The most trashed pair of Lost and Founds we have ever seen! The owner of these kicks wore them to the ground and tried to restore them himself, but ultimately it ended in a botched restoration! This led him to send his favorite kicks into the one and only Vick Almighty to save the day. In today's Customs and Restorations Vick will walk you through how to restore these trashed Lost and Found Air Jordan 1's!
When starting a restoration you have to have a clean base! The first step of the restoration was to properly deep clean it using the RESHOEVN8R Signature Shoe Cleaning Kit. This allowed us to remove all of the dirt, grime, odor and it also allowed us to reshape the sneaker. For the cleaning process Vick used the Soft Bristle Brush to fully break down the dirt from the leather material, but he was a little worried about the sneaker bleeding! The Lost and Found Jordan 1 has a history of bleeding from the red, so BE careful when cleaning these kicks!
After the uppers were all taken care of it was time to move onto the next part of the shoe cleaning and move onto the midsole and outsole. However, here is where Vick noticed the first issue from this botched resto. The white paint from the previous repaint had completely come off and went all over the sneaker... With that being said we just have to hope for the best!
The last step of the cleaning process was to use the washing machine to remove the rest of the dirt. The sneaker did bleed into the stitching unfortunately, but it was necessary to clean this shoe properly. Now if you or someone you know has a pair of Lost and Found Jordan 1s we do not recommend the washing machine due to that color bleed potential!
With the cleaning out of the way it was time to move onto the restoration. First Vick removed that dyed stitching and had to remove the rest of the caked on paint from the previous restoration. One tip Vick used in this video that you might not know is that UV rays can help remove oxidation on white sneakers and materials even without a unyellowing agent!
Now we move onto the repaint... As always the first step of the repaint is the prepwork. This is the most tedious, but important part of the job. For this we used sand paper and acetone to fully prep the uppers for a fresh new coat of paint. Once the prep was completed it was time to replace the stitch on the soles. Before we repainted the sneaker Vick chose to focus on a couple different details of the sneaker. Such as, replacing the insoles using an extra pair from the sneaker graveyard and removing creasing using the iron method!
The repaint was going to be the most important part of this project and the key to making this sneaker look like it was fresh out the box. All 3 colors needed to be repainted, so it was very important that Vick took his time and allowed each color to dry before moving onto the next color. Overall the paint job took a lot of time, but it transformed these kicks!
After just a couple of days these were ready to go back on feet! Drop a comment and let us know what pair in your collection you NEED restored!
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