Question about Painting Leathers

[Carl-52]

Hey guys,

Anyone ever painted their leathers?? Im think of throwing some colour on my ultra used white leathers, boots and gloves...

Anyone have any tips, tricks, products etc to use??

Ive found the cheap american leather paint that gets great reviews online but i want to know if its really as easy as they say... just roll/brush it on etc etc

Cheers,

Carl-52

[chubb]

Use waproo.

You can get em at any key king mister mint type shop.

I did the red on my Dainese boots to match.

[mercho]

I like the used scuffed up look! Shows you are at one with the road haha

[Stu23]

haha yup i like this idea

[Marshy]

Use waproo.

You can get em at any key king mister mint type shop.

I did the red on my Dainese boots to match.

I didn't know this stuff existed! :cool: Does it come in fluoros?

[Stu23]

flouro is what carl is after, think he found some in the states.... Carl ?

[chubb]

http://www.waproo.com.au/products/recolouring/colour_change/

yellow would probably be closest

[Mr.Ed]

Hmmm might suit could use a bit of a black touch up from this one time I slid off my chair

[Carl-52]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Angelus-Acrylic-Leather-Paint-10-PACK-for-Canvas-Leather-Nubuck-66-Colours-/321326817118?pt=AU_Art_Supplies&hash=item4ad0921f5e
this is the only Australian supplier i could find for the Angelus leather paints (the ones everyone rave about online) They have heaps of colours and Neon colours (American equivalent of fluro). Plus they are rediculously cheap

[Marshy]

Hell yeah, thanks Carl!! I'm gonna order some fluoro, and go nuts on my old suit!!! :rockon: :hippie: :becky: :smokin:

[Carl-52]

Marshy!!!!, can you order me some while your at it??? Save on postage etc etc

3x 1oz pots of 057 Neon Tropic Sun yellow please

[Baddie]

I've seen mick leathers post a few pictures on color repair.
I'd be asking will the dye effect the strength of the cotton used the hold it all together...If you want a gayish coloured suit just get one made...Collins leathers design custom fit $1100.0 shipped in any colours.

[Saturnalian]

Do a search for VGA auto paints on YouTube. They have an awesome spray on product for changing the colour of leather and a tutorial on the tube


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[dan]

i need to change the colour of a black suit to white

[chubb]

Probably need to strip back the black as much as possible first

[dan]

How'd you go with this Carl?

[Stu23]

Carl was at Uni till 11pm yesterday, so will still be in bed i reckon ! I havnt ordered anything for him yet but aim to do so soon.

[Carl-52]

Yepo, uni started back up so will be doing this soonish... just need to get back into the swing of things first :D Yay ultra late lectures!!!!!! :mad:

[Stu23]

Well here are the results so far from painting leathers :) namely some boot panels and gloves too..Leathers to be done soon
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[dan]

That looks pretty good. Will be keen to see how it holds up

[KANGA]

wow I'm impressed, looks great! Wouldn't suspect that they didn't come come like that when you got them.

[chubb]

Looks great!! PM you about some slave labour I'm gonna get your son to do

[Stu23]

lol hes a uni student a few $$$ will make all the difference ! haha

[chubb]

Haha awesome!

[Marshy]

lol hes a uni student a few $$$ will make all the difference ! haha

I'm keen. I don't have enough time to do it myself (or the patience, tbh). I'd love some more fluoro highlights!

Can you get his people to call my people to organise it?

[Stu23]

PM him, ill mention it of course , i know hes very happy with the results so far :)

[Negrogrande]

that looks awesome, which paint did you go with in the end?

[Stu23]

Angelus its called

[Mr.Ed]

Far out... That looks great! Do they come in fluoro green?

[Stu23]

lots of colours :) green too

[Mr.Ed]

That's awesome! My boots now have that great "beige" look that only the right mix of oil, grime and time in the litter box can achieve... It might be time for a change.

[Stu23]

just pm carl he can tell you where he got it and how much it was etc :)

[Carl-52]

ok guys!!! Uni work is finally finished!!!! WOOOOOOOO, Anyways, boots and gloves and been carlbotaged in the appropriate Fluro colour... They have pretty much any colour you can think of including turquiose!! lol < sisters fav colour....... Paint can be mixed too to create some funky colours. Anyway its cheap as chips and takes no time at all to do, couple of coats with a brush or roller and its done. I bought the paint from the link i posted previously... Tasmanian dude had it at my house 2 days after i ordered it :D :rockon: Heres his facebook page so you can see some of the stuff he does. https://www.facebook.com/chasezdesignz

[Krackeye]

Have you tried a lighter colour on a darker one? eg white on blue. Also hows it cope after a couple of wears. Any cracking ect.

[KANGA]

*edit not me guys just some pics i found*
Clearly you can get some good results with dyes, I'm actually really impressed.
This was the original suit
http://www.bikebiz.com.au/product_images/s/860/Dainese_Trickster_P_Canguro_Estiva_Suit_White_Blac k__78376_zoom.jpg
to this
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23160110/netrider/trickster_01.jpg
to this
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23160110/netrider/trickster02.jpg
Can't wait to see what you do with your suit Carl ;)

[chubb]

Good work I'm impressed!

[Marshy]

Cool!

[Mr.Ed]

The suit on that last pic is exactly what I want but in fluoro green! Didnt think it would look so good over black... Impressed again!

[Carl-52]

haha im doing some photoshop images for my suit right now :D and the fairing Marshy gave me... the paint is really flexible, ive scrunched up my gloves into a ball and didnt see any sign of wear at all. so far so good. tried fluro yellow over black without any prep or stripping, took a while but it looks ok now... I will try strip the black off and repaint it light coloured on a test piece soon.

[Negrogrande]

Thanks for the heads up on the paint! I'm in progress now
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[chubb]

Nothing like a bit of half and half.

[Negrogrande]

First coat donehttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/yra5y5es.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/ryzeqehu.jpg

[Negrogrande]

Getting carried away now…http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/se6e3ahy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/19/upeza2yh.jpg

[Mr.Ed]

It looks f$&@&$& awesome!!!

[Marshy]

That. Is. Cool.

:cool: :thumb:

[dan]

First coat donehttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/yra5y5es.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/18/ryzeqehu.jpg

What are those white leathers doing????

[Negrogrande]

too big for you mate, size 54 I had to downsize when I stopped playing rugby. went from 93 odd kilos to 80. and when are you going to pick up your MC I'm free tomorrow arvo

[KANGA]

too big for you mate, size 54 I had to downsize when I stopped playing rugby. went from 93 odd kilos to 80.

Wow stopping playing rugby pretty much had the reverse effect on me, went from 86 to 93 ... all muscle obviously lol

Any chance we can see the helmet with out the tape, did you use plastidip or paint on it?

[dan]

too big for you mate, size 54 I had to downsize when I stopped playing rugby. went from 93 odd kilos to 80. and when are you going to pick up your MC I'm free tomorrow arvo

i'll swing by and grab it this arvo then, will send you a TEXT MESSAGE

[Marshy]

I found my one too this morning, dan..... ;)

[dan]

ps bummer about the leathers need white ones so badly

[Negrogrande]

I used paint in the end, was easier to source

[Negrogrande]

Helmet with tape off, not quite perfect but will pass 20/20 rule
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[Marshy]

Cool!! :cool:

[Mr.Ed]

Well, I'll have to dig this up again... I wanna give my leathers a bit of a spruce up but since they're mostly black I'm wondering how well the paint will work. Anyone painted any black surfaces?

Also, I'm guessing one of those 29.5ml bottles one do much, hey?! I'm thinking at least one bottle to do the boots and one to do some accents on the leathers... correct? Any prep work required??

[Carl-52]

29.5ml bottles do heaps!!! I bought two and I still have 1 leftover after doing the underarms on my leathers, hump on the back, gloves and half of my boots. Painting on black is a pain, but you can paint over in white first then your colour and it comes up quite well. Prep work is a good rub down with isopropyl alcohol or leather stripper, with maybe a light sand if they are a bit rough. The finish comes down to how much time you take.

[Mr.Ed]

Noice... will get a bottle of white too then. I'm not gonna go crazy on the suit but there are some bits that need painting regardless... hopefully I'll have enough to do the boots too!

[Krackeye]

I did my blue Sidi boots in white. Two coates and it came up a treat.

[Carl-52]

well i have definitely tested out this paint and how wear resistant it is at dirt tracking on the weekend... No chips, no blisters, not missing bits of paint!!!!! (it got a right blasting too with the roost off the 450's and 500's out there). Also MEGA cudos to Waproo sprayon Gloss coats (its a high gloss leather sealant), the dirt just wiped straight off!!! :D Now im thinking i might do my leathers like Tony Elias' leathers in WSBK, adding some red and some more black to the white and fluro leathers i have at the moment.

[chubb]

Come do mine. Actually it's with Micks fix at the moment.

[Carl-52]

Chuck me a few bucks and buy the paint, ill prep and paint it for you. We can talk colours etc Gloves, boots, leathers all easy

[KANGA]

Did you guys bother with the leather preparer?

[dan]

Did you guys bother with the leather preparer?

Amyl?


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[Marshy]

Amyl?

Used when wearing a different kind of leather suit....


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[Turbo]

Did you guys bother with the leather preparer?

Yes, if you want it to take/last.
Ideally it wants cleaning with a leather cleaner then prepped with amyl to make it a bit porous before drying thoroughly.
Then lots of light coats of pigment/paint, dried with a heat gun/hairdryer to speed things up in between.

[Turbo]

Used when wearing a different kind of leather suit....


http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsH/52702-15365.gif

That might need something stronger to clean it!!

[Marshy]

I wasn't thinking about cleaning, just sniffing. Amyl nitrate.

[Metal-Man]

I like the used scuffed up look! Shows you are at one with the road haha


hahahhaaha stu knows that oh too well ... see exhibit A (his avatar pic) :p

[Negrogrande]

No Amyl, that's for club 77 (back in the day)
I used acetone (nail polish remover) can buy a litre bottle at bunnings

[Turbo]

No Amyl, that's for club 77 (back in the day)
I used acetone (nail polish remover) can buy a litre bottle at bunnings

My mistake, Lawson is right. It's acetone - not Amyl.

[chubb]

My mistake, Lawson is right. It's acetone - not Amyl.

Did you google it??? Lol

[Turbo]

Did you google it??? Lol

No, I checked in my cupboard and saw a massive bottle of it from last time! ;)

[KANGA]

... I ... uhhh ... yeahhhhh ....... thanks guys ...... for the nightmares ...

[Turbo]

Yeah, best not ask him to polish anything for ya!! :rofl:

[johnnyb]

I wasn't thinking about cleaning, just sniffing. Amyl nitrate.

Marshy....you going back to your party days!


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[Marshy]

Marshy....you going back to your party days!

It was the first thing I thought of! It doesn't take much.....

[Krackeye]

So I just finished cleaning and prepping my leathers with Amyl then what do you know....... my guts just fell out my arse!

[Saturnalian]

Funny. Club 77. Ouch. I was more Bentley Bar....


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[Turbo]

TT field trip/group night out....?! I'll bring the bottle ;)

[Marshy]

So I just finished cleaning and prepping my leathers with Amyl then what do you know....... my guts just fell out my arse!

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAAA!!!!

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[Negrogrande]

TT field trip/group night out....?! I'll bring the bottle ;)

Hooray!

just in case we need to stock up
http://www.powerpoppers.com/buy_poppers_online.shtml