changing fire red 3's into katrina 3's

[hoardinjordanz]

ive been meaning to get my 3s done but have only made it to the stripping.. ive bought angelus before but how can i find the right shade of red

 

[eltouha]

^listen to this post carefully

Originally Posted by Spectacular23

Originally Posted by AF1 Beast

Originally Posted by Spectacular23

Originally Posted by gentry187

Here's a thought: wouldn't it be easier to just custom the white cement 3's? All you would have to do is just paint the black strip on the midsole red.

I don't know if you notice but cement 3s can poke a big hole in your pocket

Or you can find a used pair on ebay and fix it up.

Even a used pair can still cost a pretty penny and then fixing it up and adding paint and the process etc etc, can damage the sneaker more and the paint can come off sooo easy. i think its best to do it on a new or slightly new shoe.

Actually white/cements would have been ideal, but i only have fire reds, and I only did it because i HAD TO repair them anyway. It's far more complicatedthan just painting over and filling in the cracks. That way the paint is likely to continue to crack. It was a pain, and quite scary to do, but i had to usenail polish remover (aka acetone) to remove all the midsole paint. Then I painted them using ANGELUS PAINTs which I purchased from theTURTLEFEATHERS website (i'm now looking at you, irghead) and did three to four layers of each colour separately. even remembered toblacken the back jumpman air

. i've decided to do the whole thing and carefully lighten the elephant print. will report back.

 

[ballastatus27]

Originally Posted by ridikuloz

expect some people to call your kicks fake.

 

[ballastatus27]

Originally Posted by ridikuloz

expect some people to call your kicks fake.

 

[eltouha]

Originally Posted by hoardinjordANZ

ive been meaning to get my 3s done but have only made it to the stripping.. ive bought angelus before but how can i find the right shade of red

This was my first major concern too, but Angelus specifically have 'fire red' as a colour.

 

[marcmarc619]

Good Job Yo.

 

[lrghead]

yeah nice job

 

[eltouha]

thanks for the compliments, you three.

the elephant print lightening isn't working very well. a watered down acetone mix is not removing anything. i've had to wipe it with the acetonestraight from the bottle and even then the black comes off really slowly. i let it dry between goes and it's just not happening much. i'll leave itovernight and see how it is tomorrow. by this time tomorrow, I should have already finished what i've be able and scotchguarded it. pics to follow.

n.b. halfway through my third bottle of acetone. the fumes have made me lightheaded.

 

[airboydjr]

They could look nice if done right

 

[kobe4ever8]

Nice work. So i guess angelus paint really do work. Ill be buying some paint this afternoon then!

 

[av415]

good progress so far. looking forward to seeing the final product

 

[eltouha]

i couldn't get the elephant much lighter. i had to resort to my own experimenting.

putting protector on it now. after a couple of coats i'll lace them up and post final images

 

[genius44]

imo the paint is too white and looks a little sloppy, but nice effort

 

[eltouha]

thanks, yeah it's the first time i've ever done something like this. i'm happy with the results.

the elephant print

 

[throwbackmike23]

wow they came out looking really good i may have to cop a used pair to try this

 

[xjordanhead]

They look pretty good. That colorway is 100x better though imo

 

[rcjbbp1313]

nice legs lol just kidding, i like them better than the original fire reds thats for sure!

 

[rauls054]

good job do you whant to take mines lol

 

[eltouha]

haha thanks!

i don't think i'll be doing that again any time soon. i felt nauseous and had a headache all day from the smell of acetone. i hope the paint staysafter wear.

 

[crossshooter]

you simply just can't

 

[enigma586]

these came out all right. good job

 

[air kalo]

Originally Posted by manny1

Originally Posted by yungpyro07

I think its very do-able. I would love to see the result also

 

[airjedi]

im very suprised someone actually took that leap and customed some reallys.
thank you for the pictures. please post what that look like in about a week?
i customed some AF-1s a while back and the painted portion of the sole became crackley after a couple of wears.

 

[eltouha]

thanks and will do. after a good long day at work no changes in appearence.

 

[eltouha]

during my third wear, i noticed some of the white paint start cracking on the back, but only on the back.

also some of the black on the jumpman is coming off, but that can easily be touched up.