It is still a shame to find out when ugly scuffs or whitish stripes appear on your favorite pair of jeans. Why did it happen so? There may be several explanations: poor quality of the paint with which jeans are painted, wrong washing mode, heavy wear, etc.
It's a pity to throw the thing away; you can try to reanimate it.
Where most often there are attritions?
The fastest rubbing appears in places with the greatest deformation of the material:
- Knees.
- Folds of the knee.
- Pockets. Most often, scuffs appear from phones, notebooks, keys and other trifles that are in your pocket.
- Bottom of the leg. Appear if jeans are longer than necessary and periodically tucked.
Effective ways
There are several effective ways to remedy the situation.
Painting
If jeans have scuffs and white stripes at the same time, then the full color is the easiest and most effective.
This will require a special dye for fabric. It is necessary to select the paint as close as possible to the material to be painted.
Operating procedure:
- dilute the paint in water according to the instructions, add a little salt to the solution;
- gently straighten jeans. There should be no wrinkles or creases on the materials, otherwise a white stripe may remain in this place;
- lower the jeans into the solution and leave on the fire for 30 - 60 minutes, stirring occasionally;
- Take out the jeans and rinse them thoroughly in cold water.
There are different types of dyes. Some of them can be used during the machine wash. True, such dyes refresh the color more than intensively paint over the abrasions.
In addition to special dyes, simpler methods can be used, for example, blueprint solution.
Carbon copy paint
The original and easy way to quickly remove scuffs. To do this, a sheet of blue carbon paper should be carefully wiped the entire surface of jeans. Particular attention should be paid to places with strong abrasions, pockets, knees, etc.
Paint over marker
For quick painting of scuffs, the usual blue or black felt-tip pen is useful. However, this method is suitable for jeans in dark blue, ink or black.
With a felt-tip pen, all wiped places are carefully painted over, then jeans are rinsed in cold water to make the marker contour more blurry and imperceptible to those around.
Tips
If the above methods did not lead to the desired result, then do not despair and throw away your favorite jeans. They can always be given a second life, turning, for example, into elegant shorts.
Old jeans can always be used for sewing vests, summer bags and other accessories.
Faded knees can be decorated with spectacular patches of contrasting color material.but. If the pocket is wiped heavily, a dramatic appliqué will help mask the area of the damaged fabric.
Any available tools and a little imagination will help to update your worn jeans and turn them into a fashionable, stylish thing.
