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alden distressing
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:30 pm
by jacksparrow900
how do you distress your aldens without ruining them
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:34 pm
by Holt
wearing them
on to the question....use a kitchen sponge..you know the green side and with the colory side yellow,pink,blue what ever..
it will do wonders..but go easy on it...a little by little....and use some pecards on them when finished.
best
Holt
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:43 am
by Weston
It's amazing what a pair of boots will look like after a couple weeks of wearing. You might find that they distress faster than expect, and will be looking for a way to preseve them. I'm with Holt. Wear them outside, don't coddle them.
Weston
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:56 am
by Mulceber
And if you want to distress them even more quickly, try going for a run while wearing them. That should get them nicely broken in. :junior: -M
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:56 am
by JAN
No doubt - sand them.
This is Indy-gear, not a fancy dress-thing. I´ve alway given my gear
H+LL - it´s surposed to look like it has been draged through same location.
So go ahead....
Best regards
JAN
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:02 am
by Holt
see..that's why I like beeing here in this community..there are so many different perspectives and different opinions here about distressing.
love the boots Jan.in fact all your gear looks great.
here the other day i was looking thru some pictures of you palying around in your gear at Indiana Jones.dk
looks great
Best
holt
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:27 pm
by JAN
Thanks, Holt
And You are right - a big part of the energi in this Forum comes
from the different angels of wearing/carring for gear.
Best regards
JAN
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:17 am
by TonyRush
JAN wrote:No doubt - sand them.
This is Indy-gear, not a fancy dress-thing. I´ve alway given my gear
H+LL - it´s surposed to look like it has been draged through same location.
So go ahead....
Best regards
JAN
JAN, what grit of sandpaper did you use on these? They look GREAT!
Tony
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:15 am
by Zach R.
I'm clumsy so pretty much the only distressing I've done on my Aldens has been at the toe area where I trip over curbs and bricks and whatnot.
But, I do say that wearing them is probably the best thing you can do, just don't be afraid to get them a little scuffed.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:18 pm
by JAN
JAN, what grit of sandpaper did you use on these? They look GREAT!
Thanks!
As I recall I used a 120 grain. At bit rough, but that was what I had at hand.
But the main part is to take it slow and easy working Your way to the look You want. Distressing is hard to reverse if You have been to hard on the material.
by the way... for a party I wore my Aldens, just "repaired" with some shoeshine. I was amazed how slick they came to look (for that evening only
)
Best regards
JAN
