To dye faded jeans, fill a bucket with the hottest water and pour half a bottle of black dye into it. Immerse your jeans in the bucket and stir until they are thoroughly soaked. Black jeans are a great addition to any wardrobe, but keeping them looking new can be an uphill battle after too many washes and wearings. The indigo dye used to color the denim can bleed onto other fabrics or even onto your skin, fading over time. While you can’t reverse color fading in your jeans, you can prevent it by following these simple steps:
- Fill a large pot with enough water to completely cover the jeans. Place the pot on the stove and bring it to a boil. Once boiling, stir in black fabric dye and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Use a pair of tongs to submerge the jeans in the dye water.
- Purchase a commercial dye and mix it with water. Soak the jeans in the dye and then rinse. Run an empty load with detergent and bleach to remove all the dye.
- Add dye color and half a tablespoon of salt. Mix the ingredients well using a wooden spoon.
- Repeat steps 2-5 for each pair of jeans.
Reverse color fading in black jeans is possible by dyeing them with black fabric dye. Purchase a commercial dye and mix it with water. Soak the jeans in the dye bath and add well-shaken dye to it. Wet the jeans and squeeze out any excess.
Jegging jeans black is a beginner’s project, but remember to constantly agitate the fabric to ensure an even result.
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I remember doing this, depending on the fabric, and the whole treatment is many days. You have to let the fabric absorb the tint longer than the instructions, then you have to use salt 🧂 in your first rinse to prevent discolouration. The clothes should not be squeezed or wrinkled to prevents marks. You need to work in a place where stains won’t matter because the paint is going to be escaping anyway. Your coloured clothes need to be washed by hand and never touching clothes with other lighter colours. It isn’t easy as a 3 minutes article, but it’s way cheaper that buying good quality jeans or sweaters. Just be patient and remember, colour black isn’t really black anyway.