![]() This could very well be the most important step in the process. the marker will not hold to the canvas thus ruining the entire project. If there are outside contaminates present such as grass, mud, oils etc. We want the shoes to be as clean as possible so that the markers can have a nice even color and that the actual drawings will hold up better. Go ahead and plan what kind of design you would like on your shoe.įor those who are still with me at this point lets get started. ![]() (This took me about 3 good times because again, they were almost black.) If you just bought the shoes you won't need to do this but if you have wore them several times outside or for yard work you might want to go ahead and clean them just so that when you start the design process you will have a clean slate free of chemicals or oils.Īs I stated before if you are just now taking the shoes out of the box you can pretty much skip the cleaning step. Now like I said my shoes were damaged badly so I don't know how long the overall shoe will last me but my first step was to wash/bleach them to a clean surface. ![]() Materials:ġx Pair of Canvas Shoes (Mine had no laces thus making a larger working canvas but any canvas shoe will work)ġx Pack of non-washable permanent markers (I personally used a multi-color pack of Bic markers from Wal-Mart $7)ġx Can of "Water Proofing" spray (I obtained a great deal at shoe show in my local mall for about $6 - SOFSOLE SILICONE WATER PROOFER) So here is what I bought and what you will need if you are planning on tackling your own canvas shoes. So I figure with a little bit of know how and some basic material I could have a potentially epic pair of shoes here. But anyways, the shoes were badly damaged and I knew for a fact I wouldn't wear them in that condition. If my memory serves me correctly I think they were $10. Now these are old school canvas shoes that I had bought at Wal-Mart about two years ago. Well, I don't really have much of a back story here other than I accidentally washed white shoes with black shoes and they gave birth to a Frankenstein pile of garbage.
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