch to Jeans
Tips
- Use a dryer for fluffier fray.
- Do not rip stretch jeans. The fabric is not suitable for creating a fluffy fringe.
- Washing will naturally fray your jeans.
Warnings
- Never mix bleach with ammonia or vinegar. These create a potentially lethal gas.
- Use caution with sharp tools and liquid bleach.
Things You'll Need
- Jeans
- Sandpaper
- Bleach products
- Old toothbrush
- Fabric patches
