Painting an Entire Custom Sneaker Start to Finish!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thank you to every single person who joined in for even the slightest amount of time! Means the world to us!

[@tnq3882]

I fell asleep mid video woke up back to it so I have some Catching up to do

[@josiahaviles3319]

please dont take this vid down....

[@rescuedkicks9397]

Great video. It's nice to see all the hard work that goes into customizing or restoring shoes. Very helpful and useful video! Thank you!

[@kiciacoldspring1621]

I've been watching this straight through from start to finish, and besides your little food break, I didn't even see you take a piss break! Damn. You bad!

[@juliomariodumar8952]

THE GOAT

[@chefstevenmurry158]

10 hours of streaming this live is something special. Shows the time, effort and fun of doing art work. I plan on watching the whole thing and starting on a friends shoes Green bay Packers theme!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Glad you dig it! Good luck on em

[@blakericketts4662]

Dude you streamed for 10 hours that’s CRAZY!!! Good job man!

[@iluminblox2420]

Bruh nah what the hell bro, i skipped and thought im blind seeing him 4 hours painting with a brush on that goddamn shoe abd everything is still white and the end product... wtf

[@ShanelismX]

Hey man, hope you are alright! I am "stranded" in Turkey due to corona right now. And I try to gather some inspiration at this time. It is such a huge privilege that you show us all steps for this kind of art work! Just know, that you inspire people out here!

[@ryanrobicheaux3896]

Phew...ok, it took me 3+ days to finally finish all 10.5 hrs, but it was totally worth it. I’m not a customizer or even much of a sneakerhead, but your content is top notch. The attention to detail in everything you do is awesome, the explanations are great, and your depth of knowledge is seemingly endless. No wonder the premier paint brand in the entire sneaker game is a sponsor, but I can’t figure out why you don’t have 10x the subs, it’s crazy! Anyway, can’t wait for the sock liner video and the final pics to hit IG, keep up the amazing work and definitely do more of these in the future. Oh, and the interaction in the livestream was great...condiment talk, pizza talk, all of it. Great video.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Haha thanks Ryan we truly appreciate you hanging with us

[@flor7577]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear How about low cost shoes like 20 $ price ? What paint do you suggest me to paint, textile paint or acrylic paint ? Shoes are non leather and low quality type.What paper sand i have to use ? Please man give me some information about this.Thank you.

[@jaycruz3474]

8 hrs in! You should host a customizer battle in a live stream! Totally would be awesome if we can see how customizer will work with time limit

[@stratos9964]

Can you keep this in your channel? I think this is great example to customers to understand that custom shoes takes time and effort for a great finished product and why it cost a lot

[@pwebb1975]

Amen

[@Slothj_]

I started watching the stream from 20:00 and i had it on for the whole day, super nice

[@brucefarmer9991]

I enjoy your tutorials and me and my wife are getting ready to start painting shoes,love what you doing,id like to help a cause!! Stop the alienating of parents,kids need both parents!!

[@darnelldumas8902]

Great job Dejesus!! I seen the sincerity in your voice and message! your words and acknowledgment goes a long way! Great Job!

[@laurenlevy9668]

I loved the tip about laying down a base especially over darker colors for touch ups!

[@dajoker5400]

I swear u are the best teacher for shoe customizer on youtube, I've never seen more detailed shoes custom youtuber as you, well done 👏, I swear one day i will continue your legacy and be a great youtuber for my country in shoe customising on KZbin , you will get my support forever Master Dillon

[@wallacewhitney703]

You're one of my favorite custom sneaker artists on KZbin thank you for sharing your gift. You inspire me to one day custom shoes

[@mfundozwane4295]

DeJesus, YOU are a god at this bro. you inspire me. these are one of the best I have seen...

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thank you man!

[@chefstevenmurry158]

I'm still here after 9 hours in love the fact you showing mistakes in this. To show how to fix it was a A+ in my book thanks bro!

[@avscustoms2348]

I remember a while back watching one of your videos and it was the first time a customizer mention sand paper.....I always had a paint cracking issues thanks for being real ....its necessary

[@amandazamoraart8588]

I’m excited to watch this replay! Gonna take me a few days to get through it all but this is absolutely awesome. Y’all make some of the best content I’ve seen- legit.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thank you!!

[@janinesan999]

Are you telling me you take 10 hours to do a single pair of shoes!!! Damn and i was complaining the other day bc i was taking more than an hour customizing my first shoes so i just gave up😫 You have dedication man, RESPECT.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🤙🏽🙌🏽

[@karlharris7602]

Are you on IG?

[@gerardoayala4563]

Took me a few days to finish watching the video but it answered a lot of questions I had. Thanks for the info. Definitely appreciate it a lot

[@abeduenas6960]

Man thank you for this awesome video. Hands down the best one I seen on the subject. Worth every minute!!!

[@jeevasamanera3751]

u r doing great man its amazing that u share ur knowledge to all the new customizers!! no matter what keep doing what u doin bro!!

[@jasonmichaelrzepkadworowsk3607]

I learned from you how to completely restore and paint SNEAKRS! Thanks a lot and Jeep moving forward. You making a Great Job for all Bros out here.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 glad to help!

[@mastariale]

Wow...10plus hours, nice to see you took ya time and made a masterpiece...... amazing!!! Art takes time and you did great!!!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🤙🏽

[@TheAcostaProject]

I’m not sure if you’ll see this message but I’ve seen this video from beginning to end. It’s really helpful and entertaining.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@namelisnobody2849]

Started watching your videos and you inspired me to start customizing. I made my first pair already. I got good feedback on them but now that I'm done with them I want to keep getting better. Plz keep the knowledge coming!

[@rickardcooper6063]

I'm a year late but watched it straight through. Fastest 10hrs ever. Time Flys when you're having fun watching as well, apparently. You're the GOAT!

[@theartist5720]

1:18:22 glow-in-the-dark paint and best brand for stencil and vinyl 1:19:58 adhesion promoter/ 1:47:00 neon paints/ 1:51:54 what paint brush he's using and scuffs (doing off white paint) more on scuffs 2:09:00

[@swagmaster6937]

Started watching at 6:00 in the morning (pacific) and it was worth it

[@kooldesign4u]

I just started watching you about a month ago. And from all of the customizers out there, you are by far the best one, in talent and heart. I love sneakers ( long story)and recently have just found my way into air jordans. I do other things and probably wouldn't get into customizing for a living but am definitely looking into customizing a few for myself. While I'm waiting for my stuff, I am excited to do my first custom, which is actually a restore (as well) AF1 mid white.. It's going to be a batman and robin themed from the 60's. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. As of right now I'm only 2 hours into this video. Will definitely watch it all.

[@rasheenthomas3467]

What's good my guy I've been following you for some time now I'm very new to the world of custom kicks and you've been very helpful I really want to see how far I can go with the custom kicks business so continue to do what you do and I will continue to follow you once again thank you I've learned a lot watching your videos

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thanks Rasheed! Appreciate your support buddy

[@JamesOdysse]

Great job man love your work! one tip I picked up is the toothpick sharpening, never thought of that idea!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🙌🏽

[@muazmalik3373]

me at 2:30 am on a school night: yea lemme just watch this thing real quick before bed

[@pwebb1975]

Haha that would've been me in high school or even college haha 😄

[@xJulietDoll]

I watched this entire thing during my night shifts at work, learned a lot and took some notes for when I start doing my own customs. 😁😊

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Glad it helped!

[@aquilanewth8960]

You dum but

[@durgeshwaikar7148]

Can you share some notes?

[@nathalied.3590]

Stumbled upon your live and wasn’t going to miss this, even though I’m currently working on my second pair ever.❤

[@tdv0rtex998]

I was here all day and it was worth it. I love the shoes, I’m just starting off customizing shoes. I sell them locally but I’m hoping to start a legit business soon. U r a really big help to me. Good work keep it up man!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@brunoiniguez6148]

Your work is impecable. I just painted my first pair of shoes and your videos where extremely helpful. Thank you for this.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Appreciate that!

[@df5221]

The Technical name when referring to Cow Hide is " Hair on Hide" ( if it still hair on it.) Great job on the "Hair On Hide" look.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Interesting !

[@sinatra617]

This video helped me alot. The paint build up is something I wasn't aware of with me being very new to doing customs. I also learned not to bear yourself up if you put a little bit.of paint where is shouldn't be lol. I feel alot more comfortable trying to do a pair if these. Im starting them tonight 🤞🏻 sorry for all the comments. I should've just waited until I was done watching it until commenting.

[@lunar_moon5596]

Lol thank u for this and LOVED the part where your dad came on camera lol He has such a warm spirit!!

[@eazienapz9437]

I turn this in everytime I start to customize. Just finished it. I learned a lot. You should do more felt like we were customizing together. 😂😂

[@thewrightmagic791]

It's so amazing to watch your process, Dillon!!!

[@theartist5720]

1:12:20 question on 1 oz bottle coverage of Angelus Paint 1:15:40 question how to add material to your sneakers 1:17:00 question stencil issue and DRYING TIME

[@daishareynolds7490]

Decided to spend my B-day watching couple hours of this! Keep up the great great work man!

[@thewrightmagic791]

Oh I typically I just eat on my art desk and my husband just pops in to say hi and check out the shoes and I ask him for his feedback! Lol Go Brit!!!

[@gloriamedina4769]

I just started on this journey of customizing kicks and you’ve so far has been my inspiration!! Love your talent and your humbleness. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 For your wife ❤10 + hours 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 I can’t imagine the back pain for you 😩but when we love what we do we don’t care 🤣 I been trying to watch it completely but haven’t been able I watch a few hours and then comeback. Thanks for handing out all your knowledge!! Blessings to you and your family.

[@jlawjrco]

*hE dIdN't EvEn StArT pAiNtInG uNtIl FiVe HoUrS iN* Bro this is insane, it's awesome that you streamed doing this for 10 hours. Not sure if you take video suggestions but i think it would be awesome if you did a video showing how to mix all the colours for a bunch of teams

[@josuecastillo9780]

Watched the whole thing and i gotta say I ENJOYED to the ABSOLUTE MAX every second of this video extremely new to the channel and I can’t wait to continue experience the rest of this channels GOOD WORK GUYS KEEP IT UP!

[@robertacollier3745]

We need more of these in the future!

[@thecheez2436]

I really love this style of livestream/video. It's long, but entertaining and packed full of very useful information! I love how you are constantly answering questions, and I have learned a lot about how to do customs from this, and have my 5th ordered pair of white forces on the way 🤟

[@Pheseg]

This was dope man respect. Appreciate your time

[@laraforbes7106]

You’re a beast. I just finished the whole video and have been serial watching all your videos lol would you do another one of these live streams?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Yes hoping to do one this year!!

[@stellastockbridge]

I watched this back as I worked over a couple of days, I loved it! You kept me focused the whole way through :) I appreciate all the little tips and you guys are so relatable so it was great to see some of what you get up to in a day. Will you be doing another one soon?

[@jameskravits6223]

i have no idea how to do this i just hope by watching this it would be a sort of inspiration for me

[@eraagamerzz5426]

Dedication level : 100000

[@damarisrosado5253]

Working from home and watching your awesome live

[@EightOneCustomz]

I’m watching from the UK.. It’s 1820hrs here so I’ll try and pull an all nighter while I’m doing my first pair of customs

[@narekgrigoryan4963]

Hello I would like to know where from can I get exactly same primer spray like your? I think there was no on descriptions !😊

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Heres one! amzn.to/3Q0yL9b

[@sonniejohnson4142]

Might as well be real with myself and watch all ten bc my peeps are dropping off there kicks before angelus could send the dang paints...there confident in the kid ! Well mainly bc I paint rocks and I'm a nail tech so I'm about to throw this in the 🎒 but this whole custom ordeal for me really started from me wanting a dead match with my outfits and my checks and now I have a stack of boxed shoes that aren't mines just waiting..smh..I def wouldn't have been so extensive with the sanding w/o watching this! This is legit free Gems my guy!! You're giving us the game for free !!

[@shackpixx]

Oh Man. I just finished the whole thing. Thank you so much for that. I know, it’s a little late to comment below this, but better late than never. I‘m new into Sneaker Customizing and binge watch your channel. I learned so much just from this video. Big thanks, keep going 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thanks for watching!

[@rebeccajones9757]

That's awesome that you shout out your wife and parents for supporting you. I wanted to be a full time artist, but I didn't feel comfortable risking the financial security of my job.

[@marys9894]

Love how you mentioned that if we wanted to leardn to listen you blabing for 10 hours🤣 and here I am learning to do a pair for Christmas. Casually with cow/photography design

[@jesuslizarraga1716]

What do you recommend for getting the midsole white again? I’ve cleaned the shoe plenty of times with reshoevn8r but still not white. I am trying to restore some of my old Airforce as a fun project to get into customizing shoes but I heard you mention not to paint to midsole. What would you recommend?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Try some of the unyellowing methods you’ll see in @sophiesophs KZbin videos!

[@kartikarora5082]

So many of my questions were answered !!! Thanks..

[@billwlezien8859]

Awesome work. I’m glad I found your channel. I grew up in the NW burbs of Chicago, but, now in the burbs of Denver. Your work is helping me get some great inspiration for painting my golf and bowling shoes.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Aweosme thanks for watching!

[@angellebron6594]

Take your time, you're the man! We're here to see you

[@tone_bonegarner1986]

Using acrylic paint on Jordan 1s I know u mentioned using angelous brand but other people are telling me I can use other store brands is that true and if so are they okay to mix with each other on a project

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

I would say it depends on the brand honestly, angelus isn’t the only paint on the market.. however there’s tons of acrylic paints you would want to avoid that are much thicker such as your traditional folk art brand

[@anonymous_PR]

Thanks for sharing this video it took me 3 days to watch it completely, I will need to rewatch it to take some notes. For someone like me thinking to start without experience and money this video is really informative I have some questions like for example why you didn't put the drip swoosh stencil before painting the side panel with green? But I will rewatch it to take notes and put all my questions in one comment, again thanks for the great content this video is like a hardcore curse about custom sneakers I felt like taking a college class, but way better and more informative 💪🏼👏🏼 Gracias por compartir conocimientos y experiencias en el vídeo, el mejor contenido que he visto en KZbin sobre customizar zapatillas deportivas 💪🏼👏🏼

[@spookygrim4386]

I have a question. I’m doing a mid top shoe as well. I just wonder if it matters what kind of sand paper you use. I’m using 60 coarse.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Yup you want 400,800,1500. 60 grit is way way way way too rough

[@spookygrim4386]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear ok thank you for the advice I’ll definitely use those! I did use the 60 but, only went around once I hope that’s ok 😓😅. I also used acetone after but, I think as long as it’s that it will do.

[@simonediamante7556]

Love the video man. Here in italy i can't find this rust oleum products, what can i use?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Any other brand that creates an adhesion promoter will be fine

[@makayladuffy8779]

So cool watching this, I would love to watch some more of these! I painted a pair of shoes for a customer along side you while I was watching 💯

[@marivigomez9719]

Hi, i’m J.C. from Jaen , thank you for the channel!!! 👍👍👌

[@ACEBRICKER]

Good god the sound of the sanding

[@antondorsey492]

What do you use to protect the paint you've applied? And didn't hear nor see a heat gun?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Prep work is far and away the most important part, that’s what will determine if your paint will stick. Heat gun isn’t 100% necessary to ensure the paint sticks either it can just speed the process for certain parts.

[@anthonyartea5650]

Hey good morning, I have a few quick questions for ya, do you have any camouflage videos? And what is a good base color to lay down when doing a camo custom?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Really just depends on the type of camo you’re doing. I don’t have any a plain traditional army camo that you would handpaint, but I certainly have some on airbrushing a camo kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJS8e2itediUqZIsi=O3LxrH03rkY4MzfI kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYOngXmHhdaio5osi=b0plvvyTEhavfJ_4

[@anthonyartea5650]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear okay cool appreciate it

[@anthonyartea5650]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear so when you prep your paint for airbrushing do you use 2 soft and duller?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

@ no need for duller anymore, the finishers have improved

[@anthonyartea5650]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear just 2 soft so it can flow freely through the airbrush then right? Or is 2 soft considered a duller?

[@yaellan9465]

Hey, thank you so much for doing this live video, really helpful. I hope I can still ask a question, even though it's been 3 years since this video was uploaded😅🙏🏼 I would like to know, what do I do, if I didn’t prep the shoe in the right way. I only used acetone, and I already started painting some parts of the shoe. I want to remove the paint and start from the beginning, and use the sandpapers to prep the shoe. The question is, can I do it even if I used the acetone already on the shoe? Thank you.

[@1NicOfficial]

I’m new to shoe customizing and I was wondering How long after the shoe is done do you allow time to dry before applying the protective matte finisher?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

You always want to wait at least 20-30 mins between layers of paint while painting so I’d do at least that amount before finisher

[@1NicOfficial]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear ahh ok thank you, I’ve been doing art on canvas for about 2 years now and was just attempting to make custom Michigan wolverine AF1s for the college football championship, I’ve been binge watching you and sierato videos taking notes lol I’m nervous I because shoes and canvas are two different things

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

@@1NicOfficial you got this!

[@pablocrvzz2985]

It took me 4hrs in to realize it's a 10hr video 😲shoes bad bro bro👍🏾🇯🇲

[@moreno522]

So I noticed that the white and black air jordans, they have like a leathery look to them due to they are plain white or black. But if you have like ones that were manufactured with color then they usually have completely smooth leather. Is there a way to achieve this smoother looking leather in the regular white ones, so u get rid of the leathery pattern? Also i really appreciate the effort u did into filming the entire sneaker customizing. I 6 and a half hours in so far and still counting!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Nope you would want to just find the perfect base shoe you’re looking for

[@jordanlam8177]

Hoping someone can help me out! I'm just getting into shoe customisation but I was just wondering, during the sanding phase, does it matter if you sand in a circular motion?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Yup circular is the way to go

[@CustosDropKickz]

Didn't realize you should prep this long. I'm on my first shoe and only preped the right shoe for 10 min buly had lmao. Thanks for the video learned alot and you haven't even started to paint yet. I'm working on one shoe at a time. So the second shoe I will get it better

[@ge97511]

Can you use black Air Force 1’s? What color primer would you use?

[@demetriusbryson1706]

Appreciate You, My Brother...!!! I’m learning learning learning but are there any other brands of leather paints with more colors to choose from?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

I don’t think you’ll find a brand with a larger selection ... jacquard has some great options

[@droopd5323]

3am and I’m up learning from you💯..only customizer who breaks it all down..your Video answering all my questions..thank you for sharing your knowledge..very big help working on pink panther shoes while watching..my 1st time seeing or hearing about sand paper wish I would have caught this live..

[@si1entninj483]

Thanks for giving the game to people like me I always been a unique thinker I start my custom shoes real soon thinks to u showing what materials are best and must importantly how to use them bro I need my content for u

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Thanks for watching !

[@Strength_And_Fortitude]

What white paint would new recommend to cover a black/red logo on the side midsole of a new pair of running shoes?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

To be completely honest i never recommend painting midsoles as they almost always are made from rubber and paint/rubber dont mix well. So anything you apply is pretty likely to crack/chip/rub off quite quickly

[@Strength_And_Fortitude]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear THANKS FOR REPLY

[@Strength_And_Fortitude]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear if you were going to paint it, which white paint would you use?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

@@Strength_And_Fortitude I wouldn’t to be honest since I know it would crack. But angelus white if I didn’t have a choice

[@firefly3049]

Watching this a yr later, I’m curious would I need to do all the prep that you did in this live stream if I wanted to do a custom on my Doc Martin leather boots?

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Yes I would do that same prep if I were working on a pair

[@firefly3049]

Thanks, lol you got to me first on Instagram hahaha

[@crunch7623]

I’m gonna try and do and AF1 version of these! Tysm you helped me know the right colours and I was worried I’d mess it up

[@aquilanewth8960]

This video helps me so much that you

[@Dntmesswittx713]

Did you do the cow spots with the same colors and the same way as the cowhide

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

We covered the rest of the video here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYjUpZKdicemppo

[@itsamycamus]

can't believe you work on that table with not one drip!!!!!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Haha I promise this is just the filming table, regular desk never this clean

[@AJ-fr9iv]

get amazon prime and buy the angelous paint there i got no shipping cost it may not work again but u can try

[@barttroxler7980]

This was soooooo dope! Good for you!

[@AOD92]

Hello Dillion. Quick Question how do u know when 400 grit is enough to switch to 800 then the next? I'm scared I might over do it which i don't.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXqclHp5g76Vh5osi=diXDqEEl8XRCZIH_ I try to explain a bit more in this video. But there’s no perfect answer as every shoe will look different even sometimes your left shoe will look different than the right shoe.

[@AOD92]

@@DeJesusCustomFootwear Thanks 4 the info. Appreciate the help

[@bayblotternews4939]

Thanks For Your Honest Statement DeJesus/ And Acknowledging that there need to be peace. Most are completely silent about it. I am glad people of Latino Decent has spoken out a lot too in California...

[@K9didit]

You definitely have the right to speak on it you're human being and this is America baby!!!

[@CustosDropKickz]

In the middle of watching the vid. Can I ask what type of brush are you using for the the gray hair cow hide fur 😂. I like that style and want to try and replicate the style

[@sandrax4088]

Had been going through the steps with this video in the background 👍🏼 First time customizing shoes 😬; one question, the scotch brite left green residue and tint in the margins of the panels, I was able to remove the tint and residue from the panels but not from the raw leather margins and stitching. Any advice? I was afraid of a second round of the scuffing.

[@fumakage1654]

And I was just sitting here looking at one of many blank pairs wondering if I should start… Have a good collection and needed this stream to finally just start. Thanks. Worked „with“ you for about 8-9hrs. Will add you on IG. Need a break now. Appreciate you, your „team“/fam and the work. Working on creating customs and bringing them to more people here in Germany/Europe. Mad I didn’t find you earlier but glad I finally have. Keep up the work and vibes. Greetings from Nürnberg, Germany.

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

Cheers! Thanks for watching 🤙🏽

[@poopface9145]

WOW I did not know a custom shoe took this long!🤯

[@darealbullet]

I’m late but I had to subscribe 10hrs is dedicated!!

[@DeJesusCustomFootwear]

🤘🏽🤘🏽