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How to customise Converse with sugru
You folks have been sending us some great images of your jazzed up Converse shoes so we thought we would give it a go and make a guide to help others do it too!
sugru is great for customising your Converses because:
- it bonds to most materials (including rubbers and fabric so you can customise or fix the fabric too!)
- is waterproof so will be fine in the rain and even a washing machine
- is flexible so will bend with your shoes
- can be mixed together to create custom colours
Kit
- Your Converse shoes
- sugru (1 minipack will do it but we have colour mixed here so have used 2 minipacks)
- Scissors
- Soapy water
- Tissue/toilet paper
Step 1
Cut open and knead your sugru.
To mix the colours, just knead the sugru in your fingers until the sugru is fully blended. You might like a marbling effect, if so, stop kneading whenever you like how your sugru looks! :)
TOP TIP: While mixing sugru, it will get quite sticky, don't worry, use dry tissue/toilet paper to clean the sugru from your fingers!
Step 2
Once you have the colour mixed, break off about half a mini pack and apply it to the toe of the shoe.
Push the sugru all over the toe cap then gently rub it to get a good surface finish.
Step 3
To get a great smooth and shiny surface finish, gently rub the sugru with your finger.
Remember to do the other shoe!
Leave them to cure overnight.
TIP: Use soapy water when rubbing to get a super smooth finish!
Step 4
It's the next morning and the sugru has cured and is good to go!
You could also try stripey/spotty/marbled toe caps - anything you like!
Have fun!
