Dye Old Jeans To Look New

By

T&T Grandma

Cleaning the washer instructions are on the package. Just fill it again with hot soapy water, using bleach and swish the wash cycle. Nothing hard about cleaning it.

Make sure you put in the suggestion salt in the rinse cycle. Helps set the dye.

By Barb Ivory (Guest Post)

I Have a question, do you put that dye in your washer? And does it come out of your washer? I would love to dye all my faded BLACK jeans to keep them dark black- but I'm afraid of ruining my washing machine. How do you dye them?

By Liz (Guest Post)

What a great tip, thanks

Liz

By

susanmajp

Great idea, especially this season since dark and colcoed jeans will be in.

By Paula Jo Carr Mebane, NC (Guest Post)

GOOD FOR YOU and your thrifty-ness. I too use rit dye to change the color of our bath towels, kitchen towels and even our bed sheets AS they are all so expensive. This way it seems like they are new (but they are not). I have the same linens and towels that we have had since 1995 I have only changed the colors on them all as my tastes in decorating has changed. NOW that isn't bad on our families budget at all. Try it you too will be amazed as I was.

By

cookwie

I used to do the same thing years ago. The darker the color, the thinner I look!

By

louel53

Good tip -- but I always thought faded jeans were desirable. Why else do people buy stonewashed ??