DIY thread

[Anonymous No.7785312]

/fa/ needs more of these.

[Anonymous No.7785351]

Just got some mono white leather converse, and I was thinking about removing the logo. I've removed logos on some other clothes before, but I've never done it with leather. Would the thread holes be noticeable?

[Anonymous No.7785392]

>>7785351
Obviously leather won't close up on itself like most fabrics. It wouldn't be horrible though, and the logos face inward anyway, right?

[Anonymous No.7785664]

I spray painted cheap topman shoes black. what do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.7785676]

>>7785664

more detail.

[Anonymous No.7785878]

>>7785664
>>7785676
what color were they originally? they don't even look painted. p cool

[voldie !YXLuNAGINI No.7785888]

>>7785676
thats actually p nice. most of the diy stuff here is shit. congrats for not being shit

[Anonymous No.7785894]

>>7785878
nvm, i thought it was just the lighting that made that one look blue. def an improvement

[Anonymous No.7785899]

>>7785676
dope af

[Anonymous No.7785984]

>>7785878
a bright cheap looking navy color that didn't go with any of my wardrobe. I think the pleather kinda soaked up the paint or something, I could hardly tell myself. Thanks man!

[Anonymous No.7785992]

>>7785894
For sure.
>>7785899
thanks. I'm hoping it'll look good with my monochromatic fits.

[Anonymous No.7786127]

A family member died and left this behind. It was an XL so I had to trim it down quite a bit. I'm fairly pleased with the results, but I'll probably take a little more off the waist at some point. Thoughts?

[uuuuhhhh No.7786140]

>>7786127
take off the F-22 patch and put it on s/t else

[uuuuhhhh No.7786212]

>>7786127
this gives me an idea
y'all think a white OCBD would look good w/ military patches on the arms and chest?

[banana No.7786228]

>>7786212
uniform experiment does stuff like that i think

[uuuuhhhh No.7786256]

>>7786228
I want s/t like this

[Anonymous No.7786263]

>>7786256
OCBD IS TOO THING, THE PATCH IS HEAVY SO IT WILL SIT AWKWARDLY ON THE FABRIC WHEN MOTION

[banana No.7786269]

>>7786256
mebbe just diy some onto a shirt jacket

[Anonymous No.7786274]

hey guys, I usually wear small, but I have a northface parka that large that I would like to wear as techwear. Should I... get it tailored?

[uuuuhhhh No.7786278]

>>7786263
yeah I'm thinking a jacket now

[Anonymous No.7786319]

>>7786256
archangel michael representin

[Anonymous No.7786324]

>>7786274
if the shoulders dont fit your shoulders its going to be hard to tailor i.e. more expensive or the tailor might not do it. worth talking to a tailor about what they could do to it

[Anonymous No.7786856]

>>7786324

wow, even though the jacket is super baggy. it actually rests perfectly on the shoulders. sewing machine here I come.

[Anonymous No.7788535]

>>7786140
Can't, it's embroidered into the jacket

it's got me wanting to do other military-inspired diy shit though

[Anonymous No.7789570]

I'm thinking about buying some cheap ass white shoes from amazon and draw a designe like the pic on them.
My question is can I use sharpies to do this or do I need to use a fabric marker?

>>7785312

[Nigga{e} !EMraGAEm42 No.7789598]

>>7789570
fucking dammit

just posted the photos at a waywt thread any ways go check them out >>7789239

[Nigga{e} !EMraGAEm42 No.7789616]

just posted the photos at a waywt thread any ways go check them out...

>>7789490
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>>7789499
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>>7789511
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[Anonymous No.7789641]

>>7789598
Please make a video tutorial on how to taper pants like that would be really helpful. I just bought a pair of pants at a thrift shop to do this so im hoping you make a video.

[aphorist No.7790206]

i want to do my own margiela-inspired GATs, but just do red dripped paint instead of multi. what paint should I use to get the best effect?

[Anonymous No.7790421]

>>7790206
Acrylic paint.

[Anonymous No.7790426]

>>7789570
You need to buy some black shoes, cut out the design, and then use white spraypaint.

[Anonymous No.7791672]

w2c sewing machine on the cheap? What are some features to look for in a decent one?

[Anonymous No.7791890]

>>7791672
I got the brother xl2600i from amazon. It's done everything I've needed it for without any trouble and was ~$86 new. would recommend.

[Anonymous No.7794638]

don't die diy :(

[Anonymous No.7794968]

>>7790426
then it would just be black shapes with a white out line. Probably should have mentioned that I wanted to fill the shapes in with color so its not just a two tone shoe but like 12 different colors. I think it would look a lot better that way.
anybody else got on opinion on this?

[Anonymous No.7795620]

>>7785664
perfect
great job

[Anonymous No.7795642]

>>7794968
>cop white shoes
>draw design with pencil
>use acrylic paint and a paintbrush to block in the colors
>after it dries go in with a small brush and sharpen up the edges/make sure you covered the pencilmarks

i think it'd look pretty good

[lovely !JKlovelyiI No.7795672]

I just remembered I have these timberlands from when I was a kid

They've lost their colour

What should I do to them? I'm probably not going to wear them ever again because they don't really fit my style but whoever gives the best idea is what I'll do

[lovely !JKlovelyiI No.7795692]

>>7795672
holy bump /fa/ is busy at dinner time

[goose No.7795698]

>>7795672
Throw 'em out.

[lovely !JKlovelyiI No.7795733]

>>7795698
prob not a bad idea

I wanna dye em or something though and have some fun
Size 10 US

[goose No.7795749]

>>7795733
I find the leather on timbs to be quite shit to work with tbh, never really had any success in distressing it nicely since it tends to behave weirdly and it seemed to straight up reject most fabric/leather dyes i threw at it and the one it took came out looking awful.

Maybe just nail them to a tree and leave them to weather for a year or two and then wear your rotten, stinky boots.

[Anonymous No.7795759]

>>7785664
this is such a good idea why haven't i thought about this before

[Anonymous No.7795794]

>>7795642
I'll probably buy the stuff to do this in the next few days.
I think im going to go with a pastel kind of colorway instead of bight colors.

[Anonymous No.7795857]

>>7795794
gl having so much detail on shoes

[lovely !JKlovelyiI No.7796233]

>>7795749
Lmao

Might try it tmw either all black or just renew the colour and sell em

[Anonymous No.7796256]

>>7794968
No, cut out the shapes. It would have a dope ass glass web effect.

[Anonymous No.7796527]

>>7796256
So like use like black or grey spray paint with the shapes already out on the shoes so it leaves the shape in white with a space in between each shape? then i can just fill in the white spaces with color

[Anonymous No.7796535]

>>7796527
I did this to my wall (dif poster) what I did was using masking tape to make the design and paint over it, that way the design makes itself after i take off the tape
do something similar, that will create your desired effect
now that you find something that will be uniform in size, resistant to the paint you will be putting on the shoes, and that'll make it last
will be hard, so if you paint, try to do it various times.

[Anonymous No.7796538]

>>7796535
btw this is chalkboard paint so I can write on it aswell

[Anonymous No.7796587]

>>7796535
Alright so instead of drawing the lines just put tape on the shoes and paint from there. Sounds simple enough to work and your wall looks p sik dude

[Anonymous No.7796599]

>>7796587
yep that way you get straight lines
thanks
heres the other side

[Anonymous No.7796601]

>>7796599
(before i took off the tape)

[Anonymous No.7797031]

>>7796599
>>7796601
That looks sick as hell and the fact you used chalk paint makes it even cooler. I may steal this for when i get an apartment

[Anonymous No.7797075]

>>7785312
hey guys

I've got these 'rare deadstock supreme blahblah who gives a fuck' nike's in wheat. I liked black more, but I liked the copper foamposite on these even more, but everybody says 'nice shoes, they look like workboots'
I'm thinking about colouring the suede to black using one of those 'black suede care' brush/treatment things.

good idea bad idea?
if they don't hit full black, I'm fine with a dark dark brown
otherwise I'll try to resell them, the conditions fine and they're popular enough to sell for at least $120 used.
that's what makes the project hard, if they end up being shit, I'm out $120.

[Anonymous No.7797119]

bought a pair of jeans at a goodwill, slimmed them then painted them with black acrylic paint mixed with varnish

[Anonymous No.7797139]

>>7797075
Just sell them, don't ruin nice shoes, you can sell them for 200 easy.

[Anonymous No.7797153]

>>7797119
how did you, "slim" them?

[Anonymous No.7797194]

>>7797153
sewed new seams

[Anonymous No.7797437]

got these prada sneakers (presumably fake because i can't find them anywhere else to see orig price) at the thrift store and want to do something to them color wise but i wouldn't know how to go about it.

[Anonymous No.7797450]

>>7797437
* trying to make them black on the white part and a dark blue/purple on the suede without completely destroying them. also anyone have an info graphic for tapering jeans?

[Crept No.7797456]

>>7785312
Tailored some hanes sweats

[Anonymous No.7797459]

>>7786228
w2c that jacket

[Anonymous No.7797763]

>>7795672
what size? you can send them to meeee

[Anonymous No.7797803]

I bought a brand new pair of shoes similar to these for $2 to see what I could do with them. Would black spraypaint work, or what are things I could do to them? I don't plan on making anything to wear out, just to experiment.

[Anonymous No.7798166]

>>7797119
sick

are they pinrolled?

[Anonymous No.7799389]

>>7797031
my room had nothing on its walls, so this really changed everything

[Anonymous No.7800357]

>>7797075
Don't ruin them. Sell them if you don't like them because painting shoes like that and not being a big name shoe customizer can end up with those shoes being worth shit.

[Anonymous No.7800440]

Just bought these and I want to make the red part black. What would be the best way to do this?

[Anonymous No.7801512]

>>7800440
honestly probably sharpie. can you get me a closeup of the material?

[Anonymous No.7801548]

>>7797803

black spraypaint is silly. paint on shoes never looks good. try to bleach them, then cover the rubber soles with masking tape and use something impermanent to caulk the edges to prevent seepage beneath the tape. then soak them in a well mixed and even black dye bath. thats what i would do anyway, i try not to use paint ever.

[Anonymous No.7801554]

>>7800440

insulation/electrical tape

[Anonymous No.7801598]

twill boots, black. they are great except for this shitty fucking flashy tag on the suede heel. does anyone have experience with removing tags from suede? can i wet the material and iron it or something to get rid of the little holes that the stitches will leave?

[Anonymous No.7801618]

>>7801512
Best I can do. I was thinking sharpie but I didn't know if it would look like shit.
>>7801554
Would tape really look okay? The shoes are a leather material (in pic)

[Anonymous No.7801645]

>>7801618
http://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-Paint-Marker-Black-SN35564/dp/B007YCMGTU/

[Anonymous No.7801661]

>>7795794
Looking forward to this man, could be kinda cool.
Please post pics when you're done.

[tomato No.7801671]

>>7801598
seam ripper m8

[Anonymous No.7801714]

Could I use a white sharpie to white out both of these black logos?
I might just rip off the front label on the tongue, not sure about the back unless I used a seam ripper, but fuck that, could I sharpie it instead?

[Anonymous No.7801721]

>>7801645
Cool I'll probably do this. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.7801730]

Getting a pair of these for free off a relative. Probably not going to wear them as they are, any ideas on what I could do with them?

inb4drips

[Anonymous No.7801742]

>>7801739
Cool beans man, any ideas on how to make them less sucky?

[Anonymous No.7801739]

>>7801730
I hate these shoes so fucking much.
As soon as I see someone wearing them, I pretty much lose about 60% interest in what they have to say.
No joke, they're fucking trash.

[Anonymous No.7801759]

>>7801742
I'd focus on removing the branding for starters, then removing the black bar on the sole, then take it from there.

[Anonymous No.7801774]

>>7801661
>>7795794
just finished the first shoe a few mins ago. It didn't turn out quite as I wanted it to but I'm still pretty pleased with how it looks.

I couldn't get the space in between each shape because the markers I ended up using blead alot more than I expected. I'll post a better pic when I finish the other

[Anonymous No.7801785]

>>7801774
whoops forgot to attach the pic

[Anonymous No.7801802]

>>7801785
It looks pretty bad to be honest.

[Anonymous No.7801830]

>>7801785
looks p nice.
Should have used paint tho.

[Anonymous No.7801845]

>>7801714
use a paint pen

[Anonymous No.7802597]

>>7801785
Try to sharpen up the edges and they might make some nice fits.

[Anonymous No.7802661]

>>7802597
>>7801830
>>7801802
>>7795794
Alright here is the final product! It took me pretty much all day to do these im kinda disappointed they didn't come out like i wanted them to but i think they still look alright. If did it again I would go with paint so I could get better lines with the painters tape.
I think the left shoe came out a lot better than the right but I dont think either are anything to rave about.

[Anonymous No.7802740]

>>7802661
tbh the only thing i don't like is the colour choice. There's a mix of pastel colours and then that dark burgundy and blue and it's a bit awkward.

personally i probably would have gone with geometric black shapes to keep it monochrome, but i know that's not what you were going for so i can't complain too much.

all in all, this seems like a really cheap diy so if nothing was gained, at least nothing was lost. i'd say it was a pretty solid learning opportunity for all of us though.

[Anonymous No.7803069]

>>7802661
get some different laces they'll look even better

[Anonymous No.7803085]

>>7802740
>>7803069
better yet, burgundy laces to offer some grounding/balance to that awkward single burgundy patch

[Anonymous No.7803129]

>>7803085
>>7803069
I'll see if I can find some different laces while I'm out tomorrow maybe it will help bring some of the colors together.

>>7802740
I think I only spent around 17 bucks on the markers and shoes so it was really inexpensive for how they turned out. I think it was something that was worth the money, and now maybe someone can do it better than I did.

[MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN !IVQJj7JWoo No.7803157]

>>7802661
DOPE DOPE

[Anonymous No.7803160]

Thinking of buying these and dying the suede. Top is the original colour, and the others are what I'm thinking of dying it to. Opinions?

Alternatively, they have a colourway with black suede.

[Anonymous No.7803176]

can someone bleach things and post pictures

i like things like that, it makes me feel good

[Anonymous No.7803197]

>>7797456
whats the fabric like?

[Anonymous No.7803226]

>>7803176
old pic for you

[Anonymous No.7803246]

>>7803226
thank you i feel good, do you wear this? it looks ok, but hard to look good in

[Anonymous No.7803254]

How to DIY a pair of drips?

[Anonymous No.7803256]

i got these jeans for 10 dollars. they fit great and are very comfortable but they have this awful wash pattern all over them. what could i do to get rid of this shit. i was thinking of bleaching them or something. any ideas to make them plain?

[Anonymous No.7803261]

>>7801714
You want a seam ripper to rip the tongue logo off, use a paint pen on the back logo.

You could also use a linoleum knife of sorts if you wanted to carve it off, but that's far more work.

[Anonymous No.7803273]

>>7803246
yes, but not often.black sneakers and black jeans to make the shirt stand out. p. basic

[Anonymous No.7803277]

>>7797119
Those look bitchin

I might have to try that myself.

How did you paint them? Just brush the paint on or what?

Also can you wash them?

[Anonymous No.7803305]

nigga e please make that tutorial so I can slim jeans

[Anonymous No.7803379]

>>7798166
nope

>>7803277
brushed it on with foam paint brush. there's a diy: waxed/coated denim guide on r/mfa that I mostly followed.

probably never going to wash them, maybe soak though

[Anonymous No.7803745]

>>7803226
What did you do to achieve this effect? Looks sweet. I might try and replicate it. What colour was it originally?

[Anonymous No.7804119]

Copped these for $4
Gonna clean them up.
They need new inner-soles.
Thinking of white laces, would they look better than black?

[Anonymous No.7805641]

>>7803745
it was a black shirt.
dip in in a solution thats 3/4 parts bleach and 1/4 part water for 10 seconds and rinse it well with cold water. Then dip it again for five seconds, and rinse it again. lay it flat and splatter bleach on it.

You should fuck around with the amount of time you put it in the bleach.

[Anonymous No.7805711]

>>7805641
why did it become red?

[Anonymous No.7805915]

>>7805711
bleach turns black into that color or white or orange sometimes

i just bleached a shirt and used way to much and now it just has huge white blobs of white

[Anonymous No.7805986]

>>7805711
Thats not red. It's orange

[Anonymous No.7806179]

>>7804119
I'd go for white.

[Anonymous No.7807541]

>>7806179
fuck u

[appearance No.7807852]

>>7801714
hit it with a bit of white spray paint works like a charm or if you want to get rid of the shape the logo on the heel sits on you can carefully sand it (powertools would be most efficient)

[Anonymous No.7807925]

>>7801730
mine look pretty cool now that they are really dirty and ripped up.

If I got another pair for free now I'd just rub them around in some gravel and rip up the canvas a little bit. They look pretty cheap and shit when they're new imo.


>>7797119

>slimmed them

How did you do this exactly? advantages over pinrolling?

[Anonymous No.7808323]

>>7807925
Used a sewing machine to make new outseams.

step by step:
>turn jeans inside out
>lay pair of pants with a nice fit on top, aligning outer edges
>place pins in jeans at the inseams of the other pants (remember jeans are inside-out so this is actually narrowing the outseams of the jeans)
>try on
>use sewing machine along the path of the pins
>cut excess fabric, turn inside out

video that I somewhat followed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x33A-AO-8

advantages: permanent, can customize to fit own leg shape

disadvantages: a bitch to put on and take off, I made em tight at the cuff and have to do some serious fiddling to get them over my ankles

[Anonymous No.7808392]

>>7785312
I did these myself. I like how they came out a lot. From old beat up cps.
>inb4 shit storm of hatred

[nikolay8000 !lNMONIKOEM No.7808564]

>>7808392
dude, not bad

[Anonymous No.7808576]

Diy threads are always great. This is a good one. /fa/ needs more of these.

[Anonymous No.7808591]

>>7808392
These are great man

I was also wanting to do something similar but I don't know if I can justify shelling out the cash for some CPs. I got some JCP GATs but returned them because the toe looks boxy and shitty

Any ideas for a different sneaker to do this with? I'd like to do white, off-white, or grey, looking to spend $100 or less. Also not sure I wanna try my luck with the GATs that are from that dude in Germany on Grailed

[Anonymous No.7808647]

>>7808392
I have a question. If you ever need to tie your laces or lace them up again, won't the paint get in the way?

[Anonymous No.7808678]

>>7808591
I got them from the same guy, and they were pristine. The only problem is that they're a bit overpriced. (also, get different laces.)

[Anonymous No.7808691]

>>7808392
put more green in there

[Anonymous No.7808692]

>>7808392
thinking of doing this, what kind of paint did you use? I have some automotive waterborne paint at work will that work?

[Anonymous No.7808696]

>>7808678
I just feel like I'll order the wrong size and I'll be fucked nomsayin

[Anonymous No.7808792]

>>7808591
i got inspired by pic related. Cheap ass chucks (i don't think they're the real MMM colab) done all white acrylic then splattered. look cool

[Anonymous No.7808809]

>>7808792
i really like those
how do u splatter paint like that, whenever i do it its clumpy

[Workwear is cool !!XXjTyJ9illa No.7808828]

>>7808392
I was never a fan of paint splatters, but they look fairly well done.

[Anonymous No.7808910]

>>7808392
I used acrylic paint and old toothbrushes actually. (too lazy to get real paintbrushes)

Practices on other shit first like some old beat up chucks. It's really easy; just dabbed some painted on the brush and then fling it. I have 0 artistic ability and it turned out well. Do a practice run first though

[Anonymous No.7808927]

>>7808696
i mean... do you know your shoe size?

[Anonymous No.7808935]

>>7808809
>dip fingers in paint
>flick paint

[Anonymous No.7808953]

>>7808927
Yes but I heard they're not tts

And it's not like I can just send them back like its Amazon

[Anonymous No.7809616]

>>7808591
Use chucks or all white vans