| First thing’s first let’s give them a nice clean! Use paper towel soaked in water and wipe them off.
Dish washing liquid is perfect for removing stubborn dirt.
Now it’s time to remove any jewels or deco that are beyond repair. I used epoxy glue on these jewels and they have cracked, I didn’t know that the area was going to be bending a lot, when you need flexible glue I use PVA.
Clean under there too. The pearls around the edge could easily have been left there if I had cleaned the dirty glue off the top and re-coated them but I wanted to change the pink flower too so I ditched it all and started again.
Gather any replacement supplies and start gluing. Note that I also removed the laces and gave them a really good wash.
I think it is easiest to glue from the outside in. Again I am using PVA glue because it needs to be nice and flexible.
I decided to fill that section with tiny plastic little stars.
So you should glue them down and then paint the glue over the top of them to seal it all in. Do a couple of coats but wait until each one is dry before starting the next.
Put the laces back in.
And you’re finished! Sorry for the dodgy phone photos I am having a tiny bit of trouble uploading though. I will put the HD photos in the next post :)
Cute as and almost as good as new.
The lesson here is that with a bit of maintenance an forward planning your deco sneakers can last almost as long as you want!
Check out Valerie‘s post on sneaker Sunday maintenance too this week :D |
Ooh, yay! Nothing better then giving old sneakers a good clean. Yuck! decorated some shoes of mine, but they are very old and rather uncomfortable so I’ve decided to just chuck them altogether after doing a lot of walking and having them give me a blister on the top and bottom of the same foot. Stupid Shoes D:
Anyways, awesome tutorial. Looking forward to another tutorial on DIY-ing, I don’t know…umbrellas…? (hint, hint ^^) Thanks a lot!
P.S. I updated my website link, so it’s up and running now. No nail review post yet though :S
Oh no blisters suck!! Haha umbrellas are definitely coming soon :D I’ll check your website when I read all my blogs this week!
kawaii neh!
Aww thank you :)
Oh wow, that looks like hard work. Or I’m just lazy. Haha. They look great, by the way :)
Haha hard work but it equals awesome sneakers ;) Thanks!
Aww, the newly refurbished sneakers look adorable! I think I’m way too hard on my everyday shoes for decoing them to be worth anything, since they’d be coated in mud and dirt after about half a day… But my less-used sneakers… *ponders*
You should try it! I am quite hard on these sneakers though I don’t really go anywhere muddy so it’s not too bad ^_^