Vick Almighty restores an absolute grail by getting his hands on an unreleased pair of the Nike SB Dunk Low “Freddy Kreuger” from 2007.
It’s rumored that only 30 pairs exist after Nike canceled the release due to copyright infringement and licensing issues. If you know, you know that the resell value on these can go anywhere from $20,000 to $250,00. However, these need some TLC before they’re anywhere close in value.
The goal for this project? 1. Bring them back to life, 2. Up the value, and 3. make them wearable again. Time to get into it.
Vick gets started with the upper by removing the laces and getting rid of the stitching to separate the shoe. Since they’re from back in the day, the glue is at a state where the upper pops right off whenever the stitching is removed.
Then, Vick works his way from the bottom by giving the outsoles a deep clean with the Stiff Bristle brush. Typically, Vick would find a donor sole to execute the restoration. But since it’s such a rare shoe, he’s going to keep it as original as possible.
After that, Vick first shaves off lint before using the Medium Bristle brush for the cleaning. As for the laces, Vick will leave them soaking overnight in a bowl of solution.
Before reapplying the midsole and upper, Vick needs to remove the old glue. While a dremel usually does the trick, Vick will use a heat gun, acetone, and cotton balls to get it off. Vick grabs a sharp blade to delicately remove the old glue on the bottom of the upper. As for the glue found on the green and red part of the shoe, Vick will use cotton boll and acetone to not risk messing up the material.
Once that’s done, Vick grabs the dremel and softly takes it to the brown suede part.
Now, it’s time to put on some new glue without getting any on the uppers. Before the application, Vick marks the center of both parts of the shoes with tape to line them up perfectly.
To ensure that this pair is wearable, we need to re-stitch them: cream thread on the outside and white thread on the inside.
It’s time to clean the uppers using the Reshoevn8r x OxiClean Sneaker + Hat Foam Cleaner, Soft Bristle brush, and shoe trees.
Once the shoes are dried, it’s time to lace them up.
Reshoevn8r sneaker cleaning products were clutch for bringing these back to life. Use code “Freddy20” to save 20% off sitewide at Reshoevn8r.com.
Remember, we’re giving away a pair of Air Jordan 5 “Metallic” Reimagined to one lucky winner. Subscribe to the channel, comment with your shoe size, and provide your Instagram handle so we can contact you if you win.
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These are one of the rarest Nike SB Dunks to never officially come out I'm Vic Almighty welcome back to the channel Today I had the dauny task of bringing These Grils back to life just by looking at Them you should know exactly what they Are but if you don't these are the Nike SD Freddy cougars from 2007 that got Completely SC grabed by Nike they say There's only about 30 pairs out there Making them extremely rare these can go Anywhere between $20,000 and $250,000 it all depends on the condition And the size however this specific pair Isn't worth quite as much so the mission Today is three things bring them back to Life up the value and make them fully Wearable again let's get to [Music] Work first things first I'm going to Pull out the laces and the insoles then Go straight to removing the thread from The midsoles in order to pop the uppers Right off these shoes and any dunks Really from that era are ready to Separate just like that the glue is so Brittle that once you get the thread off The soles come right off All right I'm going to start with the Easier part of this restoration first And that's the sols before I can do prep Workk I need to give these SS a good Deep clean overall they're in great
Condition but there is some Grime here And there so I want to get these sols Looking as brand new as possible Typically when I'm restoring older dunks Like these I replace the sols with brand New ones but in this case I want to keep The shoe as original as possible all Around that includes the souls plus It'll be really hard to find a soul from That era what do exact same tone for the Mols so the de clean is our next best Option so far so good while I have all My cleaning tools out I'm going to take Care of these zenil as well I'm going to Give it a good Passover using our medium Bristle brush some fresh water and some Solution real quick though the details Matter there's a bunch of lint I'm going To take care of it with this lint shaver Final detail to take care of the Shoelaces I'm pretty sure they're not That dirty but we still got to take care Of them anyway got some fresh water and Solution I'm going to put them inside Honestly just let them sit overnight It's not going to hurt the shoelaces Tomorrow morning I'll pull them out and Give them a good rinse and they should Be back to brand new all done with the Cleaning of the soles we still have to Clean up the uppers but we'll come back To that once the sols are attached these Are the original soles and foam I got to Wipe off all the old glue before I can
Apply new glue for this process is Pretty easy all we need is acetone the Heat gun and some cotton balls as I go I'm going to heat up the glue wipe it Off with the acetone and cotton balls Stay away from the dremo when it comes To these older Souls you don't need it Acetone and cotton balls will do the [Music] Trick we're done with the easy part of This restoration the soos are fully Cleaned up inside and out we removed all The Yol glue these are ready for some Fresh glue but let's put these to the Side and focus on the uppers now this is The the scary part for this process I'm Going to be using a sharp blade to Carefully remove that thin layer of old Glue the trick is to not getting any Cuts on the uppers otherwise I'm going To damage this expensive Sneaker the brown material was extremely Easy to skyp it peeled right off the Only area I did not hit the blade with Was the red and green fabric material All I'm going to do for this step is Grab some coton swops and some aone and Wipe it off So far so good but we're not done with The prep word I have to go in with a 60 Git Sandy bit to roughen up the material On the brown I'm not going to touch the Green or red fabric I don't want to hit The stitching on the strouble board all
I want to do is roughen up the material On this brown suede Prep is all complete soles uppers and The foam got all the old glue completely Off now it's time to lay down some fresh New glue using some bar super stick this Part I got to make sure I take my time I Can't get any glue on the [Music] Uppers all right so it's the next day Glue's been fully applied it's all cured I'm going to start sticking everything Together before I start I added some Tape on the front and the back same Thing with the uppers that's going to Help me make sure everything lines up Properly all around it's important to do That before you start sticking Everything together first I'm going to Start with the soles and the foam I'm Going to place it in there and start Heating it up I got to make sure Everything's locked in same thing with The Sides hey sorry in a meeting I was my Bad we're [Music] [Music] [Music] Done glue job is good to go everything Lined up nicely all that has to do to Make the shoes wearable again is to Reapply the stitching I got two colors Right here cream for the outside white
For the inside I'm going to start by Using the sewing all I'm going to stick The cream thread through the needle Stick it into the shoe then tie it onto The white thread and then we'll go from [Music] There all right so I'm done with the Restoration side of things this sneaker Is ready to be worn before I get on back To its original owner I want to make These shoes look as brand new as Possible on the uppers there's a few Stains here and there specifically on The back tab the suede area I'm going to Go ahead and clean these up using our Rejuvenator sneaker foam cleaner soft Bristle brush and a couple of Sho trees To help with the creasing for this Cleaning I'm going to be cleaning it in Sections starting with the toe box as I Clean it I'm going to Pat it down dry And move on to the next section [Music] [Music] [Music] Shoes are all dried let's lace them [Music] Up all right guys that's going to bring Us to an end on this full restoration on These Nike SB dunk Freddy's it's always A little scary working on these Expensive Sneakers but it's like any Other shoe to do this restoration right I had to remove all the O glue from the
Soul and the uppers went about it Correctly using the skying method after That I apply some fresh glue make sure Not to get any glue on the uppers laid It all down let a cure and then I stuck Everything together everything lined up Nicely overall then I finish it off with A good deep clean using our rejuvenator Products you can find everything we use In this video at ru.com use promo code Freddy2 to save 20% off but it's only Good for the first 25 orders also you Guys don't forget we're in the middle of Our February giveaway where we're giving Away a pair of reimagine metallic fives In your size all you have to do is Subscribe to the channel comment down Below your shoe size and your Instagram Handle so we have a way to contact you If you win thank you guys for watching This is Vic Almighty I'll catch you guys On Monday see you guys
