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Started 6 months ago by Steve Gaspar
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Steve Gaspar
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Ok, Ok... So I know before I post this, I realize I am opening up myself to a hoard of critiques, so allow me to get the most common out of the way. WHEN BUYING ALL NEW HOLDS ISN'T AN OPTION - what is the best way to go about making those old holds new. My main problem is color. All my purples are a different shade, making them blend in with blue, black, and red, etc. The same goes for other colors. I have heard about people spray painting holds with a very light coat from far away without compromising the texture. Any suggestions? A specific paint mixture or technique perhaps? I need to get these holds to be the same color again!!!

Thanks!!
-SG

Posted 6 months ago #
Barth
Member

Steve, why does the color of hold matter? Am I correct in assuming you set using hold colors and not tape? Spraypainting holds just seems like a really bad idea to me. You could try selling what you have and buying new(to you) on ebay... just a thought.

Posted 6 months ago #
shawd01
Member

We have actually had pretty good luck with spray paint. darker flat colors work better then neon. We find that colors like black, blue, red, green, white, and purple work well. I can post some picture of some holds the we painted that have been on our wall threw at least one rotation.

Posted 6 months ago #
stoked
Member

If you have older type resin holds then an industrial style bead blaster works pretty good. Its like an enclosed sandblaster that shoots tiny glass beads. takes all that polish and rubber off basically a very thin layer off the outer surface of the hold and leaves them looking brand new. can't do it with dual-tex, and I haven't tried any urethane holds but I guess they would be too soft and get mangled, but has worked great to freshen up our old-school holds.

Posted 5 months ago #

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