How to whiten jeans at home?

The most indispensable and practical kind of clothing is jeans. This wardrobe item is different models, styles, fabric, as well as color. If you want to transform old jeans, turning them into a trendy product, we'll tell you how to whiten jeans at home.

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How to whiten jeans?

As jeans trousers will need to survive clarification, we suggest using the following bleaching agents:

• whiteness;
• soda;
• hydrogen peroxide;
• lemon juice.

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How to whiten jeans with whiteness?

If you use whiteness whitening, you will achieve maximum effect. In case, in addition to bleaching, you want to still get a fashionable print from highlights, then pick an experiment for a thing of saturated color.

For work you will need:

• metal bucket or large saucepan;
• is white.

For getting streaks:

• gum;
• clothes pegs;
• clamps.

Important! To whiten your jeans at home and not harm yourself, the entire procedure is carried out in rubber gloves.

Instructions for use of whiteness:

1. Dilute a glass of bleach in a bucket of water.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Lower the product so that it completely dissolves in the chloride solution.
4. Leave the jeans in the product for 5-20 minutes.
5. After boiling, remove the jeans and place them under running cold water. All the clothespins, bands and clips are removed.
6. Rinse the product.
7. Wash and dry.

Important! Too long finding a thing in the bleach can lead to its complete destruction. Therefore, thinking about how to whiten jeans at home, do not seek to get the best result by breaking the time limits of the solution.

Another practical tip: if the bleaching jeans pop up, then use a large spoon or stick to load them back.

Artistic design of jeans with whitening

To form interesting divorces on jeans - they need to be twisted, but not too tight. The form of the print directly depends on the method of twisting: the

• vertical stains will be obtained if the jeans are simply rolled up and clamped;
• horizontal - if the product is secured;
• patterns in the form of asterisks will be in the case of tightening jeans using pegs.

Options for Bleach Solution Recipes

The amount of bleach used depends on the density of the material, the original color, and the desired result. When you add two glasses of the product you will get a light blue tint.

Important! If after a few minutes the shade of jeans will not change, add more whiteness.

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How to bleach the jeans with soda?

If you need to lighten jeans from a thin fabric, do not use aggressive bleaches, but apply normal soda. This is the easiest way to bleach, it will allow you to get a lighter shade of fabric, which will change with each wash.

Important! Operation of clarification is better to make manually, as the internal surface of the washing machine wears out at long contact to soda. In addition, you have the opportunity to keep under control the process of whitening and the intensity of changing the original color of the product.

Add the soda to the detergent when washing.

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Transformation of things with hydrogen peroxide

This remedy is a wand-wand for many housewives, who do not have time to boil pants and do not want to tear their washing machine with baking soda. In order to whiten the jeans at home, wash the product in a machine with the addition of powder and two tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide( load all this into a ditch).

Important! If you add 3 tbsp.l.peroxide in a small basin with water and powder and wash the denim by hand, then you will get rid of yellowness.

Secret of the art coloring

Jeans treated with peroxide can be made more exclusive if rubbed with a pumice stone, a hard brush or fine-grained sandpaper.

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Create beautiful jeans with your own hands

Instead of peroxide, you can use the "Domestos" remedy: ½ cup of the product dilute in 3 l of water and soak the jeans in a solution until they brighten to the desired level, after which the product is thoroughly rinsedand dry it. The procedure can be repeated as needed.

Important! Work with chemicals only in rubber gloves.

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Using lemon juice for whitening

Lemon juice has a clarifying effect, which means it can also be used to whiten jeans at home. For this:

1. 1 tbsp.l.lemon juice or 1 tsp.citric acid dilute in 1 liter of water.
2. Soak a thing in the mortar for a few hours.
3. Remove the product after the time has elapsed.
4. Rinse and dry.

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Tips and Tricks:

• To get the partial whitening effect, treat with a sponge soaked in the bleach necessary parts of the product. After the procedure, leave the clothes for 5 minutes, but no more so that the fabric does not become loose and does not tear. With this method, you can use all your imagination: lighten only one leg or create a smooth transition of color from the bottom up or vice versa. You can even sprinkle it on the jeans with a bleach from the spray gun. After all "washes", thoroughly wash the treated tissue with running water and thoroughly wash the product.
• If the method of whitening with peroxide or a chlorine agent seemed uninteresting to you, then draw the patterns with citric acid, first diluting it in pure water. For work, use an ordinary paintbrush.
• In addition to folk remedies, you can also use store tools for whitening. It is necessary to calculate the best by experience. The downside of household chemicals is the fact that repeated use of bleaches wears fabric, especially denim.

Do not deny yourself getting stylish new clothes by converting old jeans in the ways and methods listed, and your favorite practical, versatile clothing will become the most trendy element of your wardrobe.