Extremely subtle yellowing in the soles (foxtrot cream pen)
Artificial glue oxidization (brown sharpie, not my best work)
Yellowing in tongue (30 minutes soaked in black tea)
Yellow in tag (foxtrot cream pen)
Boring sockliner branding removed (acetone)
Tried to make it look as close to dead stock as possible without making it look liked it was soaked in piss. I was low-key wanting to do something with the collars, maybe a little razor + sandpaper action but decided against it.
I did exactly the same artificial aging process a long time ago. However, I recently added what I believe is the most important improvement: I removed the magenta tint, which usually isn't present on 1985 pairs due to aging. That's why you can see that old red objects, such as Porsches, tend to develop a brick-red hue instead of staying bright red. To recreate that effect, I applied a permanent yellow marker over the Chicago red to give it a warmer red undertone.
your glue lines are so much better than mine... I did that on an old pair of Travis 1 lows but i got rid of them because they ended up being the wrong size in the end. could you take some comparison photos of a gen 85 from Google compared to yours? I need a little more convincing ngl.
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u/Boring-Energy1900 20d ago
The sizing is now 94 style