How do you rip jeans the "right way"?

Question

i don't want it to look like i just cut them with scissors.
does anyone have some good ideas?

Answer 1

you buy them that way.

Answer 2

Steps
Buy a pair of comfortable loose pants, or use a pair that you already have.
Prepare to cut them either while wearing them or with them off. It's easier if they are on you, but be extra careful to avoid cutting yourself.

shredded by yourselfStart with sandpaper (get a piece of the roughest cut you can from dad or your local Walmart/Home Depot) and rub hard across the front of your knees, thighs, and shins with it. If you sandpaper over folds of the jeans you will get "lines" of contrasting dark and light shades.
Find the way the lines are going and rub the blade of the knife against the lines. For example, if the lines are horizontal, do it vertically (and vice versa).
When you have created a slit, take the pointy end of the knife and rub it against the edges until you see the white strings going in the opposite direction. Keep doing this until you have the desired hole size. Repeat this until you have a good number of holes in the pants.
To cut a knee hole, it's best to sand down the knees the most. They will begin to fray and holes will begin to form. Spread apart the holes within the desired location as far as you want the hole to extend with the tip of a knife, then rub the edges with the knife so that they get fuzzy and messy.
When the jeans are finished, throw them in the water with a little bit of bleach to age them a bit. Then dry them. The washing will also fray the cuts and make them look better.
Voila! You have just created your own unique ripped jeans - take that, name brands!



Tips
A cheese grater or wood file also works well for fraying and distressing the fabric. The different sizes of grain can be used to give the new marks a more natural look.
Don't just hang them out to dry. It's the tumble drying which creates the natural-looking fluff.
Most jean companies seem to place the rips in spots on the jeans where they normally wouldn't get ripped by day to day activities.
Newly created holes should be reinforced with fabric and iron on adhesive. Turn the jeans inside out and cut the fabric to the appropriate shape and line it with adhesive. Press straight down on the fabric with the iron for several seconds before moving the iron around to let the adhesives set.
Try not to make too many holes. That just looks tacky. Around 3-7 is a good number (depending on the size).
Use pumice stone, too. It's mainly used to get dead skin off your feet, but you can use it on your jeans, too! Also, bleach pens create the bleach spots on the new jeans this season.
If you are trying to rip your jeans in the region around your knee to your ankle, you might want to consider sewing a little bit near the tip of the "V". This will prolong the jean life and prevent it from ripping more

Answer 3

first start out small, use a carrot peeler or a sharp claw like object and scratch them on ur jeans. its going to take a long time and hard work but slowly u'll c the rip. also, before u rip, look in the inside of ur jeans, the white lines are the ones u want to keep, so scratch in the direction that the blue lines go.

Answer 4

honestly, in my opinion, there isn't a "right way" or a "wrong way" to rip your jeans--they shouldn't be ripped! If they are, they need repair! This is one fad that gets under my skin as bad as those ugly jeans that come looking like someone wore them before you bought them--why on earth anyone would want to spend good hard earned money on jeans that are torn up and look filthy?

Answer 5

get a pen or something and rub against the jeans or cut a small part and rip from there.....go horizontal, get something sharp and rub it against it so it slowly tears....try to make it loook natural and pull off stray threads as much as you can to make it look better

Answer 6

i dont know i just crawled around on the concrete and they got thin then i just ripped them and they are kuter than ever i am wearing them right now actually!!!

Answer 7

Rug Burn them...........rub then against the carpet until they get a rough small hole....then tear........or you can take a saftey pin a pick nad break ceriant ones until it looks right...........but the first idea is better.

Answer 8

well everyone i know just rips them with there hands.

Answer 9

sandpaper = rippy jeans !!