Can distressing your gear actually be good for it?
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Can distressing your gear actually be good for it?
I just got my gloves yesterday , and I spent this evening "distressing" them so they aren't so white. It may not be the best job in the world, but I found that a combination of black and brown shoe polish applied unevenly followed by a good dose of Lexol leather conditioner (while wearing the gloves, and rubbing your hands together as though washing them) was a very simple process, and I didn't even need to abuse them.
I'd bet that with a little patience, you would distress a lot of gear without actually harming it - especially the leather gear.
I'd bet that with a little patience, you would distress a lot of gear without actually harming it - especially the leather gear.
IMHO Distressing is just "speeding up" the aging process.. and well you are bound to distress it just by using your gear.. therefore it's WELL OKAY!
I like the way you distressed your gloves. I've never thought of using shoe polish but I can see how it would work on distressing the gloves without making them splotty.. great job!!!
Nati
I like the way you distressed your gloves. I've never thought of using shoe polish but I can see how it would work on distressing the gloves without making them splotty.. great job!!!
Nati
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Me too, and usually one good afternoon of that makes a pair of gloves look like the photos above. ;-)
Distressing is just the appearance of regular wear and tear on an item. When something is 'pre-distressed', it's just had accelerated wear applied to a new item.
So, the obvious answer would be 'no', it not exactly 'good' for any item when done artificially, but that's the choice of the owner.....natural wear, or accelerated wear.
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Distressing is just the appearance of regular wear and tear on an item. When something is 'pre-distressed', it's just had accelerated wear applied to a new item.
So, the obvious answer would be 'no', it not exactly 'good' for any item when done artificially, but that's the choice of the owner.....natural wear, or accelerated wear.
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So was I: that was the part of "I agree with Michaelson" ;-)Michaelson wrote:I never said it would. I was answering the subject title question, which was:
"Can distressing your gear actually be good for it?"
Remember? ;-)
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The rest of it was kind of complimenting on finding a non destructive way to get that distressed look. very creative IMO
Actualy, come to think of it I don't think this is distressing at all not actual distressing anyway....
Regards, Geert
For some folks there really isn't a choice. If you live in an apartment in the city and don't really need to wear gloves for daily activities then distressing is really the only way to get a used/worn look on a costume item.
I'm not really agreeing or disagreeing with anything. Just adding a comment.
Really nice looking gloves there by the way.
I'm not really agreeing or disagreeing with anything. Just adding a comment.
Really nice looking gloves there by the way.
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Understood. Guess you should have placed a period after your 'I agree' statement, as your 'but' continuation begged a question that I was not replying to, as I said.gwyddion wrote:So was I: that was the part of "I agree with Michaelson" ;-)Michaelson wrote:I never said it would. I was answering the subject title question, which was:
"Can distressing your gear actually be good for it?"
Remember? ;-)
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Your comment implied an agreement with conditions. ;-)
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I'd actually much rather have just used them to do yard work, but like you said - I don't really have any yard work to do. I already had the black and brown shoe polish laying around, as well as the leather conditioner. It all just kinda made sense.Cammer wrote:For some folks there really isn't a choice. If you live in an apartment in the city and don't really need to wear gloves for daily activities then distressing is really the only way to get a used/worn look on a costume item.
I'm not really agreeing or disagreeing with anything. Just adding a comment.
Really nice looking gloves there by the way.