Jordan Retro 1 High “Laser” aka Custom Lasers Thread

spoonmanofthehour said:
What, are they going to let them yellow before they slash the prices? I hate these greedy retailers.
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They just came out 1.5 mths ago. Normally they don't go on sale that quick. Especially not a signature Jordan in a chain retail store. I have seen high end Nikes like brins and kd's not hit sale in store, but make it to outletas for $10-20 cheaper. It just depends
 
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Once these are customized how wearable Re they does angelus paint chip thinking about possible ideas after seeing this Black Gold for instance
 
Thought I'd share my on feet pic.

This is honestly the most comfortable 1 that I've ever worn.  I wasn't sure if I was even going to buy these, but I went to the mall at 10am on release day, tried them on, and they were so comfortable that I just had to get them.  I actually like them so much that I even ended up doubling up about a month later.  I really love this shoe!  Prior to this I wasn't even a big fan of Jordan 1's to be honest. 

I owned the 2001 Royal Blue joints that were numbered to 50,000 and I ended up trading them for a pair of Thunder 4's, and I couldn't be happier, even though the other shoe is a lot more rare. I also had the patent leather 1's from 2003, the red white and black pair, and I had the baby blue pair, but I honestly never wore them because they were so uncomfortable, although we'll let that slide because they were ALL patent leather aside from the collars.

I ended up trading the baby blue pair for some 0lympic 6's, and I traded the white red and black pair for Playoff 8's.  I honestly couldn't even believe they wanted to trade... but I wasn't going to tell them that.  lol

Anyways, here's my photo. 
 
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Also, some people mentioned how their toe boxes were collapsing, and I had the same problem but I found a solution.  I already posted this in the maintenance thread but since this is the shoe that made me figure it out, and the shoe that benefits the most from this... I figured I should probably post this here after reading some of the comments in this thread a few minutes ago.

I think the reason the shoe collapses is due to the soft leather. I was honestly shocked and mortified when this started to happen, so I knew I had to figure out a way to fix it, because I hated the way the toe box looked when it was all collapsed from walking in them. So here it goes, I just copied and pasted what I wrote on the previous thread. Hope this helps. 
 

TIP TO MINIMIZE CREASING. That's FREE

So awhile back I purchased the stupid Force Fields from Champs and I found them to be so uncomfortable that they just sit in my drawer.  So I figured out a solution that is FREE minus the cost of duct tape!!! 

I use the cardboard shoetrees that you find inside of your Jordans upon purchase. 

What I do is...

1. Just cut a nice size piece off of the toe portion of the cardboard shoetree, enough to cover the inside of the toe box, I just cut straight across, in a straight line. 

2. After I cut the piece I put it inside of the shoe to see if it's comfortable, or if its still too long.  Because of this, I always try not to cut too much at first, because you want to leave as much cardboard as possible to cover the toebox area. If you put the toe piece in the shoe and its still a little bit too big, you can always cut off a little bit more, a little bit at a time, until you get the biggest piece possible without sacrificing comfort.  Just don't cut too much at first, and you won't have to worry about wasting some of your shoetrees.  

3.  After I get a perfect size that is comfortable, but not too small, I cover the cardboard piece in duct tape, to ensure that it doesn't lose shape, or becomes damp with sweat over time.  Just make sure that the tape is flush when applying it to the cardboard, or else it won't be very comfortable.

PS. Don't confuse the left and the right pieces while doing this.  I always write an L and R when they're still just cardboard, and then I use a sharpie to write an L and R on them when they're finally wrapped in duct tape. 

Anyways, I hope this helps some of you.  I found these to be so much more comfortable than force fields because they're a lot more pliable, and the best part is that they're FREE.  I didn't even cut all my shoetrees either, I just made two pair, that way I can still maintain the shoetrees in my shoes, without cutting them for the rest of my collection.   The few shoes that no longer have the shoetrees, I just stuff the toe box with plastic bags when they're not in use. 

Again, I hope this helps, You just created your own FREE CREASE PROTECTOR!!!! BOH!!!!
 
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Ok so i been doing research on this custom laser 1, basically this is what you will need from what i gather, no i dont work for angelus but its the product that comes up alot from what i seen, also if you guys done this before and have tips let me know If im missing something just add it to the list and will go from there

1. First from what i keep reading, your job will come out best if your preparation to the leather is on point use this

http://angelusdirect.com/collections/best-sellers/products/leather-preparer-and-deglazer

use this as reference




2. For the sole dye basically is a mixture of sole bright, and leather dye.

Sole bright
http://angelusdirect.com/products/sole-bright

leather dye

http://angelusdirect.com/products/blue-leather-dye

use this for reference.




3. For the tounge and sock liner is a mixture of Leather paint and gac 900 series

golden Gac 900 series

Amazon product ASIN B00263ZGUI
Black leather paint

http://angelusdirect.com/products/black-paint

use this for reference



4. For the rest of the shoe its just leather paint and duller mixture.
Acrylic finisher will be used at the end after the paint has dried

leather paint
http://angelusdirect.com/products/collector-edition-royal
http://angelusdirect.com/products/black-paint

duller
http://angelusdirect.com/products/duller

acrylic finisher

http://angelusdirect.com/products/acrylic-finisher

there are 4 types of finisher pick the one that you want, goes from glossy to matt finish

use this as reference



as for the tongue tag and the wings on the sides im not sure on how to go by that, hoping of of you guys can help me out,
only thing i can think off is making them black and then color the blue around the wings as for the tag it will be dyed and then painted black but thats just an idea or find a donor tag. hope this helps anyone out, im gonna try the project out as soon as i get an extra pair of lasers for the low. should be fun
 
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^ Repped! That about sums up the list of materials and instructions in one post. Good work!

To paint the tongue tag and wings logos, you'd have to have a very steady hand and a super fine brush to do an accurate job. It's definitely do-able though with time and patience.

If I didn't just buy a pair of 2009 Shadows, I'd be buying a pair of Lasers and painting them. 
 
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jabbathehutt jabbathehutt yeah i kina figure it was gonna be with a fine brush lol i might let my girl do that part since she paints. Just have to find that sale on a pair.


rai204 rai204

Thats about retail here in the states, yeah there sitting here, waiting for them to go on sale.
 
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