VMan
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Hey all, I posted a while back on how to make a pair of jeans look more customized, hip, and over-all more worn out. Â I couldn't find a whole lot on this forum or the web, so I devised my own method. Â While it is 'cheating', it looks a whole lot better than designers who use chemicals to get the worn areas. General wearing/fading down front/back of legs and the seat: I've heard using a cheese grater produces good results. Â I found that 100 to 400-grit sand paper works a lot better. Â Make sure to press fairly hard. Â Press harder in the center and gradually go lighter towards the outside to 'blend' it. Â Whiskars: Technique 1: Â Wrap sandpaper around a thin metal rod and rub that on the upper thighs and backs of the knees. Â Technique 2: Â Fold the jeans over the sharp edge of a table in the desired area. Â Use sandpaper to sand down that 'edge' of the jeans. Technique 3: Â Get a Dremel Tool. Â Use either the thin grinding wheel or the small sandpaper drum. Â Use the edge of the attachment while using the tool to create a thin line. Wearing down edges of pockets/fly/bottom cuffs: Sandpaper/Cheese grater will work, but it will be tedious. Â Instead, try the dremel tool again. Â Use either the sandpaper attachment, or the steel wire disc attachment. General breaking-in/"dirtying": Find an area with some gravel/rocks/dirt. Â Put the jeans on the ground in this area and kick them around. Â Put your full weight on them and grind them on the ground. Â Kick them around. Â Do this for a while. Â Leave them there a few days if you desire. Â Then, take them in and wash. Â Repeat this process a few times. Â Added 'custom' touches: Somebody suggested this in a past post - replacing back pockets or the smaller inside pocket with courderoy pockets. Removing rivets Use sandpaper or dremel tool to make a small worn patch Cut/remove a belt loop Cut one side of a belt loop so it is there but hangs Cut a chunk out of one of the back pockets (preferably NOT the one you put your wallet in)