I found if you drip dry the jeans after soaking and check the colour to see if it's dark enough for your taste you can iron them to lock the colour in better before washing them. Just a warning that they will smell like coffee for a few washes. If they're too dark rise them in clean water before drying and checking the colour again.
baconthecat
July 22, 2007
Neat! I wish we could see the entire pair of jeans post-dye to get the full effect though; both the video and the picture only show a closeup section. I think this would be good for 'dressing up' or updating an old pair of jeans, rather than using a brand new pair (as I doubt most people would). Anyhow, it makes more sense than deliberately buying a pair that comes with the 'distressed' look for $200. Or, if you found a good pair of jeans for pretty cheap and you wanted this look, then this is what you would do.
sillygirl
May 09, 2007
I don't know about the jeans, but the laptop cover thing in the video has been driving me NUTZ! There are all these laptop sleeves out there to protect your laptop, but then you have to take it out to use it, leaving it totally vunerable! The one in your video, well it's just a piece of fake fur and some velcro, but why aren't there covers for laptops that protect it but you don't have to remove to use your laptop? Because that whole 'taking it out of the bag' thing is just too much trouble!
I'm working on something to solve the problem for myself. It's based on those fabric covers for text books (Ok, so I always covered mine in brown paper bags...) but it lets you protect your laptop but keeps it totally accessible.
Sorry for the rant, but it's been driving me CRAZY!
Caya123
May 08, 2007
Yes I also have a very hard time understanding the whole concept of deliberately destroying a good pair of jeans. I have a large pile of clothes sitting in my sewing room that need to be mended, not destroyed!
megrockstar
May 07, 2007
this is so weird that ppl would take a good pair of jeans and do that to them. Not counting the effort to look effortless
Macca
I found if you drip dry the jeans after soaking and check the colour to see if it's dark enough for your taste you can iron them to lock the colour in better before washing them. Just a warning that they will smell like coffee for a few washes. If they're too dark rise them in clean water before drying and checking the colour again.
baconthecat
sillygirl
I don't know about the jeans, but the laptop cover thing in the video has been driving me NUTZ! There are all these laptop sleeves out there to protect your laptop, but then you have to take it out to use it, leaving it totally vunerable! The one in your video, well it's just a piece of fake fur and some velcro, but why aren't there covers for laptops that protect it but you don't have to remove to use your laptop? Because that whole 'taking it out of the bag' thing is just too much trouble!
I'm working on something to solve the problem for myself. It's based on those fabric covers for text books (Ok, so I always covered mine in brown paper bags...) but it lets you protect your laptop but keeps it totally accessible.
Sorry for the rant, but it's been driving me CRAZY!
Caya123
megrockstar
this is so weird that ppl would take a good pair of jeans and do that to them. Not counting the effort to look effortless
c'est la vie
the ppl ask, you answer:)
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