I’m almost 60 and in the process of restoring some Griffey’s and Jordan 11’s. I find that your channel provides not only the best instruction and how to but you also do it in a manner that makes us feel like we are part of the family. Thanks for that..
After seeing the iceberg analogy a few times I think it has finally sunk in! I gotta stop obsessing with finishers and obsess even more with that prep! Thanks so much Dr. DeJesus! You're always a world of help!
Watching your videos has been hyping me up and even more excited for my business to start, waiting for most of my equipment to come in through the mail and I have a partner/investor to help the rest of my custom business
Best guy 2 learn from like I literally watch these while working he has given me amazing amount of knowledge next much I will have been at this a year and I am great because of this guy giving knowledge 2 beginners 🤘🏾
Your channel is THE BEST!!! You give great content and instruction. I have learned so much from watching you!! And you have great stencils!!! Keep up the awesome work!!
This is great info! I’ve done customs by hand with brushes, but ready to make the leap to airbrush. I also marine upon purchase the airbrush set will have instructions. However, do you have any videos with suggestions for air brush beginners? Or can you recommend another artist who might? Thank you, and I thoroughly enjoy your helpful videos!
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear Both. I've watched your video on supplies needed, very helpful. I've looked online at Harbor Freight's affordable model. However, I have not purchased the brush OR the compressor as yet. ( Money is always an issue, especially since I'm only customizing shoes for friends and family. I have not been brave enough to spread out further.) If you could give your most recent opinions on each purchase or suggestions on videos to watch, I'd appreciate it. Once I make the purchases, I'd like your best advice on videos for first-time users. By the way, I've been constantly encouraged by your various videos. Despite my being a relative beginner with customizing shoes, your videos are always interesting, intriguing, and inspiring! I love how you keep it energized and brief, while providing such essential information. You're knowledge and proficiency with your art have helped me immensely while bolstering me up for my next project! You are appreciated!
Great video and also great advice. Im still new to the sneaker custom business, but Im stepping into this new playing field with confidence after watching your videos. Thanks for everything💯✊🏾
Really dope video. I learned a lot had all my questions answered. I have two sons in cleats so I figured I'd work on customizing their cleats. Nothing looking good while handling business. I'll definitely remember prep,prep,prep most important. Light coats with ample drying time in between coats. And lastly take a break to make sure I stay on task. Thanks for taking time out to make this video. It was very helpful & informative. #salute
hey Pal!! I just finished the paint on a shoe. Just the paints done. I was thinking about using some adhesion promoter before spraying a matte finisher. Is that a good time to use adhesion promoter? if not, when? thank you!
No, adhesion promoter is applied right before you paint. Check out our most recent cleat video we dropped earlier this month for a super detailed walkthrough 🤙🏽
Hello, 2 questions. To paint used football shoes (or any used shoe) is sanding just as important as a new shoe? How do you clean and maintain the stencils so that they last as long as possible? Thank you
Yes always need to sand. To keep your stencils clean you basically wanna just wipe em and dab a towel or rag on top while the paint is wet so it can’t dry up on there
Great question! Id say thats totally gunna range widely from artist to artist on what they believe their worth is... A good place to start till you get more comfortable is to say these cleats are going to take me X hours (lets say 8 for example) and I want to make Y per hour (lets say $25) then you would end up at around $200
what are your airbrush compressor settings ? i am a newbie here just starting off All your videos are super helpful keep it up . For airbrushing how much PSI do u use?
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear wow what a quick reply thx! I have a problem with my compressor. As i set my compressor at 40 psi or even 57(max) it drops to 10-15. I dont know what to do any advice?
You shouldn’t need to go that high anyway, but sorta sounds like the compressor can’t keep up with that type of psi maybe due to connections with your airbrush or something
DE Jesus I have been watching many of your videos that I found initially from the Angelus website, just 1 question in this video: CUSTOM CLEATS | LV SUPREME BAPE | THE ULTIMATE PREP GUIDE I see that you do the deglazer first and then the sanding but in this one you use the sanding first and then the deglazer. Which do you recommend or it does not matter. I am only trying to learn to do some customs cleats for my daughters that they play softball, I am not a business just a diy'er
Make a video about how you make your airbrush stencils, or go more in depth with how to plan your customs or photoshop i.e how you find certain fonts to use or how you layer the images on top of one another to more effectively embody your vision before you ever touch the sneakers
My man, first if all I want to give you props on your Angelus feature! That's wicked man! Keep doing your thing! Thanks for everything you're doing for the game! Also, I just wanted to ask 1 questions for today. When you have a pair of Van's, and you want to spray paint them to save time. Do you use 2soft rather than 2thin in your airbrush? Or how would you go about doing that? What do you recommend? Thanks in advance!
Thanks bud! Yeah when airbrushing any fabrics, 2 soft will also do the job or replacing 2 thin since it will thin your paint out enough to run through an airbrush
DeJesus Custom Footwear ok if I go I’ll let you know. And sorry about that. My friend that I customize shoes with on the same email emailed you. I’ll tell him to get back to you
hi plz can any one tell me wot paint to get and wot to mix it with as i am strating off and dont want to spend that much money as i am just starting thanks ste
How often do you guys wear your own custom kicks? I've seen Sierato's vlogs and some others and you can see what kicks they rock. What do you guys wear on the regular?
What do you advise if someone just wants say initials and a jersey number on their cleats? I was asked for this on leather cleats. Would you just deglaze a small area for these, as I’m worried the topcoat will end up looking different to the factory finish. Seems overkill to deglaze the whole shoe? 🤔. Any advice much appreciated. Great content btw!
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Hey,i just bought that same sander, but i can't for the life of my find any of those sand pads with that fine of a grit. Could you point me in the right direction. I'm doing a pair of cleats for the my cause my cleats program as well and really loved your video, it helped me tremendously!
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear i have a cricut. And I usually buy my material from Walmart. But it's just a 7x10 sheet. I tried hobbly lobby for a 12x12 but there's is to thick to cut all the way thru
Mannnnn we made that pack just for you too. Haha still gunna be a bit, we sold wayyyyyyyyy more than expected so need to figure out how to build some inventory.
how much do you charge to paint a pair of cleats? do you have a personal email to discuss the price if I were to send you my soccer cleats. You do a great job!
How can I paint the soles of my sons football cleats ( the actual spikes and bottom of foot) they’re white and I would like to paint them gold before he gets them
so the adidas clear you did has a clothe texture but around the toe and lower base has a plastic ish clear cover over parts of it, do you sand that down to not exist? or just use acetone and paint over it?
Has anyone here customised a pair of Adidas Predator 18 SG? The material is some sort of flexible polymer coated fabric. Do I go at it with some 2 hard or will the slight flexibility make it crack to easy?
2hard only gets used on surfaces that have zero flex.. although I’m not familiar with the boot there’s not too many panels on boots that would have zero flex or that I’d be using 2hard on
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Which type of marker is that ?
@@Charan77777 where?
I’m almost 60 and in the process of restoring some Griffey’s and Jordan 11’s.
I find that your channel provides not only the best instruction and how to but you also do it in a manner that makes us feel like we are part of the family.
Thanks for that..
How valuable are Griffey’s? I have a white/black and yellow colorway
You guys always give the best tips and keep it simple to follow. Much respect
We appreciate the support 🤘🏼
Love all your videos! Would love to see what a past set of cleats looks like after they've been worn.
After seeing the iceberg analogy a few times I think it has finally sunk in! I gotta stop obsessing with finishers and obsess even more with that prep! Thanks so much Dr. DeJesus! You're always a world of help!
Absolutely !
Great video guys!
Thanks team!
Can't wait 🤩
Same!
Your videos really do inspire me to do more and better customs, I just can’t wait till I blow up on Instagram from all my hard work!
Keep it up bro! Rome wasn't built in a day!
Watching your videos has been hyping me up and even more excited for my business to start, waiting for most of my equipment to come in through the mail and I have a partner/investor to help the rest of my custom business
Dope !! Best of luck getting everything off the ground 🙌🏽
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear Thanks brother!
Best guy 2 learn from like I literally watch these while working he has given me amazing amount of knowledge next much I will have been at this a year and I am great because of this guy giving knowledge 2 beginners 🤘🏾
Any tips for painting on the synthetic materials that many cleats are made from these days? This process worked great for leather.
Same steps
Your channel is THE BEST!!! You give great content and instruction. I have learned so much from watching you!! And you have great stencils!!! Keep up the awesome work!!
Thank you so much for your support!
This is great info! I’ve done customs by hand with brushes, but ready to make the leap to airbrush. I also marine upon purchase the airbrush set will have instructions.
However, do you have any videos with suggestions for air brush beginners? Or can you recommend another artist who might?
Thank you, and I thoroughly enjoy your helpful videos!
In terms of recommending an airbrush or using an airbrush for the first time?
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear Both. I've watched your video on supplies needed, very helpful. I've looked online at Harbor Freight's affordable model. However, I have not purchased the brush OR the compressor as yet. ( Money is always an issue, especially since I'm only customizing shoes for friends and family. I have not been brave enough to spread out further.)
If you could give your most recent opinions on each purchase or suggestions on videos to watch, I'd appreciate it.
Once I make the purchases, I'd like your best advice on videos for first-time users.
By the way, I've been constantly encouraged by your various videos. Despite my being a relative beginner with customizing shoes, your videos are always interesting, intriguing, and inspiring! I love how you keep it energized and brief, while providing such essential information. You're knowledge and proficiency with your art have helped me immensely while bolstering me up for my next project! You are appreciated!
Great video and also great advice. Im still new to the sneaker custom business, but Im stepping into this new playing field with confidence after watching your videos. Thanks for everything💯✊🏾
Really dope video. I learned a lot had all my questions answered. I have two sons in cleats so I figured I'd work on customizing their cleats. Nothing looking good while handling business. I'll definitely remember prep,prep,prep most important. Light coats with ample drying time in between coats. And lastly take a break to make sure I stay on task. Thanks for taking time out to make this video. It was very helpful & informative. #salute
What type of cleats would you recommend to use whenever you start off customizing?
I’m a big fan of most of the Nike vapor untouchable pro cleats
Love your videos alwaus gets me inspiration to start customizing myself because I’m a big shoe fan
🙌🏽
Great video. Glad to see you guys back🔥🔥
Definitely doing my son's football cleats. Thank you for the tips! Followed,liked and all that! Off to your Etsy page. ✌🏽
Good luck! You got this
How do you apply the sand paper to the pad of the detail Ryobi sander? Thanks in advance! Huge fan!
Perfect
Thank you so much from France 👍🏾
And thank you for yours stencils
They are very helpfull
Any tips on how to reduce the appearance of brush strokes?
Such a great video. Thanks for every phantastic tip!
Thanks Lisa, always appreciate the support
7:40 haha I like what you did there
😉
hey Pal!! I just finished the paint on a shoe. Just the paints done. I was thinking about using some adhesion promoter before spraying a matte finisher. Is that a good time to use adhesion promoter? if not, when? thank you!
No, adhesion promoter is applied right before you paint. Check out our most recent cleat video we dropped earlier this month for a super detailed walkthrough 🤙🏽
Another great video guys, enjoyed it. Keep it coming.
Thanks fam appreciare the support!
how about some tips on customizing softball gloves. i want to do my cleats and glove. All the pointers and advice will be very appreciated
For the plastic part of the shoe!! Do you recommend adding 2 hard to the paint? When it comes to cleats
Good question. Been thinking about that too. Any tips guys?
Can I use spray paint from Walmart or homedepot? Just to start I don’t have a spray brush .
No unfortuantely it’ll crack right away when worn
Can Nike Phantom Vision or Mercurial (football boots) also be painted with angelus? Is it inevitable that the color fades and splits?
Sure can
Hello, 2 questions. To paint used football shoes (or any used shoe) is sanding just as important as a new shoe?
How do you clean and maintain the stencils so that they last as long as possible?
Thank you
Yes always need to sand. To keep your stencils clean you basically wanna just wipe em and dab a towel or rag on top while the paint is wet so it can’t dry up on there
Crisp n Clear..!!
AWESOME ANALOGY
How should I paint the bottoms of adizero 7.0/8.0 to last? Will the paint stick to the plastic?
Unfortuantely no paint won’t stick to bottoms!
Amazing, definitely gonna be using all these steps when I customize
This is really dope. I appreciate you taking the time out to help out the start up customizer (me lol). Very valuable information!
Great videos like always very informative I do have a question whats a good all round price to charge for some custom cleats?
Great question! Id say thats totally gunna range widely from artist to artist on what they believe their worth is... A good place to start till you get more comfortable is to say these cleats are going to take me X hours (lets say 8 for example) and I want to make Y per hour (lets say $25) then you would end up at around $200
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear Thank you for the quick reply on that.
Hi. Have you ever use uv sunlight pain? If yes Can it be painted with brush or air brush?
Is it a powder you mix in?
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear no I have solar drops. 1oz of neutral and 5 drops
Very helpful bro!! I see where I missed on my first ever custom. I appreciate the vids! And I love all the stencils I got from your Etsy account.
Glad you enjoy the stencils! Always great to hear that they’re working out fine
Brad Mundon how did u get the stencils I can’t find them
what are your airbrush compressor settings ?
i am a newbie here just starting off
All your videos are super helpful keep it up .
For airbrushing how much PSI do u use?
Usually we keep it around 35
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear wow what a quick reply thx!
I have a problem with my compressor. As i set my compressor at 40 psi or even 57(max) it drops to 10-15. I dont know what to do any advice?
You shouldn’t need to go that high anyway, but sorta sounds like the compressor can’t keep up with that type of psi maybe due to connections with your airbrush or something
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear every thing is tapped up with teflon i am not loosing air . It might be a problematic one
I would love to know what airbrush tools u use. I am planning on getting my first airbrush kit and would love to know where u would recommend I start.
This one will be super helpful for ya,
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Can you use the sandpaper without the detail sander? Is doing it by hand sufficient?
Yup totally fine!
Dope knowledge all round💯, definitely will apply these tips when I give this a go. Keep up the good work👌🏽, big ups from New Zealand bro
DE Jesus I have been watching many of your videos that I found initially from the Angelus website, just 1 question in this video: CUSTOM CLEATS | LV SUPREME BAPE | THE ULTIMATE PREP GUIDE I see that you do the deglazer first and then the sanding but in this one you use the sanding first and then the deglazer. Which do you recommend or it does not matter. I am only trying to learn to do some customs cleats for my daughters that they play softball, I am not a business just a diy'er
Can I use the sander for sneakers as well or manual only with the sandpaper?
Yup that’s how I use it!
Make a video about how you make your airbrush stencils, or go more in depth with how to plan your customs or photoshop i.e how you find certain fonts to use or how you layer the images on top of one another to more effectively embody your vision before you ever touch the sneakers
My man, first if all I want to give you props on your Angelus feature! That's wicked man! Keep doing your thing! Thanks for everything you're doing for the game!
Also, I just wanted to ask 1 questions for today. When you have a pair of Van's, and you want to spray paint them to save time. Do you use 2soft rather than 2thin in your airbrush? Or how would you go about doing that? What do you recommend? Thanks in advance!
Thanks bud! Yeah when airbrushing any fabrics, 2 soft will also do the job or replacing 2 thin since it will thin your paint out enough to run through an airbrush
Hey man. what do you think about a 2 min Tuesday for tongue tags? thank you for everything man
does acrylic paint work?
Angelus is acrylic leather paint. If you’re reffering to standard acrylic paints I would not recommend
U guys give great tips
Great video...incredibly helpful! How many coats of “phinish” do you typically do?
Usually 2 will do the trick!
Can the cleats be low end like cheap?, do I need to sand the cleats or can i just skip to the next step?,
Gotta sand
I might be in Chicago soon. Would their be a possibility that I can meet up with you at your shop for some questions?
Activated Customz yeah we can do that, never heard back from you the other day in your email bud
DeJesus Custom Footwear ok if I go I’ll let you know. And sorry about that. My friend that I customize shoes with on the same email emailed you. I’ll tell him to get back to you
hi plz can any one tell me wot paint to get and wot to mix it with as i am strating off and dont want to spend that much money as i am just starting thanks ste
Angelus paint!
How often do you guys wear your own custom kicks? I've seen Sierato's vlogs and some others and you can see what kicks they rock. What do you guys wear on the regular?
All the time! Gotta be a walking billboard. I’m on a vans kick right now so been wearing a ton of those lately
What do you advise if someone just wants say initials and a jersey number on their cleats? I was asked for this on leather cleats. Would you just deglaze a small area for these, as I’m worried the topcoat will end up looking different to the factory finish. Seems overkill to deglaze the whole shoe? 🤔. Any advice much appreciated. Great content btw!
Yeah you can just prep the small area, then apply your finish everywhere
Excellent. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. 🙏
Would you treat a pair of why not zero.1s like cleats?
Philly Fan yes I would!
sir do we still need to use Angelus finisher on Canvas shoes Like Converse?
I stayed away from cleats for years but here I am 2 years later on your video about cleats
Lol welcome to the dark side
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear lol
HEY DO YOU HAVE TO USE A ELECTRIC SANDER OR CAN YOU SAND IT BY HAND
does mixing the paint with the duller affect the outcome?
Yeah it gives it a more matte clean look
When you say heat set and dry time do you mean each layer or just the final layer
Badmon LaneO each layer
DeJesus Custom Footwear thanks heaps! Easily the best for tips and tricks on UA-cam 🤘🏽👑
hi, ive seen you using those bottles you keep your airbrush paint in, what are they called so i can buy them too? they look very usefull.
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Hey,i just bought that same sander, but i can't for the life of my find any of those sand pads with that fine of a grit. Could you point me in the right direction. I'm doing a pair of cleats for the my cause my cleats program as well and really loved your video, it helped me tremendously!
Yeah so all we do is cut up full sheets of sandpaper and tape it down
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear sweet! Thanks alot!
where can I learn to customize professionally?
Come to our in person course, The DCF Experience. Or we have nearly 300 free UA-cam videos you’ll be able to learn from
What are the best finishers for cleats?
You deserve way more subs
Can you look at my first custom cleat? My ig is customs.ms
Thank you!
@@maesvanderstok7518 Wow you nailed the burnt look
DeJesus Custom Footwear thanks:)
I need to learn PhotoShop!! That would help me immensely!
One of our first videos was a super simple breakdown on some of the basics of Photoshop check it out!
My football cleats are hard so should i use too hard or medium or too hard and medium plzz reply i know its been 2 years
You should do a full guide for beginners airbrush tutorial
Will you have any killmonger or black panther stencils anytime soon?
Is there a certain app/website/tool you use to plan and draw out your shoes?
Photoshop and/or procreate! We have a couple vids on each also
Great Vid bro!
Thanks fam appreciate the support!
It would be amazing if you did a "5 Simple Steps to Painting Better shoes" video about everyday shoes.
Definitely adding that to the list!
Where do you buy the material for your reusable stencils? The clear plastic
You can test out a lot of different materials for whatever cutter you may have. But we like Mylar the most
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear i have a cricut. And I usually buy my material from Walmart. But it's just a 7x10 sheet. I tried hobbly lobby for a 12x12 but there's is to thick to cut all the way thru
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear thanks for your response by the way. I missed your videos. Glad your back
What thickness of mylar do you use? I searched amazon and there's different sizes of thickness (ie. 4 mil, 6 mil, or 7 mil)?
Would you do the sanding on a leather shoe as well?
Lucas Fleming yes I would.
Bruh!!! I missed out on the Re-Useable stencil pack... When are you gonna restock???
Mannnnn we made that pack just for you too. Haha still gunna be a bit, we sold wayyyyyyyyy more than expected so need to figure out how to build some inventory.
Gotcha... I'll just keep checking back... Lol... Keep doing ya thang man... You're an inspiration...
But what if my cleat Is a hypervenom phantom 3 I’m scared to use grit paper would it damage it it’s cause it’s full of flyknit
You don’t wanna sand down flyknit, that can just be painted over
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear so I just skip the sanding step but doi I use the acetone?
Your favorite dessert 😂😂😂😂
Can you use LK topcoat on top of Angelus finisher or do they do the same thing?
Yup they serve the same purpose
how much do you charge to paint a pair of cleats? do you have a personal email to discuss the price if I were to send you my soccer cleats. You do a great job!
Sure do ! Contact@dejesusinc.com
When my baseball season starts I just may make my own custom cleats 😃
How can I paint the soles of my sons football cleats ( the actual spikes and bottom of foot) they’re white and I would like to paint them gold before he gets them
Unfortunately anything you do on soles in gunna crack instantly
@@DeJesusCustomFootwear thanks for your response bro. The difference between u and others .
Can you make a video on how to make very detailed paintings?
Great idea! More specifically what type of detailed paintings do you want to see?
DeJesus Custom Footwear for example the broly ones you did, or basically anything with small detail.
As always Top man bro
Thank you!
🥰 Awesome!
Can this prep process work on track shoes?
Definitely!
DeJesus Custom Footwear ok thanks it helps a lot.
The way you placed duller in front of the finisher and change focus from krylon to the deglazer 😂😂😂
Hahaha glad you caught it! Always intentional with the little details
Would love tips for wrestling shoes. Dont see many good custom ones.
Do you have to use the detail sander or can you do it by hamd?
You can go by hand
so the adidas clear you did has a clothe texture but around the toe and lower base has a plastic ish clear cover over parts of it, do you sand that down to not exist? or just use acetone and paint over it?
i’m literally working on the same exact cleat and idk where to start with that part, it’s holding me up
You don’t prep the clothe part. Everything else has to be prepped!
pls help what is an alternative for shoe water stain repellant
Has anyone here customised a pair of Adidas Predator 18 SG? The material is some sort of flexible polymer coated fabric. Do I go at it with some 2 hard or will the slight flexibility make it crack to easy?
2hard only gets used on surfaces that have zero flex.. although I’m not familiar with the boot there’s not too many panels on boots that would have zero flex or that I’d be using 2hard on
How can we just get the customs from you
Please help how can I fix a chip pic of suede of of my toe box
To be honest I don’t really do any restoration work but hit up our guy @vickalmighty
Awesome video
Thank you!
Could you do a about my life video to see how you got into custom shoes, and the hardships that came about it
We actually have a video titled “I used to be a horrible sneaker customizer”
talks a little about the life before!
thanks. I'll definitely watch it.
That's cool how you can do that
is it legal if i customize cleats and sell them without a business?
What about if you don’t air brush I mostly hand paint
You can still hand paint. I just think you get cleaner results with an airbrush