Update your favorite shoes or how to paint sneakers?

KIDS are literally in every wardrobe - and from schoolchildren, athletes, and even glamorous women of fashion. But the fabric shoes are easily dirty, so the question of how to color sneakers is relevant for many.

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Fashion and comfort

As soon as the spring warmed up in the street, we take out of boxes the favorite moccasins, sneakers or siphons. Many years ago this kind of footwear was intended only for sports and the look was dull and monotonous. Now - this is an integral element of the fashionable "bow", which has a lot of colors: from simple white - to golden with spikes.

This kind of comfortable shoes does not go out of fashion for many years. But no matter how good our favorite shoes are for us, they are not eternal. The fabric can tear, stain, shed while washing or burn in the sun. And sometimes we just get bored with the old coloring. Do not throw out such comfortable shoes. There are a lot of ideas, how it can be transformed and decorated, made original and even designed. To do this, you need your imagination, a little time and some elements of decor. Transformed sneakers uniquely cost cheaper than the new "Converse".

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Primary processing of

How would you not come up with "upgrade" your shoes, in any case, first you need to refresh it. First of all, remove the laces and wash them. After that, bleach the soles and immediately wash the shoes.

Bleaching sole

Be sure to whiten the sole, namely the side and nose of the shoe. To do this:

1. Mix the soda with the vinegar to get a gruel.
2. With the mixture prepared, rub the rubber parts with an old toothbrush.
3. Thoroughly rub and leave for 25-30 minutes.
4. Gently wash off the mixture with dirt with water.

After this procedure, the sole will be as new.

Wash the shoe

Next, wash the sneakers, moccasins or siphons in the washing machine:

1. Put the sneakers before washing in a special bag for washing shoes or just in an old pillowcase.
2. Select the delicate mode in the washing machine. The water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees.

Important! With other washing modes you can spoil - either sneakers or a washing machine.

1. Deactivate the spin function.
2. After washing, allow the shoes to dry naturally.

Important! So that it does not lose its form, you can put crumpled newspapers inside.

Once your shoes are dry, you can safely experiment with its design. Just think first about what you would like to see as a result, and prepare the necessary materials. And with our ideas and ways of implementing them, our article will help you.

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How to paint sneakers out of cloth?

If your sneakers, slip-ons or moccasins were originally white and eventually lost color purity or were simply bored, you can easily transform them. This can be done by specialists in shoe shops or by yourself.

Tools and materials

If you decide to take everything in hand, then look through your wardrobe and decide on the color scheme. After that, visit the specialized store and buy the paint for the fabric, one or more colors. It can be powder paints that need to be dissolved in water, or acrylic.

The following items are required for painting the shoes:

• a container for painting such a volume so that the shoe can fit freely in it;
• hand gloves;
• sponge or old toothbrush;
• Vaseline;
• vinegar;
• soda;
• clean rags and napkins.

There are several options, how to paint sneakers at home. Choose the right way for you and make the transformation of your favorite pair. Detailed instructions on how to do this are provided later in this article.

Solid color

If you just want to give the shoe a different color, then this method, how to paint sneakers, is ideal for you:

1. Dissolve the paint in the water according to the instructions.
2. Lubricate copiously with Vaseline rubber parts and dip the sneakers into the paint.
3. Wait 5-10 minutes, dip them in a container of water and vinegar to fix the color.
4. After - should be thoroughly washed shoes under running water, until it becomes transparent.
5. Dry them in the air, rinse petrolatum from rubber parts with soda and napkins.

Painting "Ombre"

For this painting you will need one tone of paint. Ombre is a kind of coloration, when the intensity of color gradually decreases from saturated to pale. How to paint sneakers from fabrics in the style of ombre? Use the following guidelines:

1. Paint the paint in the prepared container according to the instructions.
2. Pre-lubricate the rubber parts of the shoes with vaseline so that they do not stain, remove the removable parts and laces.

Important! You can try the intensity of the color on a piece of suitable fabric. If it turns out too brightly - add water to the paint.

1. Protect your hands with gloves and dip the bottom of the shoe into the paint.
2. Wait a few minutes.
3. Dip again, just a little deeper.
4. Several times dunk the shoe every time deeper until it is all painted. Thus, the bottom will be much brighter than the top.
5. After finishing the staining, take a clean cloth and rub the paint so that the tone transitions are smooth. If necessary, you can moisten the cloth with water.
6. Now allow the paint to soak for 5-10 minutes.
7. Dip the sneakers into a container of water and vinegar so that the color sticks to the fabric.
8. Thoroughly rinse the colored shoes with running water.
9. Remove vaseline with soda and an old toothbrush. To do this, dunk the wet brush into the soda and wipe the rubber parts. Remove the residue with a damp cloth.

Important! For a complete transfiguration, you can also color the laces. Then your old sneakers will become completely unrecognizable.

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Multicolored painting

If you have the opportunity to purchase several colors of acrylic paint for fabric, we will tell you a number of ideas of original prints, how to paint sneakers at home.

Ikat

This is a kind of drawings on cloth coming from the east. It is especially associated with Uzbekistan and India. It is a 2-3-color spots, rhombuses, zigzags with blurred uneven edges. In order to apply this technique on your sneakers, a special artistic gift is not required:

1. First, protect the sole and sock with paint tape or petroleum jelly.
2. In different covers( from water) pour a little paint 2 or 3 colors, each separately.
3. Use a foam sponge to apply a larger circle, for example, a blue color.
4. Then another sponge in the middle, apply a smaller circle, for example, yellow.
5. In the middle of the shoe, draw a small circle, for example white.
6. Now, with a clean damp sponge, rub the edges of the pattern to make it look a bit blurry.
7. Allow the paint to dry for about 15 hours and fix it with a hair dryer.

Marine themes. Oceania

You can easily depict on the shoe, for example, a drawing on the ocean:

1. Close the sole with paint tape.
2. On white sneakers with thin and thick brushes, apply a blue acrylic paint for the fabric with a picture depicting sea waves and splashes of water.
3. You can add a shell with a fine brush, for example.
4. Allow the pattern to dry for 24 hours and fix the result with a hair dryer.

Space theme. Galaxy

We all like to admire the stars at night and remember how in our childhood we dreamed of becoming an astronaut. To make the space a little closer, you can depict an entire galaxy on old sneakers. How to paint sneakers at home on this topic? To do this:

• purchase acrylic colors of white, pink, purple and blue colors;
• will still need foam rubber sponges, brushes, an old toothbrush and a paint tape.

Method of painting:

1. In the beginning, seal the sock and the sole of the shoe with paint tape so that they do not get dirty when painting. Sponge the blue background on the entire shoe with Sponge.
2. Apply the blue and purple spots of different sizes in the form of clouds to the background with a brush or angle of a sponge.
3. Feather the picture so that the center is bright and the edges are blurred.
4. Finally, brush the toothbrush in white paint and nail the bristles so that white sprays are created on the "nebulae" you created. It will be the stars.
5. Repeat the same procedure symmetrically on the second cedar.
6. Allow the shoes to dry for 24 hours.
7. Fix the painting with a hairdryer.
8. Remove the adhesive tape and insert the shoe laces of the appropriate color.

Now your intergalactic sneakers are ready for flight.

Colored spray

For this painting technique, you need only bright acrylic paints, brushes and paint tape. Even a child can cope with a similar task, no artistic inclinations are required for this. To paint the sneakers from the fabric:

1. For the beginning, seal with paint tape all the details of the shoes that should not be painted.
2. Lay an oilcloth or newspapers where you are going to create( you can make it on the street for convenience).
3. Extrude a certain amount of paint in the cap, so that it's easy to dunk.
4. The paint should be liquid, so add water if necessary.
5. Put the sneakers on the mat.
6. Dunk the brush into the paint and spray them on the sneakers.
7. Allow the sneakers to dry for 24 hours and iron them with an iron or blow them with a hot hair dryer.

Important! Heat treatment significantly improves the adhesion of the paint.

Try to combine bright colors so that the sneakers as a result come out fussy, causing associations with the festival of colors in India.

Drawings with markers and handle

In order to apply a small fancy drawing, you can use markers on the fabric. Similar markers are sold in handicraft shops or hobby centers:

1. Design an ornament.
2. Apply it with a simple pencil on the fabric of the shoe.
3. Then draw the markers.

Important! Some craftsmen apply ornament or inscription with a simple handle. Looks like a print quite original and stylish.

Other interesting ideas for drawings:

• Very nice looking sneakers or moccasins in peas. To do this, just make a stencil in the form of a circle and with a sponge and acrylic paint, apply evenly "peas" over the entire surface of the shoe.
• Classically they will look black and white sneakers. Just paint black areas with acrylic paint.
• You can apply a geometric pattern, cells, strips or a Greek meander to the fabric. For such drawings, it is more convenient to use contours along the fabric. You can just apply a bright edge.
• It will be interesting to look just large strokes of different colors.

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How to color sneakers?

If you do not want to paint your shoes for painting in a shoe shop for some reason, you can try it yourself. Moreover, the process does not represent a complex work.

Stages of painting:

1. Clean sneakers from dust, dirt, shoe cream residues or wax, dry them well.
2. Degrease the surface. You can use for this purpose a solution of laundry soap and ammonia.
3. Prepare the paint. It should match the type of material from which your sneakers are made. It can be water-based paint, powder, acrylic, spray paint, cream paint and other.
4. Wear gloves.
5. Protect the sole with paint tape.
6. Remove the shoelaces and color your sneakers.

Important! Try to do it in one go, as the color can go out non-uniform. If you spray nubuck or velor spray - do not keep the canon too close to the shoes, otherwise there will be stains. Spray from the distance specified in the instructions.

1. If the color turns pale, then repeat the painting after a few hours.
2. Give your shoes a dry day and you can safely wear your updated running shoes.

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Decoration with sequins, sequins, paillettes, spikes

Keds or siphons look very glamorous in brilliant execution. In order to carry out the "upgrade" of your bored shoes, you need to purchase the following items in specialized stores:

• sequins( loose in jars) of one or more colors;
• adhesive for fabric;
• spikes or rhinestones for accent.

Decoration method:

1. To begin with, cover with rubber tape or simple adhesive tape rubber parts of the sneaker and prepare everything you need.
2. Take a large brush and apply glue on the fabric.

Important! Do not apply glue directly to the entire surface, otherwise the longest areas will dry before you have time to sprinkle them with sequins. Work in parts.

1. Next, generously sprinkle this area with sequins of the desired color, slightly press down them with your fingers.
2. At the bottom, you can apply glitters darker.
3. At the final stage of the decoration, tap on the shoes a little, so that the extra sparkles disappear.
4. Inspect the sneakers. If there are empty areas - apply glue pointwise and add a sequin.

Important! Some craftsmen immediately mix glue with sparkles and apply this compound to the sneakers.

1. It remains to place accents in the form of rhinestones or metallic cone-shaped spikes. They can be secured with an adhesive gun, for example, on the front of the shoe.
2. Instead of laces, you can insert satin ribbons.

Now you will have a fantastic look in your "new" old sneakers, and catch the envious glances of your girlfriends.

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Interesting ideas for transforming old

shoes If you are ready to set aside time not only to paint your shoes, but also to more thorough actions, take one of the ideas below.

Wings

This idea will be especially interesting for children and adolescents:

1. Make a pattern of small wings( left and right).
2. Transfer the pattern to 4 pieces of artificial thin skin( 2 facial and 2 reverse, mirror images).
3. Insert a piece of felt or other dense fabric between them, glue and cut out the contour. You should have two wings.
4. Make holes at the edges, corresponding to the holes for the laces.
5. Permanent marker draw the feather pattern from both sides symmetrically.
6. Allow the decor to dry out and thread it to the shoes, one at the side of each shoe.

Thanks to this decoration, your feet will literally acquire wings.

With shoelaces

You can replace the laces with elastic fabric:

1. Take a wide elastic band or other dense stretch fabric.
2. Measure the length from the sole( outside from the side) to the eyelets on the opposite side.
3. Cut and sew a little obliquely by tucking the edges of the rubber bands.
4. On the top of the shoe, the eyelets can be covered with an elastic band, or you can sew under them.

Now you do not need to waste time tying shoelaces and sneakers look creative.

Application and embroidery

If you have embroidery skills, then you can give your shoes an originality with your own hands.

• Take a simple drawing or ornament, put a cloth on the fabric and embroider with a cross or smooth. These can be flowers, initials or geometric patterns. Everything that your fantasy tells you.
• You can buy ready-made applications in shops for sewing and needlework and sew them on shoes.
• You can also crochet lace from cotton threads. It takes no more than half an hour, but your sneakers will be with a twist.

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How to make new shoes from old?

Very often we have in the bins old shoes that are very comfortable, but not fashionable or just bored. They do not want to throw out their hand, but they do not want to wear it.

If you spend a little time on them and show your wits, then you can acquire a "new" pair of shoes without any special expenses. What can we do to achieve this?- Here are some of the simplest options:

• Repaint. Get a shoe paint, suitable for the material from which your shoes are made( for suede, leather, nubuck, etc.) in a specialized store. Protect the sole with paint tape and properly paint your shoes according to the instructions on the paint package.
• If the shoes are fabric, you can apply contoured acrylic paints on them patterns. And also with the help of glue for fabric and sparkles give them a chic.
• You can attach brooches, bows, artificial flowers, buckles to the capes of the shoes with the help of an adhesive gun.
• If the nose is scraped off the shoe, apply a layer of glue and sprinkle it with spangles. Then, when the glue dries, cover it with transparent nail polish.
• Summer sandals and open shoes can be embroidered with beads or paillettes.

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Tips for remaking old shoes from Andre Tan

Tips of a famous fashion designer will help transform old footwear according to stylish trends of modern fashion:

1. If you want to transform old shoes with high heels and make them more effective, decorate the backs and heels with rhinestones and stonesusing a special glue or glue gun.
2. You can glue a lightning along the entire length of the heel. It will look very stylish.
3. You can sew "covers" for high heels from different fabrics. Particularly attractive is the cloth case "under the metal."
4. You can also paint the entire soles of shoes in red with nail polish or acrylic paint and get trendy Labuten.
5. Ankle boots will look more fashionable if they are embroidered with fringe, chains or fur.
6. You can also use beads, buttons, knitted items or appliqués in the shoe finish.

Ideas for giving old shoes a new look is actually a lot. In this article, we have laid out only the most interesting and simple versions of finishing the sneakers and sneakers. Following the good advice, you will be able to wear your favorite shoes for a few more seasons with pleasure.