How to dye jeans yourself at home. how to dye jeans blue or black at home

Why is color lost?

Frequent washing is considered the main reason. Water and washing powder make the fabric of the garment lighter, washing out the paint. To preserve the color of things at home, it is necessary to use special detergents for black clothes when washing. This helps to keep the jeans in their original form for a while.

When buying, rub the jeans with a cotton pad. If the quality is poor, there will be paint stains.

Molting is another reason. Some things sometimes color the water they are in. Although the phenomenon does not mean that the jeans are defective. Natural paints can also fade. During the first wash of clothes, coloring pigments are released. They can also remain on the skin or adjacent tissue. In addition, if jeans are worn constantly, including to work, walks, rest, they will lose their original appearance. Also, prolonged exposure to sunlight leads to color fading.

Therefore, it is important to monitor the condition of your clothes so that they last longer.

How can you dye jeans

Denim is a natural material that is easy to add to almost any shade

Before choosing a method for updating the color, you need to decide how to dye your jeans, what tools to use.

To renew your jeans at home, you can use the following products:

• The most common painting option is blue. This method is very simple, but the result will not last long.
• The so-called boiled jeans can be obtained using potassium permanganate. In this case, the result depends on skill and experience, since the process is quite complicated.
• Ready-made aniline paints are available. By following the instructions on the package, you can quickly get the desired effect.
• For a more lasting result, acrylic paints are suitable.
• Jeans can also be dyed in the washing machine using powder dyes. The painting process is simple, but there is a small selection of shades.

Blue

Affordable and inexpensive painting options include blue. But, using this tool, it will not be possible to radically change the color of the product, you can only make it bluish.

Blueprint can be purchased at any hardware store.

How to dye jeans blue:

• Dilute the blue in water, the temperature of which is less than 30 degrees. The brighter you want to get the color, the more funds you need to use. To get a lasting shade, you can put 2 tablespoons of salt in the solution.
• Place the jeans in the solution.
• Leave them on for a couple of hours. For uniform painting, the product must be turned over periodically.
• Rinse your pants in cold water.
• To fix the color, rinse them in a mild vinegar solution.

The result will start to wash off immediately after the first wash, so this method of painting cannot be called optimal.

Powder painting

Powder-painting your jeans won't hurt your washing machine

Using powdered dye and a washing machine, you can dye your jeans black. To avoid unexpected results, do not add detergent and fabric softener to the washing machine. The jeans must be washed beforehand.

How to dye jeans in a washing machine:

• turn the product inside out;
• put your jeans in the washing machine;
• add coloring powder to the drum;
• set the washing temperature set on the product label;
• start a standard washing program;
• take out the painted item and rinse in cool water;
• rinse your jeans in a vinegar solution;
• wash them in a washing machine with detergent;
• dry.

As a result of staining, a persistent bright color will be obtained. You should not worry about the washing machine - the use of the dye will not affect its functionality. The most that can happen is the painting of the rubber seals. But this problem can be easily solved by wiping them with a damp cloth.

Acrylic paints

Using acrylic paints, you can apply any pattern to the fabric, which will help hide problem areas and make the thing unique and inimitable.

The process requires acrylic paint, brushes of suitable sizes with stiff natural bristles, and an iron. After the pattern has been applied to the fabric, the product must be ironed from the wrong side.

But this method is short-lived, since after several washes, the color of the paint will begin to fade, and may even start to fade. Therefore, for everyday things that are often washed, this method is not suitable.

Aniline dyes

Aniline dyes are the most popular among textile dyes. This is due to the ease of use and long-lasting results.

To correctly calculate the dosage, before starting work, you need to read the instructions and recommendations on the packaging.

To dye jeans, you need to boil them in a dye composition with salt, stirring occasionally. Then rinse in vinegar solution and dry.

Dyeing jeans by hand

You might guess that the essence of hand-dyeing jeans is to reproduce as accurately as possible all the actions that the washing machine performs, only “in dexterous and hard-working hands”.

Method 1

In other words, the algorithm of your actions to dye jeans at home blue will look like this:

1. Take an enamel container large enough to pour six to eight liters of water and dye solution into it. Carry out an audit on the balcony or mezzanine, find the biggest and scariest basin, and you can't go wrong with the volume. Fill in water and light the burner.
2. Preparing paint for jeans. In the same way as in preparation for machine staining: filter through cheesecloth and dissolve in warm water.
3. Remember how you poured salt and soda into the drum? Your drum is now a basin.
4. We throw our jeans into a basin with heated water and pour the dye dissolved in the right proportion on top. Jeans with this method of dyeing should completely go under the water and not float.

1. Cook for forty minutes to an hour to thoroughly dye jeans at home blue. Do not forget to prepare our cherished vinegar solution towards the end of cooking.
2. When the jeans are boiled, rinse them first in warm and then in cold water under the tap.
3. Soak in vinegar solution.
4. With relief, we wash jeans with regular detergent.

Method 2 - Staining with blue

Blue (solution or powder) is one of the most affordable, common and easy-to-use fabric dyes. In addition, blue is a substance that has been tested by more than one generation and is quite safe.

Perhaps the most important advantage of such a paint for jeans is that the fabric does not need to be boiled anywhere, it is enough:

• soak jeans in warm water with a solution, where you can add a couple of tablespoons of salt;
• then, to consolidate the result, soak in diluted vinegar.

Small technical details depend on your personal sophistication:

• someone, to dye jeans at home blue, leaves jeans with blue in the basin overnight;
• someone, worried about the uniformity of the distribution of the shade, lays out the jeans in the bath and stares intently at the cloudless blue for two hours.

Dry your jeans, unless some interesting effect is included in your plans, should be in a perfectly straightened state so that the flowing water and the folds of the legs do not change color.

Method 3 - dumplings

The word is a legend, a sound in which so much has intertwined for the hearts of more than one generation. In practice, cooking itself in the manufacture of boiled jeans is far from the main thing.As you can see, some kind of thermal effect is required for any method of staining.

The main chemical reagent, the Whiteness dye, is a little more difficult to find than laundry soap or just bleach. However, if you weld jeans with “Whiteness” using the traditional method (a glass for a bucket of water), you will simply lighten them.

The charm of dumplings is in the famous white spots, stains and folds, in the texture. In order to create such a texture, it is necessary to twist the pants and secure them with a rope and clothespins, otherwise the resulting composition will fall apart during cooking.

Steps

Part 1 of 3:

Preparing jeans for dyeing

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   Wash your jeans. In order for the jeans that you are going to repaint, there are no substances that can interfere with the dyeing process, they must be washed first. Load them in the washing machine and wash as usual according to the care instructions on the tag sewn into the jeans.
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   • There is no need to dry your jeans after washing. They must be wet before discoloration or staining.
   • If you have blue or light colored jeans that you are not going to discolor, the only thing to do before dyeing is to wash them. In this case, you can skip the rest of the steps in this part of the article.

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      Straighten any wrinkles on the jeans. Jeans should be wet after washing. Before putting your jeans in the pot, squeeze them again so that no excess moisture remains in them. Then straighten the jeans so that when you dip them in the paint, they don't have any wrinkles if possible.
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      Place the jeans in a saucepan and stir them in the solution for a while. Dip your straightened jeans into a pot of paint. Stir them with a large, long spoon for 30 minutes or until they are as black as you want.
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      • As you stir your jeans, move them back and forth, up and down. You need to make sure that the paint evenly saturates the denim.
      • Make sure that the jeans are not twisted or wrinkled by stirring. This can lead to uneven coloration.

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      Remove the jeans from the pot and rinse thoroughly until clean. When you're happy with the result of dyeing your jeans black, remove the pot from the stove and place the jeans in the sink. Rinse them in a sink in warm water. Gradually start making the water colder until all excess paint is washed off and the water is completely clear.
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      Some paints may come with a dye fixer for cotton fabrics to prevent fading. It can be used to treat jeans immediately after dyeing in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

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      Hand wash your jeans. Wash jeans by hand after dyeing, right in the sink. Use warm water and hand-wash liquid detergent. Then rinse your jeans with cool water.
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      If you prefer, you can machine wash your jeans with an old towel. The towel will take on any excess paint that has come off your jeans.

   • The first few times you machine wash and tumble dry your jeans, remember to add an old towel or other dark item to it in case the paint continues to wash out. To prevent fading, use cold or warm water and a mild liquid detergent.
   • It is obvious that textile paint leaves behind stains on fabric surfaces. For work, wear old clothes that you will not mind getting dirty while dyeing your jeans, and also protect your hands with rubber gloves.Clear your workspace of textiles, including towels, rugs, and curtains.
   • Be careful when wearing freshly dyed jeans. They can leave marks on light-colored upholstered furniture, even when the paint has set. Be sure to rinse them thoroughly after staining.
   • Even after several dyeing procedures, the jeans will not acquire the deep black color that store-bought black jeans have. Be realistic about your expectations.
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   • Detergent for machine washing
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   • Large long spoon
   • Water
   • Rubber gloves
   • Decolorizing agent
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   • Liquid or powder black textile paint
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   • A scrap of tissue or dye test paper
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Painting methods

Jeans are washed before dyeing in any way. After completing the painting, fix the color in a vinegar solution (a tablespoon per liter of water), wash on a short mode.

Varenki

Popular dumplings can be made in the following way:

• a glass of Whiteness is poured into 10 liters of water;
• jeans are twisted, the legs are tied in knots, the ties are fixed with elastic bands or sewn up;
• water is heated in an enamel container, jeans are immersed in it.

Maintain at a boil for 10-15 minutes, not allowing the product to float.

In the washing machine

The washed jeans are turned inside out, zipped. The automatic machine is placed in the drum. A thoroughly dissolved and stirred dye is also added there. Washing program:

• linen or cotton;
• temperature - 90-95 °;
• time is maximum.

If the instructions for the dye indicate the addition of other components (vinegar, salt), they are introduced in the recommended volume. After washing, the machine is washed to remove paint residues.

In enameled dishes

In order not to have to wash the drum of the washing machine, many people dye jeans by hand:

• prepare paint, poured into an enamel container;
• add 5-8 liters of water, lower jeans;
• bring to a boil and stand for 30-60 minutes, changing the position of the product.

Remove, rinse with vinegar, lightly wash.

Cold

With the cold method, labor costs are minimal, the apartment will not smell like dye and will not be covered with condensation. The paint is diluted according to the instructions, added to a bowl of water at room temperature. So dyed with blue, hair dye, some ready-made dyes.

Hot

Dyeing with heated water up to 95-100 ° is called hot. Products are boiled:

• to obtain light colors - up to 30 minutes;
• for dark shades - 30-45 minutes;
• black - up to 60 minutes.

After completion, the jeans are left in the dye for another 10-15 minutes. Hot paint is painted with natural compounds (fruit juice, herbs).

Uneven staining

If, before coloring in any way, you pull, roll up jeans, fix the kinks with elastic bands, the dye will lie unevenly, the jeans will be unique. To create spots, clothespins are attached, horizontal stripes are obtained with clips. To obtain vertical stripes, twist tightly along and fix with elastic bands.

Applying color stripes

Colored stripes are painted by hand using stencil aerosols, brushes. Use the following methods:

1. For indistinct borders, transition of colors - aniline paints.
2. Adding tragacanth glue to the aniline (1 to 3) or preliminary soaking in a gelatin solution will help to fix the lines.
3. You can create any designs with acrylic paints. They are applied to a dry cloth, after drawing the contours. Leave to dry (10-15 hours according to the instructions), then iron it.

Painted jeans are washed by hand, without aggressive detergents.

Other ways to decorate

To dye certain areas in a different color, a bleach solution is sprayed onto the jeans with a spray, which lightens the fabric. Use stencils to fix the site of application.

Dyeing methods

There are several ways you can dye your denim at home. The choice of method depends on how much effort, money and time you are willing to spend on changing the color.

Manual

Dyeing faded jeans by hand is not as difficult as it might seem at first. For the procedure you will need:

• dye;
• large capacity that can hold jeans;
• a small bowl / bottle to dilute the colorant;
• salt;
• soda;
• stirring paddle;
• water;
• gloves.

There are hot and cold staining methods. The hot method is used for most professional dyes. It consists in boiling things in paint, respectively, it is suitable only for dense natural fabrics.

Procedure:

1. Pour water into a large enamelled saucepan so that it takes up ⅔ of the volume.
2. Heat it to a boil over high heat.
3. Add soda and salt in equal amounts (5-7 tbsp. L.), Dye in the proportion indicated in the instructions.
4. Stir the liquid thoroughly, wait until the soda and salt dissolve.
5. Place jeans in the solution, cover the pan with a lid.
6. Stirring occasionally, cook the product in the dye for about an hour - the more time passes, the richer the color will turn out.
7. After painting, rinse the jeans well several times.

The processing time for jeans is also different:

• it takes half an hour to dye light colored clothes;
• dark products are boiled for 40-45 minutes;
• black things need to be cooked for about an hour.

To fix a fresh shade, you must:

1. Make a solution: 2 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar in 1 liter of water.
2. Soak jeans in it for 15-20 minutes.
3. Rinse them in the same solution.

The cold method is very simple and convenient, because the smell and dye vapors do not spread throughout the apartment. Usually this method is used when it is not possible to paint a thing with special paint or in a washing machine.

You can change the color of the product using the cold method using such means as:

• blue;
• industrial dye;
• hair dye.

Procedure:

1. Prepare a large container.
2. Pour water at room temperature into it.
3. Add the desired dye according to the instructions.
4. To stir thoroughly.
5. Immerse the product in liquid.
6. Soak it for 1-2 hours.
7. Treat jeans with a fixing compound.
8. Rinse them out.

The main advantage of the manual method is that you can completely control the process

This is especially important if you want not only to refresh the color, but to dye your clothes creatively, with a design approach. Various twists, creases of the fabric can give beautiful streaks and patterns, which allows you to make a unique item

In the washing machine

You can also dye denim in the washing machine. However, it will not be possible to control the painting process, to make interesting and unusual stains - after the clothes are immersed in the drum, nothing depends on the person.

You can dye denim pants in the washing machine in the following way:

1. Prepare the dye - it is better to dilute the dry powder with hot water in advance, and not pour it directly into the machine. This will help you get an even color.
2. Strain the solution through a gauze cloth to remove undissolved lumps of dye - dark spots appear from them.
3. Pour the detergent into the drum of the washing machine (you can also use the powder compartment, but in this case the result will be slightly worse).
4. Turn jeans inside out, immerse them in the washing machine.
5. Set the maximum temperature to 90-95 ° C. Typically 40 ° C is acceptable on a denim label, but this will not be enough to change the color.
6. The duration of painting should be at least 1.5 hours.
7. After the end of the cycle, soak the jeans for 25 minutes in a solution of 2 tbsp. l. 9% vinegar in 1 liter of water.
8. Wash in the washing machine using the usual settings (temperature - 40 ° C). This procedure will help wash out excess paint from equipment and clothing.

Dry cleaning

If the item to be dyed is expensive, or if you are not sure if you can color your jeans evenly, dry cleaning will come to the rescue.

There are several reasons why you should entrust the staining to professionals:

uniform color, exact match to the shade from the palette;
professional dyes, a wide range of colors;
the possibility of partial staining;
saving time and effort;
lack of contact with caustic chemicals, which is important for allergy sufferers.

How to dye jeans black?

Recovering the color of black jeans is difficult. It is necessary to choose only strong dyes with black pigments.

Special paint

The highest quality result is obtained with a special paint for jeans or cotton fabric. It is convenient to paint a product with it, as you can get an even, lasting and rich color. However, this tool is not suitable for those who are allergic to paint components. It is also not recommended to change the color of children's clothes, as the chemicals are irritating.

You can dye black jeans either by hand or using a washing machine. It is necessary to dilute the powder in water in accordance with the instructions, then either place it in the drum of an automatic machine, or in a container for painting.

Professional dyes suitable for denim include:

• dye for fabric "Universal";
• Anles;
• Jeans;
• Dylon.

Hair dye

You can dye your old jeans with a hair-dyeing compound, but it is desirable that it be ammonia-free.

It is necessary to choose a black color, without impurities and additional shades. The more resistant the paint, the better it will adhere to the fabric. Therefore, you cannot qualitatively change the color with a tint shampoo or a cheap, low-quality product.

To dye black faded jeans at home, you must:

1. Pour water into a suitable container so that the product can be completely immersed in the liquid.
2. Add paint - one pack is enough for small jeans.
3. Stir the solution thoroughly to distribute the dye evenly in the water.
4. Leave the jeans for an hour (periodically turning over, straightening the product to dye it evenly).
5. Rinse in vinegar solution: 2 tbsp. l. acid and 1 tbsp. l. salt in 1 liter of water.
6. Rinse again in clean water.
7. Dry.

Markers

The ink from felt-tip pens or markers is quite persistent and can even be used to paint jeans. This requires:

1. Disassemble a few black markers.
2. Remove the rods, put them in lukewarm water.
3. After a few minutes, the liquid will turn black, you need to put jeans in it, removing the rods.
4. Turning the clothes over every 5-10 minutes, soak them in the solution for an hour.
5. Soak in vinegar solution for 15 minutes.
6. Rinse.

How to wash jeans to preserve color

In order for the products to retain their color, shape and original appearance for a long time, it is important to wash the material correctly. Wash denim separately and do not wring after washing

For denim, special detergents are chosen. Classic powders can lighten products.

Jeans are washed by hand or in a washing machine at a temperature of 30-40 degrees without spinning. They will sit in hotter water! Products with a large number of decorative elements and details are best washed by hand.

To preserve color, be sure to turn your jeans inside out and button them up before washing. It is advisable to put the item in a special washing bag. Do not use fabric softener to rinse or soften items, and do not soak items for more than half an hour.

Be sure to soak black jeans in a vinegar solution before washing them for the first time. In the future, when washing black or blue items, add a little salt to the water or drum, and when rinsing, add 50 grams of vinegar.

We've covered how to wash jeans to keep them from fading. But what if they have already started to fade and lose color? In this case, vinegar solution effectively helps. Prepare the composition in the same way as for coloring. To restore the color of the jeans, place the clothes in the vinegar solution and soak for half an hour. Then wash as usual.

How to dye jeans in a washing machine

1. Choose a coloring powder of the desired shade, dilute it according to the instructions. As a rule, 45 grams. the product accounts for 0.5 liters of water.
2. After dilution, stir the solution with a spatula to completely dissolve the granules, making sure there are no lumps.
3. Next, add 15 grams to the solution. chopped salt and 10 gr. soda, mix again. Such components are needed to maintain color, they are added to the powder if the manufacturer's recommendations are available.
4. Send the jeans to the machine, set the longest wash (about 2 hours). Usually, the function of processing cotton and linen is suitable, the main thing is that the temperature regime is at least 90 degrees.
5. Pour the dye solution into the special compartment, wait until the cycle is complete. After that, take out the jeans, start preparing the soaking compound.
6. Pour 5 liters of water into a basin, add 325-350 ml. table vinegar (concentration 6-9%). Place the pants in a container, wait a quarter of an hour.
7. Rinse the jeans with your hands, then send them back to the machine, set the shortest wash (20-30 minutes) at a temperature of 35-40 degrees. Be sure to add powder to wash off excess paint.

Important!

Treat jeans separately from light-colored laundry for subsequent washings. After washing the trousers, set the machine to double rinse, add bleach or bleach to rinse the pigment from the drum cavity

How and how to dye black jeans to refresh their color?

To restore the faded color of black jeans, it is not necessary to use a profile dye, you can limit yourself to hair dye. Pants of standard sizes take at least two packages of the product, but it is better to purchase a composition with a margin. We simply dilute the active ingredient in warm water in a basin, immerse it in the jeans for at least an hour, and take it out.

The product must be thoroughly rinsed in plain water, then soaked in a mixture of vinegar and table salt for a couple of minutes, this will fix the color. It remains only to dry the product and evaluate the result of the work.

If you use fabric paint to restore the color of jeans, then boiling is indispensable. The scheme of the process is simple: we dilute the composition, soak the trousers, put the container on the fire and boil the product, stirring constantly, for an hour and a half.

It is important to understand that in case of neglect of technical recommendations, there is a risk of getting the most unexpected and not always pleasant result.

2 Ways to Dye Jeans Blue at Home

#1. Basically, jeans are produced in dark blue or light blue (denim).
If the paint has escaped from them, it is easy to return it, leaving the pants to soak in a thick blue solution. The tool is publicly available, it does not differ in harmfulness. True, he will paint his hands along with the cloth: it is better to paint with gloves. The disadvantage of blue staining is that over time the process will have to be repeated: the blue will wash off again.

# 2. If you decide to approach the problem with all seriousness, give preference to special paints for fabric dyeing.

The assortment includes aniline. Such dyes can be not only blue and blue. And also red, black, green, brown, purple ...

The video shows the whole process, on my own behalf, choose a color that is both in fashion and you like.You buy several sachets from one batch (otherwise the shade may not work out the right one).

You can also return the color in the washing machine, for this:

• Read the instructions carefully.
• Empty the contents into the washing machine.
• Put jeans in the drum.
• Turn on the wash cycle.
• Not everyone will fit: the water temperature is set at 95 ° C.

Before the process, do not forget to salt everything:
this is also required according to the instructions for fixing the paint. Wait for the painting to finish. You take out your jeans and immerse them in cold water with vinegar. So at all times the effect of coloring was fixed on new things.

Lie down a little - rinse in clean water and send to dry.

It is important not to forget which base you are going to apply the new color to. If you decide to repaint the blue with green, there will be no problems, but if you plan to make black denim colors, you should think about whether the task is feasible

It's like dyeing your hair:
it is necessary to take into account both the original color and what will be the result of the overlay of colors. It is problematic to repaint the dark ones in lighter colors. White is better to buy right away. Jeans cannot be lightened to such an extent that they shine with whiteness.

Now you know how to dye jeans blue at home, and if you want to have jeans with a twist, use acrylic paints and a little imagination. Such designs will make you more visible in the crowd, and will not wash off at the first opportunity.

Household blue is a mixture of dye and starch sold as a powder or liquid. Typically, blue is used to add freshness to bedding or white cotton and linen shirts, and less commonly to dye fabrics.

Blue is of two types: with a soluble and insoluble dye. An insoluble dye is cheaper, but only suitable for freshening up laundry. Soluble can be used to dye fabrics.

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Common mistakes

The most common mistake is using the wrong dye. It is necessary to choose the composition taking into account the type of fabric being processed. And it is not recommended to dye corduroy trousers. This fabric does not hold color. The second common mistake is trying to get a different color when painting. This approach will not bring the desired result. As mentioned above, when dyed in other colors, halftones are obtained.

It is recommended to degrease the fabric before dyeing. Third-party particles do not allow the prepared mixture to penetrate deeply into the material, as a result of which light spots will appear on certain parts of the trousers.