Sharpied Skates
Started by Zooz, Oct 20 2014 12:14 AM
26 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 20 October 2014 - 12:14 AM
Hey guys. Just wanted to share a little skate "project" I'm currently working on. It's my pair or retail X7.0s that I've had for a couple of years. I have no intention of selling these so I thought I'd try something out. I decided to take a sharpie to the gray and red parts of the boot, as well as the the silverish part around the heel. I kind of like how it turned out. I'm thinking about doing other bits of the boot like parts of the tendon guard or the rest of the actual boot. I attached some pictures showing what they look like before and after. I haven't seen many posts about people "blacking out" their skates and thought I'd share. Anyone else do something like this?
#2
Posted 20 October 2014 - 02:56 AM
How much faster will this make you skate? I may do mine based on your findings. Please report.
#3
Posted 20 October 2014 - 08:17 AM
I find that vapor line hard to look at in terms of design. To me less is more and have always like the classic black skates. My thought is if you make it look a little more clean or possibly do more of the boot it may look good. Just wondering how fast the sharpie will wear off when coming in contact with water
#5
Posted 20 October 2014 - 10:59 AM
Sharpie will fade to purple
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#6
Posted 20 October 2014 - 11:52 AM
How much faster will this make you skate? I may do mine based on your findings. Please report.
Approximately 6-7 km/hour faster, may or may not be a placebo effect.
I'll have a look at the testors paint and see what I can come up with. Yah ibeck, I have a feeling it will come out a dark purple as well. I can always reapply, but I guess I'd rather have something that's a little more permanent. Also may continue to do more of the boot, I'll update with pictures if that's the case.
#7
Posted 20 October 2014 - 05:41 PM
try plasti dip on them.
my brother did this to his bicycle frame and some random things around the house and it came out pretty awesome.
The nice part about the plastic dip is if you get overspray onto the holders then just run an exacto knife along the sections that you don't want plasti dip and then peel/rub aways the excess.
it's actually a really cool product, also at least it's not permanent if you want to revert back to stock
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#8
Posted 20 October 2014 - 05:44 PM
try plasti dip on them.
my brother did this to his bicycle frame and some random things around the house and it came out pretty awesome.
The nice part about the plastic dip is if you get overspray onto the holders then just run an exacto knife along the sections that you don't want plasti dip and then peel/rub aways the excess.
it's actually a really cool product, also at least it's not permanent if you want to revert back to stock
Awesome! I'll have to take a look. Any idea what kinds of stores sell this? I'm thinking Canadian tire or something along those lines.
#9
Posted 21 October 2014 - 12:04 AM
i bought a bunch of cans when i was in the states at walmart. They're liek $6 over there
over here at crappy tire it's like $15-$20 a can. Check walmart too they may have it in canada as well.
where are you located
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#11
Posted 21 October 2014 - 10:31 AM
Don't plastidip it. You'll look like an idiot when it flakes and peels all over the ice, not to mention how dangerous it is if someone skates over the shit peeling off your skates and loses an edge or falls and hits the boards head first.
#12
Posted 21 October 2014 - 04:22 PM
paint markers, i didn't go crazy just hated the white heel and tendon guard
#13
Posted 21 October 2014 - 06:19 PM
paint markers, i didn't go crazy just hated the white heel and tendon guard
Looks nice but how is it holding up?
#15
Posted 22 October 2014 - 05:28 PM
Holds up great
What brand of "paint markers" are these? Looks amazing. Looks like I'll be doing my tendon guard too.
#16
Posted 23 October 2014 - 06:22 AM
What brand of "paint markers" are these? Looks amazing. Looks like I'll be doing my tendon guard too.
sharpie brand oil based, it doesn't turn purple or fade
#18
Posted 26 October 2014 - 09:36 PM
A couple updates. I went out and got the paint pen that theruz23 suggested and I decided to do the whole skate. They look freaking amazing and have a glossy finish. 
#19
Posted 26 October 2014 - 09:44 PM
They look great.
I used a sharpie on the yellow accents on my totalones. Started to fade to purple though. Guess I'll pick up some of that paint marker stuff.
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