I want to rip my jeans all up but how can I cause that is like in style ya know? so any help cause it aint workin cutely!
2006-11-02 13:27:34 · 10 answers · asked by P!ATD GIRL! Luvn Brendon Urie! 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
1. Buy a pair of comfortable loose pants, or use a pair that you already have.
2. 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.
3. Start 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.
4.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).
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
Warnings
If you are wearing the jeans, try not to cut yourself.
Designer jeans are made to stay the way they look forever. Your own rips will likely continue to grow and fray and eventually the jeans will become too destroyed to wear.
Things You'll Need
A piece of rough sandpaper
A sharp knife with a pointy tip
A pair of jeans
2006-11-02 13:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by Brianna G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your jean already worn out? If it is it will be easy.rub a coarse rock or something at the spot your want to rip.Wash it in Hot water.Then after it dries off then again with a knife slit it a little.Then wash it again.It will turn out okay after some washes.
2006-11-02 21:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by vitamin06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slice them up with a razor or cut with scissors, then wash then a ton of times to get the frayed look. thats what we did in the 80's lol.
2006-11-02 21:36:11 · answer #3 · answered by Snakelady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a pair of sissors and cut the jeans from the inside with only one side of the sissors.
2006-11-02 21:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Nicole Powell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you even wanna rip your jeans but i agree wit her above razor or just too sum skatin or rollerbladin in da street and hope you fall l0l
*Angel Baby*
2006-11-02 21:30:40 · answer #5 · answered by Angel Baby 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Razor blades to the best job.
2006-11-02 21:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by chr1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wear it all the time it'll naturally rip in time.
2006-11-02 21:31:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
one word...RAZOR. take a razor to your jeans and you get a great"in" look!
2006-11-02 21:54:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sand paper lol i kno it sounds funny but it works
but go SIDEWAYS not UP AND DOWN (trust me)
2006-11-02 21:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by Danielle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but i would like to know too
2006-11-02 21:29:44 · answer #10 · answered by cynthia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋