How to Make Acid Wash Jeans With Bleach & Cold Water

Jeans are a durable and popular item of clothing. People of all ages wear blue jeans, and there are several styles of jeans available. Acid-washed jeans are trendy in the 2000s, but also expensive. However, using chlorine bleach along with a few household items, you can make your own acid-washed jeans. Chlorine bleach has a concentration of 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite. This chemical fades clothes, but in undiluted form, chlorine bleach also destroys fabric. If you use bleach correctly, you can get a custom-made pair of acid-washed jeans.

Things You'll Need

• Pail
• Bleach
• Clothes line or old towels

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Instructions

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     Fill a pail with cold water.

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     Add ¼ to ½ cup of chlorine bleach.

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     Put on rubber gloves. Submerge the jeans into the pail.

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     Leave the jeans in the bucket for 30 minutes.

   • 5

     Remove the jeans from the pail.

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     Hang the jeans to dry outside on a clothes rack. The sunlight continues to bleach the jeans without harming the fabric. Another option is to place the jeans on old towels and put them in direct sunlight near a window.