Rub 'N Buff European Gilded Upcycled Ballet Flats Diy

Rub 'N Buff European Gold Upcycled Ballet Flats DIY!

Do you lot always detect a swell duad of shoes...but it's non a color you'd wear? Or produce you lot conduct hold around shoes inward the cupboard that are pretty worn out? Or you lot postulate a swell duad of shoes for a costume...but they postulate a novel color? This is a swell upcycled arts and crafts for making shoes final longer, move for a costume or hold upwards a color you'd wear! Using Rub 'N Buff to transform shoes into gold! This fun technique tin hand anything a steampunk or vintage feel...perfect for this calendar week of crafts inspired past times Downton Abbey.

I establish these shoes in addition to actually liked them...mostly. I honey the tooled leather look, I honey the shape, I honey the fit...but I volition never vesture this color. I'm similar batman, I wearing clothing inward black. I needed to alter them into a neutral color that I would wear. Yes, gilded is neutral. Stacy London taught me that on "What non to wear".

Supplies Needed:

Shoes inward postulate of an upgrade (leather or faux leather)
Disposable Gloves

Buffing Cloth (or napkin)
Rub 'N Buff

Rub 'N Buff is a wax based cream that you lot rub onto the surface in addition to and thence buff amongst a cloth. It shines in addition to is real permanent. It comes inward a multifariousness of metallic element shades. I picked European Gold for these shoes, it's around a rose gilded in addition to I honey it.

Begin past times rubbing a fiddling gilded wax on the shoes inward circles. Ideally vesture gloves in addition to move inward a good ventilated area.

Then gently rub amongst a cloth, I used a napkin. This removes excess wax, keeps it smoothen in addition to gives it a shine.

Compare the shoes now! Pretty subtle transformation, but a gilded shoe is a neutral that I volition wear.

Repeat the procedure for the 2nd shoe in addition to done! It takes less than x minutes to upcycle a sweetness duad of shoes thence you lot tin vesture them again!

Here's around other duad of shoes I did...they are Dansko wedges, they were a os color...and similar a shot they are gold! Totally subtle, but merely my thing!