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How to Make Your Old Clothes Look New

How to Make Your Old Clothes Look New

You probably own at least one piece of clothing that’s simply too worn out to even use anymore. However, with a little bit of effort you can give it a whole new look. 5-Minute Crafts would like to teach you how.

1. Remove your sweater’s fuzz.

  • First, you’ll need to lay your piece of clothing nicely on a flat surface, so that it doesn’t have any lumps in it.
  • Then, simply rub the razor across the sweater to remove its fuzz, but do it gently so that you don’t make any holes.

2. Replace the buttons.

  • Take your piece of clothing to a fabric store, and switch its old buttons with brand new ones to give it a whole new aesthetic.

3. Unshrink your old clothes.

  • For this, you’ll need baby shampoo. Fill your sink with warm water, and place 1 cap full of baby shampoo in it.
  • Afterward, place your clothing piece in the mixture and get it completely wet. This will make sure the fibers are relaxed.
  • Now, dry the piece by rolling it into a towel and squeezing it (try to get as much moisture out of it as possible).
  • Lastly, lay it in a (new) dry towel and stretch it gently to restore it back to its original size. Let it dry for a few hours.

Note: This trick doesn’t work for wool sweaters.

4. Dye them.

  • Use fabric dye to give a new life to an old piece, or experiment with dyes to give it a completely new color scheme.

5. Remove pit stains.

You’ll need: baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and water.

  • Start by putting half a cup of baking soda, half a cup of hydrogen peroxide, and one cup of water into a bowl. Mix it all together.
  • Now, apply the mixture to the pit stains and work it in.
  • Lastly, wait 30 minutes and then wash it as you normally would.

6. Spray them with starch.

  • It’ll bind the fabric’s fibers together and give your clothing items a crisp finish.

Do you have any other ways of giving a new life to your old clothes? Which of these tricks have you tried before?

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