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Sneaker Collectors Price Guide

Joe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:21:24 +0000

Dave Skop from rareairshoes.com has put together the new Collectors Sneaker Price Guide. This year the list has been expanded to over 250 sneakers. It includes everything from Nike, New Balance, Puma, Adidas, Vans and more. Dave tells you what the avg price is on the sneakers as well as the low and high price. We see things like the Omni-Pump X Alife in the yellow for 950, the AF1 Playstation for 1,550 avg, AM-1 Kidrobot for 1,075 and so much more. Besides just bringing you the price guide, Sneaker Freaker also took the time out for an interview with Dave about the list and how he goes about giving the sneakers a price. All this info and the interview is thanks to Sneaker Freaker so check it out. A must read for any sneaker collector or sneakerhead in general.

Sole Junkie Custom Acrylic Sneaker Paints

Joe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:12:58 +0000

Looking for some quality custom acrylic paints to customize your sneakers. World famous customizer Sole Junkie has released his own line of acrylic paints. Sole Junkie is known for his work when it comes to custom kicks so you can expect a quality product right here. He wouldn’t sell you something which he wouldn’t be using himself. There is a pro kit as well as a starter kit for those just getting into the game. You get a few various colors which you can mix to create just about any color you desire. Check out the Sole Junkie website for more info or take a look on ebay for these kits.

Guide To Stripping Leather Sneakers To Paint

Joe — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:19:29 +0000

A lot of people wonder how you go about stripping the leather on your kicks to prepare them for paint. Preparation is essential to any paint job. Doesnt matter if your painting your kicks, your car or your house. Proper preparation will make all the difference and will help when you lay down your colors. It can make or break the job. If your gonna do it make sure you do it right if you want a quality result.

This guide is by RobL off the Crooked Tongues forums. Much props to RobL for putting together the guide with pictures. Follow the jump for the quick walkthrough and the pictures to go along with it

First you start off with your kicks…In this guide a pair of New Balance 574′s are being used.

The first thing RobL did was mask off the white midsoles to avoid black smears. RobL has come to realize acetone dissolves the encap section so he took the time to cover that as well instead of taking the chance of the color smearing.

Make sure your masking is tight. Like i said, if your gonna do it do it right. This is an essential part to the process. If you dont want your colors to smear spend the time to lay down some tight masking. And go over it to make sure its right on the edges and nothing will leak through.

Get yourself a few bottles of acetone and start to strip the sections you want. When using acetone be sure to work outside or in a well ventualted area. Acetone is very flamable so do not smoke while doing the job and dont breath the fumes in if possible. During the stripping process take a nice soft white cloth and wipe away the areas to see what your working with.

This is the result after about 2hrs. Make sure you keep soaking the cloth in the acetone, its going to take a lot of rubbing to strip the sections you want. Your cloth is going to get coated up with the leather your rubbing off the sneaker so make sure you keep using a clean part or a new cloth every so often. Its pointless to use a dirty cloth the whole time and it will add to the time it takes you to finish. Make sure you scrub till your arms are about to fall off though. A lot of sneakers have multiple coatings, the top layer which makes the shine wont be so hard to remove, its the nitty gritty youll get to under that which will take a lot of rubbing.

Sneaker Template Patterns

Joe — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:18:35 +0000

For those of you who like to design your own sneakers in programs such as Photoshop, Deviantart is a great place to get a lot of various patterns to use in your designs. Everything is pretty much divided up into easy to follow sections to find what your looking for a lot easier. They have resources for Photoshop as well as Paintshop Pro. When you visit the page you’ll notice up on the left hand side about the photos that it says Categories. Its a drop down menu. Click that, go down to resources, and go from there. Application resources has all your Photoshop Brushes and Patterns as well as resources for Paintshop Pro. I have been a member on DeviantArt for a long time and there is a lot of useful content for your designing needs.

Jordan Brand Sneaker Templates

Joe — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:24:09 +0000

If you’re more into Air Jordan’s than you are Air Force 1′s, you’ll enjoy these sneaker templates of various Jordan Brand sneakers. Just like the Nike sneaker templates, the colors have been stripped from the sneakers, leaving only black lines to divide the panels. These are very useful if you’re into designing your own sneakers, which we imagine you are being a sneaker head and all. Enjoy the templates and please feel free to share your designs with us. All the Jordan templates are included in a RAR file listed below. Simply download the file and extract the images.

Download Jordan Brand Sneaker Templates Here

Nike Sneaker Templates

Joe — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:03:11 +0000

As a sneaker head you’ve probably imagined some of your favorite sneakers in your own choice of colors. With this collection of sneaker templates you can turn your imaginations into a visual you can share with friends. We’ve complied a list of over 40+ Nike sneaker templates. All the photos are white JPG images which you can open in Photoshop or any other editing software to add color to the various sections. If you happen to be handy with Photoshop, you could create PSD files from these images where each section has it’s own layer, allowing for quick, easy coloring. All the templates are included in a RAR file listed below. Download it and extract it to get the sneaker templates.

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Nike Sneaker Templates