Restoring The Most Beat Up $20,000 1985 Metallic Blue 1's

[@bikashnath01]

You know it's a genuine restoration when the shoe is not found in the forest by the lake.😅

[@johnandrew00]

🤣

[@Benito722]

With roaches

[@acopperheart]

He finds them like that tho 😭

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

and 50 minutes 🙌🏻

[@ChrisB-k7b]

i HATE those videos. I love the real restorations.

[@nickp3173]

I cant believe the glue was still holding somewhat. The quality of nike/jordan brand has gone down so much over the years. It's sad, really. But damn brother, this was a ton of work. You killed it as usual. Awesome restoration!

[@johnandrew00]

Thank you bro. I need to know what they used. It must have been vibranium mixed in their barge cement

[@jimw6137]

Agreed. As much as I loved Vans I refuse to buy anymore. Way over priced and terribly inferior quality.

[@BORIS21610]

They used imported Materials from Europe, especially Italy kenda farben dyes also where penetrating dyes and not acrylic even though angelus is much higher priced than European penetrating dyes.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Yep, built their name on high quality, then starting cashing in on brand equity by reducing quality but keeping premium (or ultra premium) pricing.

[@jenaking775]

Back in the day people had to use actual skill making things. Now days, with technology, people have gotten too used to short cuts & no talent for how things should be made. Everyone is out for a quick and easy buck. With that being said, I love your video! You do a fantastic job. I can tell you really enjoy what you're doing. Keep it up!

[@lass0]

first came across your channel in 2015 when i was in 8th grade, just turned 22 the other day, glad to see my boy never switched up & is still restoring gems !!

[@NoLimi7R6]

I can watch your vids on repeat and be amazed every time i see the results! Restoration God!

[@johnandrew00]

Thank you bro !

[@kevinemery1177]

This was a masterclass in patience and professionalism

[@FlyingPirahna1]

To be perfectly honest, after all of the steps you had to redo, I started to have my doubts about the final product. But man, this ended up being a masterclass in learning from your mistakes and fixing them as you went, and getting better through doing the work. They look phenomenal at the end bro, great job!

[@yanijones2484]

Yeah, this is what I love to see. I love seeing the mess-ups and all the steps to correct them. I watched this video entirely with yawning or falling asleep. This type of content kept my attention. I wouldn’t mind watching more videos like this one. 🐐

[@ZwaaiHaai]

I really like you show your learning process and then correcting it as perfect as possible ❤

[@519eracing3]

Quick airbrushing tip to stop bleeding under the vinyl. Before spraying your color, do a light coat of white or whatever color is the backgroud color. That way, in this case, the whit is the color that bleeds under and seals whatever gals may be there. Then shoot your color. Great job!

[@tabbs1664]

I really enjoyed watching your restoration. I love how u kept your video authentic. Im glad you never skipped the mistakes. You explained your mistakes & corrected them. Learning curve for us all. Loved it ❤

[@jitendrakr]

This the first time I have watched your video. Your video came in my KZbin feed and I must say that it was worth it. Great job with the restoration!

[@wannagetstacked9093]

Incredible. Definitely my favourite video. Your perseverance and ingenuity are really inspiring. Your videos helped me set up a successful business that has provided for my family for nearly three years and changed our lives dramatically. Really grateful for your content

[@jeruzfin974]

Hands down the best shoe restoration out of all restoration vid in existence!

[@BigSparky1316]

Bro i have been following since 2016. Its crazy to think how damn good you've gotten at your craft. You put in the time and hard work and now have built a skill that gets you and your family paid real damn good. Even with me being a bodybuilder I wish I had a skill like this

[@azkyi]

love ur vids dude i always wanted to be a good sneaker restorer/had my own collection, and youve helped me with restoring tips!

[@dunksrnice]

Wow. You outdid yourself yet again and should feel proud. You have released many videos in the past, great and amazing ones, but honestly, this is one of my favorites to date. A bunch of trail and error and it shows the many set backs. Can’t wait to see more of these for sure in the future. 👏👏

[@treyalexander6049]

This is absolutely amazing!!!!!!! You killed this restoration!!!!! I’m definitely going to get you to restore some for me!!! So Dope!!!!!

[@EmJayi]

WOW! This is one of my favorite 1985 restorations by you , the attention to detail is crazy, to the 85 outsole to the 85 wings logo and much more. I love the fact that you used Maxio’s video to help you on this project

[@libertycan6959]

beautiful job truly amazing!!

[@PokeRelativity]

Holy S!*# it didn’t even dawn on me this was even remotely possible. Much less did I know this was a thing. I’m completely blown away. 🤯 Amazing job! Wow.

[@ChristopherIsIT]

Bravo. Nicely done restoration. Sad that craftsman like you don't the support your deserve. I'm very impressed with your restarting something even after you're practically finished the piece. Traits of a true craftsman. Keep going, bud!

[@artwittoyz6859]

Geez you absolutely crushed it man! Came out outstanding!

[@morganbrickwall7902]

I'm not into shoes but the craftsmanship is great to watch.

[@koyotestarrk]

Keep going brother you are truly a master in what you do!

[@micheleclifford8969]

Awesome Job ! And I love the Music ❤

[@michelmonier8489]

THAT is craftmanship.

[@larswillsen]

Oh man, I have several of those from my 80s rock star days haha (so did the a few known bands I remember) 🙂

[@deltajohnny]

What a difficult job! 👏👏👏

[@Restoration_Beautiful]

It was great, good luck 💚

[@Restoration_Beautiful]

😍 Your work was excellent. ❤

[@r7kelley553]

They turned out really good. I respect not accepting what you weren't happy with and trying again.

[@raelynnclinard]

first time watching a video with this content and i love the touch of including your learning mistakes. I'm impressed at the work you had to put into this to get the astounding outcome!

[@GingerVisionHouse]

This is the most unreal restoration in the history of sneakers. A benchmark set for a LONGGGGGG time

[@personalwatching9312]

Cool!!! Great vibe on this channel man

[@reneecarter6702]

Bro you are a master of your craft ❤ I love seeing a legit, perfectly executed restoration 👌🏼

[@kevinkev1530]

Great work, i knownit was a hard one, but now you got the experience

[@tsar-bomba2413]

This one was rough on you, but you prevailed in the end, great job

[@fredsimon6640]

Amazing. I’ve never seen anything like this before.

[@Kensivren]

You should definitely try to deconstruct a whole shoe that is not so sought out and put them back together. I think it would give you a whole lot of confidence to do it to a higher value shoes later on

[@cvcommunicate6311]

Bro is a beast !!! Fantastic job homie !! Iconic shoe back to life !!!

[@geoffkeough9728]

came out hella nice in the end bro. congrats!!

[@wilyukipak]

truly amazing project

[@colin82]

AMAZING WORK BRO!!!!! Greating from Italy💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@Jesselovespinball]

Some of my best work has also been some of my worst mistakes. A true craftsman can take a mistake and make it look like it never happened. Good for you for trying new things and going out of your comfort zone . Nice job 👍

[@minimarine77]

Bro, it's truly amazing how you learned this skill. Folks like yourself are special.

[@derfymen6537]

This is the best restoration I have ever seen

[@mikey3239]

nice work you have come a long way always look forward to seeing the next custom you do. keep. up the great content.

[@icustomskicks]

Wow you can really see the equality of the leather even in the video! Wish they’d bring back that quality again. Awesome work as always brotha!

[@johnandrew00]

I appreciate it bro. they definitely need to bring back this type of leather in sneakers.

[@chrissmith-no3bo]

I always say I'm not paying 200for pair of Jordans but seeing how much work goes into just refurbishing one pair I truly see why they expensive.... You did great job... I wish I can find my first pair. It was 1980 red swoosh...but I think I'd get it bblue swoosh this time

[@koont666]

Amazing talent, very brave to deconstruct completely ❤🇬🇧🇮🇪

[@Fixologist1]

Only one problem...they aren't my size! This was an immense and epic undertaking. Wow.

[@Phenix7945]

that looks fabulous

[@johnandrew00]

Appreciate it bro

[@greyhaircrafter]

I’m a tailor who is getting into shoemaking. See if you can get a tailors ham as a form to fuse the sock liner to the foam. If you can fuse it in the shape you will use it, the wrinkles will be less. Inside layers are always smaller than outside layers.

[@mauricelapointe1142]

WOW very good job.

[@robertmyers6329]

Bro is preserving history

[@beerandbrat]

i hope you saved all your final templates!!! great video

[@the.Witchcraft]

Make a foot shape from wood or polyestrn this helps when u shaping the shoe in place

[@paulwalton3637]

Love the chill beats is it a general artist or just generic music

[@rochyns8567]

My first Jordans were metallic blue! I copped a pair in back in '85 for $65! And they're worth $20K??? Great rebuild!

[@stevelambert3418]

John, just wanted to know if this was the hardest or one of the hardest projects that you've done? I understand that you have to have patience when doing this type of work but when you started making mistakes, you didn't get frustrated. Really impressed with your talent. What's even more impressive is that you're still young and have a lot more challenging projects to accomplish. Hope you keep the videos coming.

[@PinnacIeSaint]

Ya'know if you've got this much patience you should have made a full blown Krikut templet pattern just to see if you could make a full blown forgery. If it weren't for videos like these I'd never believed people actually pay $20,000 for a pair of shoes. I'm the $20 shoe guy. Back in high school one of my classes was leather works/crafts so this brought back a lot of memories. Seeing the number tag for the inside I was wondering why a stensil couldn't have been made with the krikut the same as the wing logo. Anyway that was just a thought.

[@thalstantrailwalker2393]

couple of small suggestions (nice work btw), make more economical use of your materials by placing them close together. then use a knife (not scissors) to make the cuts. This works for leather and when you glue the leather to the lining.

[@undergoddess]

also for people who watch this channel, this is his longest video! which means this has been the most meticulous restore yet!

[@lildirtnap1198]

mad respect

[@gustercc]

And he said, aye, just do it. *i see what you did there.

[@Nancy-y8q1n]

I think you did a beautiful job

[@Manuel_Z_Kayaks]

I WANT TO SEE A PAIR OF MANALO ORIGINALS!

[@STURDYSTANCE]

Unbelievable 😵‍💫🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@johnandrew00]

[@adamsmith8367]

You have the patience of a saint, well done they look amazing?

[@brendaowens2466]

Good job sir.

[@satarez5151]

"Which is more than enough for...certain occasions" IS CRAZY

[@oceanman3676]

Enjoyable video! How long do you usually take with these restoration projects in real time? Is there a big time difference between treating high-quality shoes and lower quality ones? And if possible can you maybe upload a full-length video with no speed-up next time? Looking forward to your future projects

[@johnandrew00]

A full length video would be 5+ hours. That’s only recording one shoe. It usually takes me less than a week to finish a pair. Yeah there’s a slight difference depends on the materials used. I need to be more careful with suede shoes

[@fishsquishguy1833]

Incredible work! Truly restored and not some cleaned up and painted. Just out of curiosity, what would something like these be worth restored to this condition as opposed to a “as new” unrestored originals?

[@johnandrew00]

I’d say around $1500 to $2000

[@calvinwomack2232]

I'd love to see you restore a pair of Royal Blue Nike Air Revolution 86's. My favorite shoe of all time.

[@rb0b836]

You’re the goat John

[@ZYXWVUQ992Q]

screw the 20 different methods you need to learn to do this, you have patience. patience is key for this type of work. when you had too much backing material, that would have been it for me lol. patience is its own skill.

[@Kickz_er]

love the content. respect sir

[@meinkraft2284]

Maxio6 started this trend

[@girligirlish1]

ngl i clicked on this expecting it to be you just thoroughly cleaning the shoes ect not literally remaking them by hand.. you get a like for all the hardwork

[@tinalawrence8807]

it's so frustrating when you have to keep undoing the same piece. I feel your pain x

[@alk3myst]

Yo, I got some shoes off the power lines! :) Great video.

[@shoesclean1]

You are the best

[@davidf.8497]

Just a great and detailed video. Thanks. One question, though, what's the glue you're using (brand)?

[@MalcolmWong]

Damn sick

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

bro went in on those : ) * an on foot would have been the nutz

[@joshuaayala3477]

nice job

[@sundrenchedinspirations1]

Hey Mr. Manalo, I have a pair of Air Jordan 11 space jam from 2009 and the air unit is shot. I thought about cutting a slit down the middle of the sock liner of the inside of the shoe to replace it as I’d prefer not to take the upper apart from the soles. What do you suggest?

[@DashDrones]

🎵 "Jason Manolo" 🎶 Oh no wait, was thinking of someone else..

[@johnandrew00]

🤣

[@willn8664]

For $20k , those sneakers should be able to restore themselves.

[@msheidiyodel]

29:31 😮😢dang that looked painful

[@kixtonjordan9521]

If you made patterns off all the pieces while you had the shoe apart you could basically create your own og aj1s

[@NhelMedina-q5u]

I can't imagine how you do this all stuff

[@MrIgnaxius]

Panalo ka Manalo 💪

[@sendforacar9323]

You should wet the leather before you iron and then set to dry under weights. You can use two pieces of drywall with weights on top.

[@TheTacoKing2]

Props for showing the mistakes too

[@rgb9795]

awesome

[@pninja24]

I have a pair of Griffey 96. Air bladder is toast. Yellow brittle and cracked. Can you get new bladders to restore them?

[@arilarkinlogan5730]

Nice

[@agusbudiman321]

The only thing u need is the polyurethane insole, the OG one. That's fire anywyay.

[@motorcopT2]

I have a pair of Bo’ Jackson’s signed cleats with sod still on the soles. Unfortunately the cleats have separated from the shoe exactly like these. I’m am scared to touch them. 😞