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My cosplay character wears gloves most of the time as a precaution and protection for those around her.\u00a0 Since I don’t want to make or wear long silk gloves I had to think of something else.\u00a0 Going with a more masculine take on the character I wanted gloves that had more of a tactical\/military feel to them.\u00a0 The chances of finding them in yellow, naturally, was slim to none.\u00a0 Thinking along the same lines as the pants, I looked for gloves that were white and I could change the color scheme.<\/p>\n

What I found were Fox sport glove <\/a>knock-offs<\/a>.\u00a0 For those that don’t know, many products produced in China will come from factories that operate on 12-16 hour days.\u00a0 At the end of the day the factory stops producing the name brand and the workers go home.\u00a0 Then a new shift of workers come in and begin manufacturing basically the same product with only slightly different materials.\u00a0 The gloves I purchased were described as a military tactical motorcycle gloves and priced at about $12.\u00a0 The Fox symbol is clearly visible but never mentioned in the listing.\u00a0 When received the gloves have the Fox symbol AND the Fox trade name on the Velcro clasp.\u00a0 My biggest concern was the fact that I purchased the gloves from a Chinese seller.\u00a0 If they took my money and didn’t provide the product my savings go from 75% to 0 in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n

Once I received the gloves the next hurdle required a little research.\u00a0 Since the gloves contain a number of different materials in the construction, getting the coloring right was going to be tricky.\u00a0 There’s neoprene, leather, artificial leather, and plastic.\u00a0 I knew the hardest would be the neoprene and the most difficult would be the leather.\u00a0 Let me clarify.\u00a0 Neoprene is designed to be resistant to chemicals and liquids.\u00a0 This means getting it to accept some type of chemical solution to change its color would be insanely hard.\u00a0 It’s just designed to prevent that.\u00a0 Meanwhile leather requires chemicals to remove protective coatings, chemicals to change the color and then more chemicals to protect the new color.\u00a0 All administered by hand.\u00a0 While it may not be particularly hard work, it’s still work.<\/p>\n

The first thing I did was use a deglazing solution to remove the protectant coating on the leather.\u00a0 If I had it to do over I would not have bothered.\u00a0 The fumes where incredibly overwhelming.\u00a0 In the short time that I had the bottle open and was applying it to the leather I became light headed.\u00a0 And I only deglazed the leather on the back of the gloves.\u00a0 The leather\/suede palms were untouched.\u00a0 The fumes were so strong that I did a pretty half assed job of deglazing the second glove.\u00a0 I was more concerned with getting the bottle closed and the air cleared before I wound up drooling on the floor.<\/p>\n

This is where the wishful thinking comes in.\u00a0 After the deglazing I threw the gloves into the pot with my pants and shirt to be dyed yellow.\u00a0 I didn’t have a lot of hope for this because of the materials but I figured I had a second pair available so I could experiment on this on.\u00a0 The only part of the gloves that accepted the color was the leather.\u00a0 The palms and the back of the gloves came out an acceptable yellow.\u00a0 The stitching, ironically, remained white.\u00a0 The remainder of the gloves remained white.\u00a0 I had hoped the nylon type webbing would have accepted the color as well.<\/p>\n

With a large percentage of the gloves left to turn yellow I turned to the internet for ideas.\u00a0 After several google searches I could only find one real suggestion for changing the color of neoprene.\u00a0 Sharpies.\u00a0 Yeah, sharpies.\u00a0 Most of these sharpie suggestions also came from diving sites.\u00a0 Since divers tend to wear neoprene diving suits I was reluctant but willing to defer to their greater knowledge of the material.\u00a0 So after several drinks one night I grabbed my yellow sharpie and started coloring.<\/p>\n

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“Dying” process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was extremely happy with the results.\u00a0 While not perfect I am more than satisfied with the finished product.\u00a0 The yellow of the sharpie and the dye are different hues but I don’t think this is an issue.\u00a0 The webbing, when worn, shows some uneven coloring.\u00a0 There are areas of darker ink saturation and other areas that appear lighter because of lower ink saturation.\u00a0 The rubber and the neoprene colored extremely well.\u00a0 Those divers seem to know what they’re talking about.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned before, if I had it to do over I would not bother with deglazing and dying the leather.\u00a0 Given how well the sharpie worked I might think about leaving the leather white or coloring it with the sharpie as well.\u00a0 I am concerned with streaking the leather in this manner.<\/p>\n

I am beginning to think that Sharpies are a cosplayers best friend.\u00a0 Using them on the gloves, while the most extensive, is certainly not the last time I used their color changing capabilities.\u00a0 While sewing a patch onto a jacket I used a thread that only matched part of the patch.\u00a0 As I was sewing by hand this was hardly a perfect job.\u00a0 Once I finished I used a sharpie to color the thread to match the corresponding area.\u00a0 Making the work less visible and the costume more aesthetically pleasing.\u00a0 I can see them being used to touch up colors in other fabrics, leathers and latex where normal wear creates scuffing or chipping.\u00a0 Given the price I think purchasing a set with a variety of colors would be useful to anybody starting out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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