How to Make Professional Looking Ripped Jeans

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Do some research.

   Look online and in fashion magazines for distressed jeans.
   
   Two or three tears are usually sufficient and not overdone.
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   Step 2: First you need some sandpaper.

   ,,, Cut small snips into the edges of the hole. ,, Rinse your jeans within three minutes to stop a bleaching process.
   
   Use a bleach pen to create bleach spots or stripes.
   
   Flick bleach onto your jeans with an old toothbrush.
   
   Learn how to bleach your jeans camo.
   
   Learn how to fade blue jeans in the washing machine. , Tear the corner of a pocket.
   
   Rub sandpaper or a grater over random areas.
   
   Sit on concrete or the ground more often to create natural distress at the back of the jeans. ,
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   Step 3: Then you lay out the jeans flat

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   Step 4: Then rub the sandpaper over the jeans

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   Step 5: Use scissors to increase fraying.

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   Step 6: Fray the edges of the hole by hand with your fingers.

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   Step 7: Learn how to bleach your jeans outdoors.

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   Step 8: Distress the remainder of your jeans.

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   Step 9: Add fabric patches

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    Step 10: at a later time

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    Step 11: for a different look: Patch Your Old Blue Jeans Make a Custom Cloth Patch Repair Worn Out Jeans Apply a Cut Out Fabric Patch to Jeans

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