What are some ways to whiten jeans with White?

Designers offer to wear light jeans with scuffs, but a stylish new thing can be very expensive. At home, there are some ways to transform unworn jeans into a fashionable exclusive item by whitening with White.

What is better to use to lighten jeans clothes?

There are times when, over time, white clothes lose their color, become gray and yellow, or any other color is tired and no longer pleasing. Then you can independently transform the old trousers at home, at your discretion, by making a new coloring with bleach.

Denim fabric, despite being dyed with chemical pigments, loses its brightness over time and becomes pale. So, during washing with powder at a temperature of 60 degrees, the fabric will lose its color and become lighter. In this state, it lends itself very well to bleaching with bleaching agents.

• Hydrogen peroxide will help whiten jeans that have turned gray or yellow. To do this, add 2-3 tablespoons of this substance to the powder, put the product in the washing machine and put it on the usual washing mode.
• Baking soda brightens a colorless product. It also needs to be added to the powder, which helps to soften the water during washing and increase the effectiveness of the powder itself. The proportions are as follows: 10–20 g of soda per 1 liter of water.
• Lemon or citric acid. In warm water you need to add lemon juice or a pack of citric acid. In this solution, soak denim clothes for several hours, then wash them, repeat the action a couple more times.
• When washing jeans, you can use oxygen bleach, which will also make it lighter.
• The most effective way to lighten jeans is to use bleach, which is based on sodium hypochlorite. It happens both in the form of a liquid, and in the form of a powder. The amount of addition varies depending on the color and density of the fabric and the desired result.

In any case, from one time the desired effect may not be, therefore, each method should be repeated several times.

Tips for high-quality lightening

1. Dark-colored jeans such as blue, brown, black cannot be made completely white, but they will be much lighter.
2. For clarification, denim pants in light blue or blue are more suitable.
3. It will be much easier to lighten the product with spots than completely.
4. The bright threads with which colored denim pants are trimmed are usually not lightened, so if the effect of such seams is not needed, you should give preference to light blue, yellow or gray shades.
5. On jeans, you can create scuffs with fine sandpaper, a stiff brush or pumice.

Bleach Recommendations

To bleach jeans at home, use bleaches. They are based on chlorine or oxygen. In the first case, the color of the product can change dramatically, and in the second it will become a few tones lighter.

To lighten jeans, you should boil it. To do this, add a glass of liquid "White" to the basin with water, stir with a wooden stick and place the necessary thing in it. The pelvis is placed on the stove, when the water boils, jeans often need to be turned over. After 20-30 minutes, they need to be removed, washed, rinsed and dried. Do not keep them in bleach for a long time so that the tissue is not damaged.

In order to get a lot of stains on the trousers, it is recommended to twist them or tie them during cooking, but not too tight. To achieve unusual horizontal patterns, you need to bandage the legs in several places with non-shedding ropes.

Tip

If the twisted fabric is chipped with clothespins, a pattern with stars can result.

There should be so much water in the basin that the product fits completely. If it suddenly begins to emerge, it must be pressed with a wooden stick. You can also bleach only the top or only the bottom of the trousers, which will look very original.

To whiten clothes made of denim, you can use a sponge and bleach. Apply it topically and leave for 3-5 minutes. In this case, it will turn out to lighten the top of the trousers with a smooth transition to the bottom and vice versa, you can spray with a spray bottle or an old toothbrush with chlorine solution, it will turn out pointwise.

Safety precautions

This chemical solution should be used carefully, because improper use can not only spoil the product or surface, but also harm the eyes and skin of the hands. Sodium hypochlorite, of which "Whiteness" consists, is an oxidizing agent containing a large percentage of active chlorine. Therefore, it is very important to observe safety measures.

Bleach should be used by dissolving in cold or warm water (not higher than 35 degrees). Do not use for bleaching leather, woolen and colored items, they will be hopelessly spoiled.

Be sure to wear rubber gloves when working with chlorine solutions. If the product gets into your hands, dry skin may occur, and after some time a skin disease - eczema.

If you use the product improperly, poisoning in pairs can occur. Symptoms in this case are asthma attacks, lacrimation, burning in the eyes, dry cough, slight pulmonary edema. In case of poisoning, you should drink a cough softener and ventilate the room.

In the event of a chlorine-containing product in the eyes, a chemical burn is formed. Rinse thoroughly with running water and then consult an optometrist.

If the solution got into the digestive tract, you must first call an ambulance. Then wash the throat with warm boiled water, it is recommended to use analgesics, ventilate the room and go into fresh air.