Back in Black . Re–dying black jeans. Any thoughts ?

Greetings.
I own an assortment of black jeans that are slowly turning grey. Now
some would say this "aged" look is the "new" black. But in my opinion,
faded black just looks, faded. Has anyone tried to re–dye black jeans
?Johnny

Eat my dust, Tom Ford wrote:
It can be tricky to dye clothes, but if black is what you're after it's
not too bad. You can buy boxes of black dye and use the method on the
box. I would recommend 2 boxes. I have used the washing machine method
with success. Just dissolve the dye in the water before you add the
jeans to the machine.
Note: wash a load of black clothes after you use your washing machine
for this process, because your washing machine will still have black
dye residue.
In the future when you are washing your black jeans, add a cup of
vinegar in the wash. It helps maintain the colour. It won't make your
clothes smell vinegary. I promise. It also acts as a bit of a natural
fabric softener.
Miss Jenney "Black is the new black"

I donate the old/faded items to Goodwill or Salvation Army and then buy new
clothes.
Alternatively, you could use commercial dye products –– but recommend using
a coin–operated laudromat and not your home machine...
To save your machine, use a large bucket or basin to do the dye job (wear
rubber gloves to save your skin/nails) and then you can give a cold–water
launder after manual wash/rinse.
Hope that helps.
––
dwacon

I've never done it but I had a friend that used to re–dye all her faded
black clothing in one batch as miss j3nn3y described.

I tried this once, buying a bottle of Rit brand black dye and using a large
plastic tub to do the dye–job.
The jeans looked really crappy afterwards because I didn't stir the around
enough so the color was not evenly absorbed and the stitching which was
bronze before, was then black and as I said, they looked crappy so I gave
them to Goodwill.
Jennifer


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"dwãçôn" <?????.??L...@TA?LOID.CO?> wrote in message
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If you use a coin–operated laundromat machine for dying things black, do you
also do a coin–operated wash afterward to make sure the next patron is
protected from your dye job? I can tell you that I would be absolutely
livid––beyond livid––if I took my clothes to a laundromat and got stuck with
the previous launderer's leftover dye.
cofarb

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:38:04 –0500, "cofarb" wrote:
They should allow using quarter–sized washers in that case.
You're always stuck with the previous launderer's leftover whatever in
a laundromat.
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"cofarb" <do...@cofarb.com> wrote in message
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I never use coin–op. But if I did, I would run a load of bleach and water.
dwacon

"dwacon" <aunt.jem...@pancake.box> wrote in message
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Thanks for the clarification, so to speak.
cofarb