help with tk boots

[scope]

Hi all,
I bought a pair of black t boots and painted them white leather paint and they look great for 10 minutes then as they dry they keep looking blue-ish. Is there a shoe paint that anyone has used that looks amazing white and not shithouse ?

Please advise.

Jason
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[Deltorn]

Rust o leum spray works well otherwise the Dymark spray. Ive tried it on leather and it seemed to work for me

[Jaggered]

I've heard of some sort of boot undercoat which you can apply prior to painting them white but I'm unsure where I saw this.

jAG

[hopfot]

I just went to Mr Minit. and they agve me some cleaner and white paint for my first boots. Stuffed the boots with paper to stretch the elastic a little and gave them a few coats of the paint and presto, TK boots that still look pretty decent even today.

[TheWolf]

Paint them silver first, then white over the top....

[crypto]

Mr minit has the paint you are after.

The trick is to give them many thin coats instead of a couple of thick coats. I sprayed at least 8 thin coats on mine and they have held up a treat, and they are white.

For the elastic you may want an acrylic paint, this wont be "sucked up" as easily as enamel spray paint. I used some $2 artist paint from a newsagent.

[scope]

Thanks to all for the feedback. I have probably done it all wrong as I have done 4 thick coats and they look white/blue. With a bit of a walk in them they might look better but it is probably too late to paint them silver first Wolf, but I will get some mr minute white, sand what i have done and spray them a final coat.

Thanks all, I really appreciate the help.

Jason
73scope

[crypto]

Mate don't fret over the silver, doing a coat of silver is the wrong way to paint these. As I said before the right way is doing as many THIN coats as you can, hell keep spraying thin coats on them until you use up the whole can.

When you spray each coat leave them to dry properly then respray, dry respray etc, etc.

[hopfot]

You may find the paint will crack when you walk around for a while and peal off.

[crypto]

You may find the paint will crack when you walk around for a while and peal off.

Not if done properly.

[hopfot]

You may find the paint will crack when you walk around for a while and peal off.

Not if done properly.

True. Mine still hasn't on my old boots

[Buzzard]

You may find the paint will crack when you walk around for a while and peal off.

Not if done properly.

True. Mine still hasn't on my old boots

Hopfot - Doing it right!

[hopfot]

You may find the paint will crack when you walk around for a while and peal off.

Not if done properly.

True. Mine still hasn't on my old boots

Hopfot - Doing it right!

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