Step 1 of the armor repaint project is to see how the new paint (see prior post) holds up on the boots.
I painted over the top of the existing VHT vinyl dye, without any prep.
It took a heavy coat to cover, the material was soaking in the paint. This proved to be a bad technique since the paint stayed tacky for over 12 hours. I was worried that it was never going to cure, but it finally did.
I love the color and the paint seems pretty durable.
Outdoor, overcast light (left new paint, right old paint):
Untitled by
daryl doak, on Flickr
Indoors (left new paint, right old paint):
Untitled by
daryl doak, on Flickr
Next step is to test paint one of the shoulder bells. Once that is done I will disassemble everything and repaint it all.