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[StoneCircle]

r0cky, on Feb 27 2009, 10:43 PM, said:

If the mud is deep enough to go over the height of my walking boots, I will switch to wellies.  Same if there is standing water.  Hassle free walking then.

And what will you be decorating your wellies with?

[dvjj]

Acrylics will deffo work. post a photo when you have done them please.

[StoneCircle]

dvjj, on Feb 28 2009, 07:17 AM, said:

Acrylics will deffo work. post a photo when you have done them please.

Just ordered a small selection of eBay! Will post a piccie when done!

[pineapple-tea]

StoneCircle, on Feb 28 2009, 01:33 PM, said:

Just ordered a small selection of eBay! Will post a piccie when done!

As will I!  

Chuckley, your furring idea is awesome! I might have to look into it.

[r0cky]

StoneCircle, on Feb 27 2009, 10:55 PM, said:

And what will you be decorating your wellies with?

  Good question!  Will any paint stand-up to the assault of glasto mud though  

[StoneCircle]

r0cky, on Feb 28 2009, 05:04 PM, said:

  Good question!  Will any paint stand-up to the assault of glasto mud though  

I have ordered of ebay some acrylic paint and sequinned lace for around the top, so even if the paint fails the sequins will stay in place!
Pimp Your Wellies!!! Could be a great stall for those artistic folk in the Greenfields!

Edited by StoneCircle, 28 February 2009 - 06:56 PM.

[Funkfarley]

StoneCircle, on Feb 28 2009, 06:55 PM, said:

I have ordered of ebay some acrylic paint and sequinned lace for around the top, so even if the paint fails the sequins will stay in place!
Pimp Your Wellies!!! Could be a great stall for those artistic folk in the Greenfields!

Make sure you give yourself plenty of time cos as I said earlier...I painted mine with acrylics and it didn't dry.  I ended up scraping it all off and starting again.  

It may have been the acrylic, it may have been the type of rubber but it didn't work.  

Good luck with yours though...mine were an udder (Lol) pain in the ass.  

[pineapple-tea]

Actually, has anyone tried material paint?

Maybe I'll grab some nasty £1.00 wellies from Poundland and see if it'll work okay.

[daisylane]

i tried fabric paint and although it dried, it just peeled off before i'd even left the house. acrylics and spray paints don't dry (trust me, my friends and i have tried all these), hence why i suggested permanent markers as its the only thing we've tried thats worked.

[pineapple-tea]

daisylane, on Mar 3 2009, 03:14 AM, said:

i tried fabric paint and although it dried, it just peeled off before i'd even left the house. acrylics and spray paints don't dry (trust me, my friends and i have tried all these), hence why i suggested permanent markers as its the only thing we've tried thats worked.

Ah, that's a shame. I'm better with paint than markers!

Well, I'm going on the 'essentials spree' soon and shall pick up some markers. I've seen some permanent silver ones about recently that'll (hopefully) bring my wellies to life, along with the classic black markers.


Thanks for all your help guys!  

[Funkfarley]

pineapple-tea, on Mar 3 2009, 08:01 PM, said:

Ah, that's a shame. I'm better with paint than markers!

Well, I'm going on the 'essentials spree' soon and shall pick up some markers. I've seen some permanent silver ones about recently that'll (hopefully) bring my wellies to life, along with the classic black markers.


Thanks for all your help guys!  

Black and Silver!? COOL!

Post the pics!  

[StoneCircle]

pineapple-tea, on Mar 3 2009, 08:01 PM, said:

Ah, that's a shame. I'm better with paint than markers!

Well, I'm going on the 'essentials spree' soon and shall pick up some markers. I've seen some permanent silver ones about recently that'll (hopefully) bring my wellies to life, along with the classic black markers.


Thanks for all your help guys!  

Just got a silver one of eBay in case paint doesn't work!

[mr_bizarre]

I painted mine with the paints from a games workshop games kit, I think they were acrylic? That stayed on for ever!

[Julie McWade]

Success - after reading this forum and others I found out the best way to paint Wellies are to use a plastic primer like rustoleoum plastic primer or universal primer.  It takes a few days to dry matt and keeps the flexibilty.  Then you can spray paint with whatever spray paint or stencil with acryllic - as long as its not water based.

This lasts forever and if you want a change then start again!

[Woppa]

Better resurrection skills than jesus!