Customized Bleached Shoes

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• Step 1

  You will need:
  -Darkly colored canvas shoes (I used fake converse)
  -A mixture of 3/4 bleach, 1/4 water in a spray bottle
  -Duct tape (optional. I've read that paper with spray adhesive also works, but both of these are optional.

• Step 2

  Clean and unlace your shoes. Bleach stains dark colors best, so you need to make sure they're dark. I also bleached the laces separately in a cup full of water and a splash of bleach.

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  Step 3

  This step is optional. I used duct tape and an xacto blade to cut out "ELLIE" and tape it onto my shoe. I've read (but not tried) that you can also use paper cutouts, using a spray adhesive so it will stick and the bleach won't bleed through. You can do as many designs, shapes, patterns as you want, I just put my name.

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  Step 4

  Begin spraying! Using a mixture of 3/4 bleach and 1/4 water, spray bleach onto the shoes. Make sure you do this somewhere where nobody will mind the bleach- I used my bathroom sink. Also: I recommend wearing gloves. My hands still smell like bleach. You can also use a paintbrush to paint on the shoes or splatter the mixture onto them- whatever you'd like to do. Be creative!Keep spraying until you're satisfied.

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  Step 5

  When I peeled off the duct tape, I found that I didn't attach it as well as I should have and ended up with runny letters. But there is a fix for this! Your handy dandy sharpie! I used my black sharpie to fix the blobs into nice, clean letters.

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  Step 6

  I sprayed and splattered a tiny bit more onto where the duct tape was, then continued spraying and splattering onto the other shoe. Add as little or as much as needed.

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  Step 7

  Now, dry off the rubber parts of your shoes and relace them! You could also use your sharpie to doodle on the rubber, if you want. I liked them the way they are, so I left them that way. Let the shoes dry and then you're ready to show off your new customized shoes!

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Annie A. 27th October 2012

That's so awesome :O
I'm TOTALLY doing this~!

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Supernova's Child · Lisbon, Lisbon, PT · 98 projects 30th December 2011

This is the awesomest simple DIY ever. I love it.

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