Codes first mission... Spraying Chelsea boots white

[Code]

 

This is my current stash of supplies

 

1. Black Chelsea boots from Clifford James £19.99

2. Can of Brillo leather spray dye

3. Bottle of white spirits

4. Green Brillo pad

5. Rags

 

I'm still waiting on my fabric dylon dye for the elastic part of the boot.

 

Okay first part to rub the boot down with a cloth soaked in white spirits

 

 

Wow that's a lot of junk off a new boot!. Make sure you clean everywhere. The preparation is more important than the spraying

 

Now it's time for the green pad with the white spirits to take the shine off and create a better adhesive for the spray dye.

 

One boot done. You can clearly see the shine on the boot on the left and the newly prepared boot on the right.

 

 

Well I did the same to the other boot. Rinsed them down with water and I'm giving them 24 hours to dry.

Tomorrow I shall be applying the first coat of the Brillo spray dye.

 

Stay tuned.

Edited October 8, 2012 by Code

[Sonnenschein]

Nice! looking forward to your progress!

[Code]

Okay and back too it. The next section has taken me a whole day due to applying Coates.

 

First I needed to mask up the areas of the boots that I didn't need to spray.

 

 

Next I laid out newspaper on the table and cut up my shoe box to create a back spray wall. I then applied Coates of the spray dye every 2 hours. 5 in total, spraying from about 8 inches. ( the card board in front of the boot on the first picture is about right.

 

 

 

 

 

And to the finished sprayed article. Hopefully my dylon will arrive tomorrow.

 

[FunkyTrigger[TK]]

Well done there mate.

[Code]

Okay, the dylon has arrived. All I needed extra was a small paint brush.

 

That's the first coat complete. To hurry the process up I quick dried it using a hair dryer.

 

That's coat number 2 on and now for the final coat.

 

Finally to cure the dye in place you had iron it through. Instead I stole my wife's straightening iron for her hair and used that instead.

The finished article is after 20 runs up and down the hallway.

 

What do you think? Authentic enough?

 

Thanks for reading.

[HawkTrooper]

Really nice work. I like the look of yout boots.