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Any tips for stopping a rip spread in jeans?

  • 26-12-2010 07:49PM
    #1
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭


    I've just got a small verticle rip on the knee in a pair of jeans. Is there any way to stop this rip from spreading (i.e. something akin to nail varnish on tights) or do I just have to accept the inevitable and venture out to buy a new pair of jeans?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Chuchoter


    ....Sew it up? If you just sew it when its inside out you'll never see it when you turn it around again. :)


  • #3
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    crayolastereo wrote: »
    ....Sew it up? If you just sew it when its inside out you'll never see it when you turn it around again. :)

    Would you not like see a line or a pucker where it had been sewn? :confused: I have a pair of jeans with a rip too but I thought if I tried that, it'd be noticeable.


  • #4
    Chuchoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,305 ✭✭✭Chuchoter


    There'll be a little line, just do the stitches really tiny and don't pull the stitches too tight :)


  • #5
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    crayolastereo wrote: »
    ....Sew it up? If you just sew it when its inside out you'll never see it when you turn it around again. :)

    I thought about that initially, but will it stop the denim from ripping vertically, especially as it's on the knee, and so getting a lot of hardship?


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