Has anyone ever painted skis?

[sylvain]

As a teenager I always fancied customising my downhill skis with a hot-rod flame job or something.

Now last weekend the idea has come back to haunt me while staring at the front of my xc skis for seven hours.

I think I would lightly sandpaper the varnish to allow the (spray can) paint to grip, then maybe apply some heavy-duty clear coat on top of it

Maybe I will go for a gator linear fade

Am I foolish to want to try this?

 

[cchris2lou]

why not ?

I am sure I have seen it done before .

 

[Pickle]

Give it a go. Flame paint jobs are sweet!!!! I had a club mate do my old aero helmet, quick paint job and lacquer over. Jobs a good-un

 

[tintin40]

staring at the front of my xc skis for seven hours.

:shock: And i thought i needed help

 

[sylvain]

I didn't just stare at them, I was actually skiing for that long

Think I will give it a shot

 

[scant]

surely you're totally on the wrong forum? :shock:

 

[sylvain]

not if i go for gator linear fade

i did search for retroski.com but nothing came up ...

grahame is planning to repaint his steel Ibis the same colour (dark brown metallic) as his Citroen DS

 

[gump]

not if i go for gator linear fade

i did search for retroski.com but nothing came up ...

grahame is planning to repaint his steel Ibis the same colour (dark brown metallic) as his Citroen DS

retroski, theres a whole brand to make use of here.

Gator linear fade would look cool, and those in the know, would know..

 

[wickedwheels]

not if i go for gator linear fade

i did search for retroski.com but nothing came up ...

grahame is planning to repaint his steel Ibis the same colour (dark brown metallic) as his Citroen DS

Try retroski.co.uk

 

[sgltrak]

As a teenager I always fancied customising my downhill skis with a hot-rod flame job or something.

Your post reminded me of this photo I took this photo of my skis about a month ago. Factory finish.