Chelsea boots painting using airbrush (heavy pics)

[Ales]

My vacation become true, and I started with painting my chelsea boots which I bought on e-bay for about 40$. Warming up with the SorenM topics about boots painting I decided to paint using airbrush. I have cheap chinese JAS airbrush with 0.3mm nozzle. The one thing I was not sure if the Angelus paint enough thin for the airbrush. But when the paint arrived I define that it is need a thinner anyway. Made preparation of boots by acetone wearing through three times. Also use 3M waterproof masking tape. Mixing the paint with rubbing alcohol 1:2 proportion I get the proper viscosity for airbrush.

The first run of painting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Need to say that paint is not need to wait a long time to cover with a new layer while you are painting with airbrush. Yes, airbrushing take much more time then simple brushing. When you airbrushing there are very very thin layer appears, but it's dried quickly and you just painting continiously. This is not the final view. I want to paint more white to get rid of the semi-tones.

Edited August 26, 2013 by Ales

[SorenM[TK]]

Wow!!?, Alexey...that is beautiful work!..:-)...that looks a thousand times better than mine:-)..

I am buying an airbrush!;-)....

[Ales]

Yes, it's looking very well. Like on the store shelf  

Hope that thin layers achieved by airbrushing will be durable enough... lets see.

[SorenM[TK]]

It really does, good job:-).

How many layers so far?....

[Ales]

About 4-5 times. Just finished the second run - and it is plus 3 layers about. That's enough. Pretty good looking. Will wait for tomorrow and cover with angelus finisher #600. Lets see what happened. Now the boots are too matte.

By the way, a can say how much paint were spent - it is 26 ml and 52 ml of rubbing alcohol accordingly Very sparingly!

[Ales]

Here is the angelus finisher tag. I think it should be on my boots

[SorenM[TK]]

About 4-5 times. Just finished the second run - and it is plus 3 layers about. That's enough. Pretty good looking. Will wait for tomorrow and cover with angelus finisher #600. Lets see what happened. Now the boots are too matte.

By the way, a can say how much paint were spent - it is 26 ml and 52 ml of rubbing alcohol accordingly Very sparingly!

That is just awesome...  

[Ales]

The elastic inserts make me depressed. They are not getting white at whole. I see I paint it white, but after minute it appear black again, absorbing the paint...May be its need to soak completely with paint.

[SorenM[TK]]

Yeah you need to soak it. Using a brush, and thus more paint per layer will do the job I think :-)

[troopermaster]

Use fabric paint like Dylon for the elastic.

[SorenM[TK]]

Use fabric paint like Dylon for the elastic.

Ahaaaa :-).... Should have thought of that...well, I can always do that...still have two other pairs that I can paint:-)..

[Ales]

Putting on the finisher to one of the boots, see the difference:

 

 

It gives more precious look. Not a super gloss but perfect shine which is good for any boots.

[SorenM[TK]]

Looks really really good:-)

[Ales]

And here we are:

 

And there are no problems with untouching of masking tape, just pull it off carefully.

So, lets calculate my expenses: sorry for mislead by above mentioned "about 40$", it was GBP  So it's a bit higher price in USD.

- 68$ - Boots

- 5,5$ - paint finisher

- 8,75$ - paint

- about 20$ - other stuff - acetone, alcohol, cleaner for airbrush, masking tape.

Totally ~ 100$

[Ales]

Just wear its on. The paint is awesome - no cracking or something wrong, just like a real leather shoes from the store. Do anyone knows if I should to cream the boots? Or lets it scuffed themselves for CRL requirements?

[Ales]

Paint the elastic by brush. Much better, see the difference:

 

[Stormy320]

Wow - those look great!

[Ales]

I've bought a transparent creamy boots sponge and overlay the boots. I'm sure It totally becomes the real tkboots   It's perfect!

I don't even expect such quality.

Edited August 27, 2013 by Ales

[SorenM[TK]]

They look vey nice Alexey...very nice:-)....

[Logon]

... shucks i need to buy an airbrush and add the last layers with it on my boots to smoothen them out. (but i guess the boots used in the movies where painted with a brush)

 

Nice work!

[SorenM[TK]]

I am quite sure that the boots in the movies were painted with a brush..:-)

I like the way my boots turned out, eventhough the brushstrokes are visible....at a distance of more than a meter, you cannot see it....

[Sheik Yerbouti[501st]]

Beautiful work!

[TK-MikeStarbuck]

Great work Alexey. Thanks for your insights in the boot preparation... 

[longboard8]

Hey perhaps it is mentioned above, but how large of a bottle of Angelus bottle would you suggest?  I imagine this will be my task for the weekend of building.

 

 

Also, I believe you said you used Angelus Finisher #600.  Did you use high gloss or satin?

Edited September 18, 2013 by longboard8

[SorenM[TK]]

I used, and I believe Alexey did as well, a 4 oz bottle. Approximately half of that will be used to paint one pair of boots..

Good luck on the paintjob..:-)

Edited September 21, 2013 by SorenM