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I bought a pair the someone painted but i just happen to apppreciate a little yellow on midsoles more than most [to me it gives an old shoe character] so i tried scraping off the paint but when i got to around the middle of the shoe the paint went from light and flaky to really tough and smooth so i think its there to stay. Since the acetone is going to mess up the leather im about to just buy some white acrylic paint and retouch where i scraped off [which didnt look bad once i was wearing them but im anal so i wasnt feeling the upclose view]. Not worth messing up my leather just for the midsole because i have a habit of messing up entire shoe trying to fix one little flaw...Originally Posted by denverairforce
m tr4nch - interesting, and good to know. I guess I didn't mean to imply that I didn't think af1 midsoles should be painted, I just meant there are other ways of whitening them by getting them back to their natural state (whitening gel, and sand paper - which i've had success with even on the textured midsole of the af1). but it would make sense that paint would work ok because that texture probably holds it on there pretty well.
Topclassbubblah - the only other advice I have is if you use acetone, not only will it mess up the leather if you get any on it and let it sit for more than a couple seconds, it will also take the paint off the "air" and the line on the midsole, so be careful. and I guess I'm still confused; did you buy a pair of courirs that somebody else tried painting and it doesn't look good? or did you try painting them and they didn't come out good?
m tr4nch- thanks for the words of advice. the rubbing alcohol that i tried worked for the weak flakey parts but not the part that seems to have a superman grip on my midsole.