Applying the First Layer of Paint: Custom Sneakers

Video Transcript

" What's up everyone? This is Raymond. I'm here with Expert Village. On this clip, we will be working on the black. What you want to do is apply a coat color. You want your first coat color white. This way the coat color is more pure. It really doesn?t matter you can apply a thick or a thin layer. I prefer a thick layer, it goes on faster. It does not need to be the neatest job. We will be going over it with the gold paint. Covering up the white. There's a reason why I choose this brush. Over here you might want to go a little lighter on the paint. You want to just pull the suede a little back. Like I said I don't even brush and hand paint the corners. Just get it under the edge. I don't want to get it on the edges. Then I'll have to just scrap it off. It will be more time. It's faster to paint it all. You also don't want to rush your work. Rushing your work makes it a sloppy job. You only go as fast as you don't have to go over it. What you want to do before you paint the suede, is push it back a little bit. Just so you can get up under it, for a more professional job."