Ask Levi: How to Dye Your Jeans

Posted by Levi on May 30, 2008 in General Articles * Comments(5) and |

After discussing how to stop indigo jeans from fading, I must have developed quite a reputation! Perhaps I should give up on bicycling and chase my true calling in life of working for Levi’s Jeans? ;)

I know that every body wants to know how to fade jeans. But I want to know how to put dye back in them. I have a pair of Levi’s that are faded in the butt and the front legs. I just want them the same blue jean color. Do you know of a dye I can use? Thank you.

As I’ve said before, I’m not exactly an expert on blue jean dye, but I have learned a few things about dying clothing and painting logo t-shirts, so I’ll give this a shot…

Let’s find a reputable dye company and see if they have anything for blue jeans. I’ve heard good things about RIT Dye for crafting and designing, so let’s check that out.

Browsing their site, I see they just happen to have quite a few dyes for fabric. Liquid is usually your best bet, and we’re in luck – a bottle of “denim blue” colored dye for $3.79 per bottle.

Then follow whatever instructions they give you; something like putting the jeans, dye, salt, and hot water in a bucket and letting them sit for a while.

Hopefully that helps! Oh, and if you need help with any special wool or polyester bicycling clothing, come on back! :)

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5 Comments so far

  1. aj on October 30th, 2008

    cheers levi! its good to see there more to you then just cycling! lolz

  2. Jim Watkins on March 28th, 2009

    Yea, Rit dyes seem to work ok. But aint worn jeans kinda hot?

  3. Levi on March 29th, 2009

    I think I would agree with you Jim. Although I’m not qualified to give fashion advice ;)

  4. grace on December 20th, 2009

    Nope, this doesn’t bring faded blue jeans back to original indigo blue. It leaves the jeans looking like ‘a mistake’. After the first wash it leaves the jeans looking like a big mistake, sort of a faded grey blue.

  5. Levi on December 20th, 2009

    @grace

    Like I said, I’m an endurance sports coach, not a fashion expert :)

    Why people ask me about blue jeans, I’m not sure…

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