Custom Glitter Jordan 5 Tutorial

I was having a hard time expressing my idea to my client, so I did a quick sketch of the shoe and decided on the colors. That wasn't enough, I tried to explain it in words but could not, so I made it so they could see the work before the work I did any work to the shoe.

Closer Look

After adding the red, black and the gold glitter to the sketch, my thoughts are now coming to life, you can see where I'm headed with the shoe and make changes until you are happy with what I present to you.

Let's Get Started

After the shoes are clean and completely dry, we have to prep the shoes to accept the paint. We will be using * Angelus Leather Preparer & Deglazer and Cotton Rounds that you can get from the Dollar Store, Cotton Balls will also work and I recommend Q-Tips for tight places.*

Gently rub the shoe to remove the factory finishing coat. I go over the entire shoe 2-3 times before applying the paint to be sure that I removed the finisher and my paint will adhere to the shoe .

I applied 2 coats of *Yellow Paint and allowed the first coat 1 hour to fully dry and the second coat about 45 minutes.

After 2 coats not too bad, kind of a Pittsburgh Pirates Color way going on.

I applied 2 coats of Gold in the case of glitter being chipped from playing sports or whatever reason, the gold color will blend in with the gold glitter and not be as noticeable.

Results After 2 Coats of Gold paint
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Apply a third coat of gold and while still wet sprinkle the glitter. Do not worry about covering every part of the shoe on the first coat of glitter. It usually takes 2 coats of glitter to complete a shoe, not counting touch up and detail work.

After the first coat of glitter, allow shoes to dry 2-3 hours before applying second coat of glitter.
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Apply second coat of sealer and glitter

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Apply final coat of finisher and allow shoes 24 hours to dry before wearing them.

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