How to lighten a dark pair of blue jeans?

get some dygon, which claims to remove excess dye, or just wash them everytime you put a dark wash in, until they give in. I'm suprised a soak in a bleach solution didn't help though. If you do soak them in bleach don't leave them too long or you couldhave holes or split them when you move which could be embarrassing.

a very fine piece of sandpaper should do the trick if u do it right :)

no idea

Lay or hang them in strong sunlight. Leave them front towards the sun one day, and back towards the sun the next. The sun naturally bleaches the colour out of my clothes regularly.

Lil bleach might help?......hmm maybe lightly rub a cloth with lil clorox bleach in it? i have never tried it,,but it might work. dont use too much bleach,,or it might turn white..just start with lil amout . Good luck:)...

wash it often with white detergent.

wet the jean and put in the sun for 2 or 3 hrs

either give it for dyeing .. or just get it faded

To fade jeans, skip the washing machine — too hard to tell what the heck is going on in there, so your chances of bleaching your jeans evenly are slim. Instead, fill a bathtub with about eight inches of water and, using a pair of waterproof gloves, pour in between a quart to half a gallon of bleach (depending on how much you’d like to fade your jeans). Realize that the more bleach you put in, the more you’ll weaken the denim. Take a long stick (like the kind given out in paint stores) or some other disposable tool and stir the bleach in thoroughly. Be careful not to splash on yourself, or you’ll get bleach spots on whatever you’re wearing. Add your jeans into the mix by laying them out flat — no folds, twists or wrinkles. Any of these will cause your jeans to lighten unevenly. With your tool, poke the jeans down so that they are submerged. Turn them every five minutes or so — again, laying then down flat. Check the color after a half hour of turning. Take the jeans out about two shades before the one you want (fabric looks darker when wet). Rinse the jeans in cold water — three times — and then hang them over the shower to dry. Drip-drying is best to ensure that dye doesn’t accumulate in the folds. Once dry, you’ll notice they stink — bad. Throw them in the washing machine and then into the dryer. Use good-smelling dryer sheets to help with the smell. Taken from "http://www.sharpman.com/Article.asp?ArticleID=439"

hmm put it in SUN***

put them out in the sun for a few days .i do that but im normally wereing them at the time they fade very fast

After I hit respond, I already seen that you said bleach didn`t work. That`s crazy. Regular Clorox Bleach is the best!

After each wash dry them in the sun. Sun naturally lightens the color on items or better yet fades them

soak it for the whole night in a stain removing detergent.

sock in detergents water for 5-8 days

I just add bleach, dygon and salt, that seems to do the trick for me :)

get some dygon, which claims to remove excess dye, or just wash them everytime you put a dark wash in, until they give in. I'm suprised a soak in a bleach solution didn't help though. If you do soak them in bleach don't leave them too long or you couldhave holes or split them when you move which could be embarrassing.

KEEP IT IN SUNLIGHT

Here is a tried and tested method, take a bucket of water and add some detergent to it, then after mixing it well, add the pair of jeans to it and soak it overnight or for a long period of time and then when you wring it and wash it you will find that it is significantly lighter.

ry washing them again and again ... :