https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:52:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1119234 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 01:21:53 +0000 rebekahphoto 1119234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great! I am all for the DIY art. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1119072 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:30:23 +0000 catgirl 1119072@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are indeed! Stupid autocorrect! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1119068 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:28:33 +0000 Mochi 1119068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(Would I be Michigan? Gotta love autospell.) </p> <p>Glad you're having fun with the project. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118947 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:36:08 +0000 catgirl 1118947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies! I realize they look a bit moldy here but they do look better IRL. </p> <p>Michigan, no worries! It's therapeutic and better for my budget to do this kind of thing.</p> <p>As for the DIY I literally took a silver pigment ink pad I had for stamping and rubbed it all over the boot randomly. Then I used a bristle brush to smudge it around. It will probably wear off but I'm thinking either a fixative or silver foil paint could also work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118868 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:50:54 +0000 minimalist 1118868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So, can we get a daylight photo this weekend?</p> <p>No idea why, but this feels like such a happy project. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118821 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:55:54 +0000 vipanchi 1118821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks great! Very curious to know how you did it! Can you share a step-by step for future inspiration? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118815 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:52:12 +0000 gryffin 1118815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una - it's hard to see the detail, but&nbsp;they look a little like a short version of my charles david regiment boots colorwise.&nbsp; I love that kind of mottling.&nbsp; I find that finsh very versatile.&nbsp; I really like them.&nbsp; Very creative.&nbsp; Kudos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118808 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:12:25 +0000 ironkurtin 1118808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, what did you use?&nbsp; Not sure what silver pigment ink is - not a shoe dye? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118789 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:34:58 +0000 amiable 1118789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love, love, love! &nbsp;This reminds me that I've had a similar project on my "wish" list for a while - maybe after Christmas, I'll get to it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118755 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:56:02 +0000 Janet 1118755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look darn good -- great RATE effect and I've seen that on quite expensive boots. </p> <p>Reminds me, I have a DIY project I'd like to resume in the new year. I dyed an old pair of boots. They were a secondhand purchase to begin with, and a color I never enjoyed wearing, although very comfortable. I dyed them and the color is too bright, so I'm going to start all over again with a new color -- I just need to decide what. You've making me think I should perhaps go for a dark muted metallic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118743 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:24:50 +0000 Mochi 1118743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ETA I was truly concerned about navigating in high-for-me heels thru ice and snow. But it's not that high a heel for many women. I am not sure I would take a chance with waterproofing them, but that's just me. You could give them a try...and definitely stalk! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118717 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:35:32 +0000 Jaime 1118717@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love how they look - I hope it doesn't wear off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118709 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:13:16 +0000 Mochi 1118709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job, Una! I like them a lot and you got that distressed touch right.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sorry to make you feel like the Miistas are a problem. If you were willing to wear them as indoor boots, switching them out when you went indoors/outdoors, that would definitely work.&nbsp;</p> <p>And remember, I'm also not a talented heel-wearer.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118672 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:06:57 +0000 ramya 1118672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love love love... Now if I only knew where can I buy dyes in Norway </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118669 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:41:03 +0000 jayne 1118669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>love it, but I love bling! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118571 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:47:28 +0000 Nanabear 1118571@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great! &nbsp;I'm imagining&nbsp;them with BF skinnies or harem pants&nbsp;and a chic moto jacket. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118569 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:42:17 +0000 rae 1118569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I like it!! The mottled texture is awesome. Very Frye in the texture, I think.&nbsp;You are giving me ideas about golden booties... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118563 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:32:09 +0000 catgirl 1118563@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They were black but not a smooth leather though not suede either. The idea was to make them sort of mottled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118562 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:27:08 +0000 minimalist 1118562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hard to tell from the photo, but your description and the idea put a smile on my DIY-loving face. I'm guessing a daylight shot will show the color and texture better.</p> <p>If they weren't on the inside, I'd be tempted to replace brown pulls with something like silvertone tube-valve pulls. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118561 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:21:50 +0000 Greyscale 1118561@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it! What color were they before, solid black? You could probably do another coat without them looking too shiny but I can't tell. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/diy-rate-silvered-boots#post-1118552 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 03:07:01 +0000 catgirl 1118552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been coveting Mochi's silver boots but her warning about not being practical for winter weather had me worried.&nbsp; Enter my worn DV Joust booties, which are getting less play now that the Ugg Cortonas have arrived.&nbsp; I took some silver pigment ink and a brush to them, and here's the result.&nbsp; </p> <p>Terrible or terrific?&nbsp; I'll have to take off the little brown ties.&nbsp; They are more silvery than they look here; for some reason this looks like white.</p>