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Should I Dye these boots?

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damastax68
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I have Tecnica Agent 80's and was wondering if i should try dying them... I wanted to go for like a purple color... the green is a softer plastic and was just wondering what color it might turn...Click for larger image
Jul 27 2010 11:43PM
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Otter.
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say fuck it and go for it
Jul 27 2010 11:52PM
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damastax68
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Thats what im thinking, plus if it looks bad i can always dye them black...
Jul 27 2010 11:54PM
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AustinR_25
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I have same boots. If you do end up doing it let me know how it works. Was thinking about it awhile back too.
Jul 27 2010 11:55PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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You decide.
Jul 27 2010 11:56PM
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Ducky.
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I never got the idea behind dyeing boots. Whats the point?
Jul 28 2010 12:00AM
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damastax68
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I figure its a cheap way to mix up your outfit, stand out a little more you know?
Jul 28 2010 12:04AM
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Freshbakedbread
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i dyed my skates black and they came out purple and it looks like total shit. dont do it, just use some spray paint and a gloss coat over them. idg all the hype about dying stuff...
Jul 28 2010 12:10AM
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damastax68
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lol well ive seen peoples dyed items and they look awesome

Jul 28 2010 12:14AM
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Ducky.
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If you stand out, you better have some skills haha
Jul 28 2010 12:15AM
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damastax68
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lol im getting there, and i was gonna test the dye out on some plasticware first to see what it will look like

Jul 28 2010 12:16AM
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WillMurphy
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I just dyed my fulltilts purple
Jul 28 2010 12:17AM
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damastax68
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pic and or tips for dying?
Jul 28 2010 12:29AM
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WillMurphy
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im not at my house so i cant get you pics till tomaro.


What i did was get the hottest water in my house(the bath tub on its hottest water) and put it in a 2 gallon bucket with one packet of dye, and put the bottom of the boot in it
Jul 28 2010 12:40AM
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damastax68
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i think im going to find a big pot and boil the water to get it hot, how long did you soak them?
Jul 28 2010 12:45AM
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WillMurphy
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i think 45 min or an hour, the purple dye in that little amount of water worked fast
Jul 28 2010 12:53AM
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damastax68
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if you could id love to see the photos, before and after would be great
Jul 28 2010 1:37AM
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-Marc-
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use colored sharpie, as long as you use the right colors it looks sweet and its alot easier than diening
Jul 28 2010 12:07PM
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damastax68
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ive decided to wait because im gettin new skis soon and might wanna do a different color
Jul 28 2010 2:29PM
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JahJahBinks
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Same reason people get fancy clothes/cars/equipment, CAUSE ITS FUCKING STEEZY LIKE SNOWBOARDING
Jul 28 2010 2:53PM
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Rolfe
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if you put hot glue or tape over the green part they should stay the same color
Jul 28 2010 3:33PM
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damastax68
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my mom told me she would kill me if i tried to dye them in her houe...
Jul 28 2010 3:38PM
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Juice.Doctor
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this,
also if you wanna stand out, you can just put like random lines of hot glue on your boots, then those places wont dye
Jul 28 2010 3:42PM
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Rolfe
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go to home depot get one of those big flower pots that are like 15 bucks it only takes around five pots of water to fill them and you can fit both boots in it then put it outside
Jul 28 2010 8:53PM
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damastax68
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What do you guys think, doing one the bottom black and the other leave white...
Jul 29 2010 8:45PM
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damastax68
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color suggestions anyone?
Jul 29 2010 11:28PM
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damastax68
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Bump.
Jul 30 2010 11:17AM
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Raz.
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i dyed my skates orange and blue and they turned out SICK! heres what i watched too learn how, check it out


Jul 30 2010 2:34PM
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damastax68
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im thinking of dying one yellow and leaving the other white, i made this little edit quick to see what u guys think, im going to hot glue over the green to leave it there... they white part of the buckles may turn yellow too but im ok with that, i mainly was wondering what u guys thought of 1 yellow 1 white...Click for larger image
Jul 30 2010 3:10PM
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ARspinna
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just buy the spk
Jul 30 2010 3:19PM
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damastax68
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lol money, i dont have it...
Jul 30 2010 3:28PM
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