Arts & Crafts Oppo

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 09/17/2020 at 14:36 • Filed to: Alfa Romeo, alfa romeo 4c, Shoes, shoelopnik, heels, DIY, paint, paintlopnik, painting, Carbon Fibre, Carbon Fiber, modding

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Last night I took the carpet mats out of the 4C for a dusting and found the tub filled with debris.

Nevertheless, I thought it a decent backdrop for my first arts & crafts project in ages: Giving new life to some shoes that haven’t seen any action since Covid. Tall heels like Louboutins really show off a unique sole colour, so that’s where I got the idea—I know, so original of me.

Time spent: 4 evenings past kiddo bedtime.

I did sand down and fill in the worst wear and tear, but you can still see gouges. The paint is Angelus acrylic for leather, and most will recognise the colour from Tiffany. I’ve applied 3 full coats for an even appearance. Unless you’re less than a foot away, it looks convincingly original!

And here’s the bare 4C tub interior after a quick vacuum. The floor is quite scratched up so the mats are going right back in. Seems unavoidable, unless you want to put protective film over the entire tub interior.

UserNotFound > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/17/2020 at 14:54

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dang I like those, that’s a cool color combo

CaptDale - is secretly British > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/17/2020 at 15:53

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Very nice work! I need to get some carbon to play with. 

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > UserNotFound 09/17/2020 at 16:42

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Thanks.  Honestly my original plan was to get the red, but after reading about how judgey people can be on the implied branding I decided against it.  After all, it’s not me who ends up wearing it.

Jim Spanfeller > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/17/2020 at 17:23

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At first I assumed you had turned your floor mats into shoes.

Now THAT would be an interesting arts and crafts project...

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/17/2020 at 18:38

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Thx. It’s hard to get a good shot of the weave. Need a large, evenly distributed light source and the 4C’s tight footwell pretty much ruled that out. Be sure to share if you get into some projects with CFRP!

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Jim Spanfeller 09/17/2020 at 18:41

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That would make some real fuzzy shoes and the only special part of the 4C floor mats are the embroidered 4C logo.

But sure, if that doesn’t stop you from crowdfunding me.. .

CaptDale - is secretly British > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 09/18/2020 at 02:04

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Yeah I definitely will. I really want too make a double bubble targa top for my Vette for a little more head room. I think Carbon would be great.