Painting your skis

[Ragman]

Has anyone ever done this?

I mean with all the crazy graphics the big name brands put on their skis every year I was wondering if anyone ever tried it on their own?

I know my son would go crazy over a pair of skis with CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS on them in simple black and white.

If you have, please show us.

 

[Cannonball]

I've painted mine flat black with a can of spray paint. Nothing arsty.

 

[Domeskier]

I guess this is a thing:

 

[Puck it]

Plastidip. If you don't like it. It peels off.

 

[wa-loaf]

You used to be able to buy plastic skins to stick to the top of your skis.

 

[Puck it]

You used to be able to buy plastic skins to stick to the top of your skis.

http://www.epicboardskins.com/index.php?p=1_2_12_0_Catalogue-Skins

 

[RustyGroomer]

When I bought these beauties they were painted all black. I basically bought them to "restore" them to their original awesome rad topsheet.

 

[Puck it]

When I bought these beauties they were painted all black. I basically bought them to "restore" them to their original awesome rad topsheet.

You might like this shop.

http://retroskishop.com/

 

[Ragman]

I guess this is a thing:

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Those are pretty freekin cool looking!!

 

[Ragman]

You might like this shop.

http://retroskishop.com/

LOL the outfits in there look like what I saw RUDY wearing in the HotDog clip in another thread. Awesome.

 

[dlague]

http://www.epicboardskins.com/index.php?p=1_2_12_0_Catalogue-Skins

One of my sons actually did this. It worked pretty good until the surface scratches would break through the vinyl.

 

[Abubob]

You could do this: http://cgraybeal.blogspot.com/2013/02/custom-skisnowboard-topsheet.html

 

[BenedictGomez]

I've painted mine flat black with a can of spray paint.

Hideous graphics?

 

[Cannonball]

Hideous graphics?

Exactly

 

[Hawkshot99]

I painted a pair of skis this summer. But it was because I was making shot sk is and wanted to decorate them.
It was done with spray paint, and works fine for a shot ski but looks like it wiuld chip off and look horrinle very fast.

 

[moresnow]

I painted a pair of skis this summer. But it was because I was making shot sk is and wanted to decorate them.
It was done with spray paint, and works fine for a shot ski but looks like it wiuld chip off and look horrinle very fast.

Chipped spray paint may look bad, but depending on the original graphics it might still be an improvement.

 

[makimono]

Last year I painted up the Mach 5 Mono:



Used krylon Fusion for the white base and the red M...made a stick on stencil for the M and sprayed it...the 5 and Spritle & Chim Chim in the trunk are stickers done on an ink-jet printer with clear shipping tape over them, pretty lo-tech and those obviously didn't last past the second day. But the painted part is still perfect and I abused this ski all spring.

 

[Cannonball]

Last year I painted up the Mach 5 Mono:



Used krylon Fusion for the white base and the red M...made a stick on stencil for the M and sprayed it...the 5 and Spritle & Chim Chim in the trunk are stickers done on an ink-jet printer with clear shipping tape over them, pretty lo-tech and those obviously didn't last past the second day. But the painted part is still perfect and I abused this ski all spring.

The obvious advantage being that you never scratch the topsheet with a cross-up.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Last year I painted up the Mach 5 Mono:



Used krylon Fusion for the white base and the red M...made a stick on stencil for the M and sprayed it...the 5 and Spritle & Chim Chim in the trunk are stickers done on an ink-jet printer with clear shipping tape over them, pretty lo-tech and those obviously didn't last past the second day. But the painted part is still perfect and I abused this ski all spring.

Thread jack. You ever taken that board to mad River glen? Since mono boarders are so few and far in between I've wondered if they hassle monoboarders about being on a "snowboard"

 

[Not Sure]

Painted some old skis to look like the Blue ski , messed with my freinds for a few hours.