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Yeah, so how do I change these bad boys from camo to white? Spray Paint? Bleach? If so, what type of method, how many parts bleach per gallon of water, etc.

I want them to be white, at least on the stalling surfaces because I'm used to it from lavers. Edit: Okay, the mesh seems to be exactly the same as that of lavers. I summon Tom and Peng and their awesome abilities to change the colors of things!

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You're supposed to imagine them...lol Jk, oops, picture above now. Oh btw, I will be giving a full review on these shoes.
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play with them on a dirty surface until they become black and grey.

just rock 'em, miller. you'll look badass in camo. I feel like bleaching PLUS modification will really shorten the life of an already delicate shoe. The look phat as it is ;)
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i don't think there is really any way to do that chris. spray paint would make em too stiff and bleach would just make em looking crappier and deteriate the material
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i think you should keep them camo... not just for the fact that camo is cool on these shoes... but you shouldnt change them just for the sole reason that you want them like your lavers. you should keep them different!!! they rock!!! plus if you mod the top layer of mesh off the toes... you might find white mesh below that!
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PegLegHolly wrote:i think you should keep them camo... not just for the fact that camo is cool on these shoes... but you shouldnt change them just for the sole reason that you want them like your lavers. you should keep them different!!! they rock!!! plus if you mod the top layer of mesh off the toes... you might find white mesh below that!
I don't want to do this for fashion purposes lol. I thought it might be obvious by now, but a lot of bags get lost on the camo design. Having a white surface lets you see the bag completely as it hits your foot.

There is no usable under layer, even the 'canvas layer' isn't canvas. It's a really thin flimsy layer.

It's not that big of deal, I just thought maybe someone might know an easy, low-risk way of doing this. I'll still be able to play in em just fine, the visible white surface is just a preference that I'm used to.
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Superglue white notebook paper over the surfaces. :D
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i think you should keep them as is.. so taht when i come to watch your footbagging, i'll be like "HEY...WHERE'S HIS FEET? Its all camouflaged in!" etc... blah and ya, camo rox
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They do have white G-units for sale... :roll:

But yeah, totally rock the camo G-units. I really like the feel of the mesh on those G-units, although the arch support feels a bit weak in them compared to regular leather G-units. They're still super dope. Benjamin Marquart and Jeremy O'Wheel are the only two people I know that rock in those shoes.
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Wasabi wrote:They do have white G-units for sale... :roll:
Yeah, I'm not really into leather though. I've actually bleached Converse All Stars, and if you do it carefully it's no big deal. That was my only experience with it, so I figured I'd throw a topic up here and see if anyone else has had experience doing it. If I do decide to do it, I'll put up pics. If I decide that the risk outways the reward, I won't do it. But at this point in time I think it's entirely possible.
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you could make an all white bag (or any solid color) and it wouldnt get lost in the camo pattern.

sweet shoes btw.
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[quote=]"shredzilla"]Yeah, I'm not really into leather though.[quote]

and whips? yeah I know what you mean, the vinyl apparel is more comfortable.......hehehe! :lol:

how much/where are those camo gunits?
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You can get them on Ebay for $60 starting price. Well, had the first session in them yesterday. I really like em. They played especially well for new shoes. Clippers were nice, and the toes seemed fine too.

Also, they're a piece of cake to mod compared to lavers. You just do the standard laver mod, and then there's a lot of removal of this foam stuff that's stuck to the canvas. My method was pulling most of it off with my fingers, and then taking a teaspoon and vigorously scraping around the canvas to remove the rest.

There's a LOT of padding around the inside of the shoe. One place in particular is the tonge. So I cut that open from underneath, and in that spot there's just an easy to remove padded layer, and you can leave the really thin padding under that to make it just like la laver tongue. Around the heal of the shoe is more padding. On lavers that part is just leather. I kinda prefer the leather in that area, so I may remove some especially in the brocka area of the shoe.

Anyway, I won't give a full write-up on the performance until they are fully broken in. So probably a month or two from now given my current playing schedule (sparse). Here's a link from another player that got a pair recently too: http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=13764
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Well, I tried bleaching and that just didn't work at all. It stripped some of the die from the green leather parts of the shoe, but left the camo and the inner green cloth completely untouched. Amazing. Anyway, I wasn't like hell-bent on white, I really just wanted them to be a neutral color. So I took an oil-based paint Sharpie and colored them black. This didn't seem to have any affect on the stiffness of the mesh. And the bleach actually kinda helped break them in some.

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Whoah! those look sick.
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Sick kicks :) They look mad, specially with the camo line at the top intact, nice.
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