Name: evan

Message: How would I go about changing my red suede sneakers to black suede sneakers?

You can cover the red with a black pigment, fabric paint, or dye. There are several different choices that will work.

The best choice would probably be to buy a black suede dye, since it's specifically intended for your situation. Your local shoe repair store might sell it, or here's a link to one at Amazon.

Dye-na-flow is a fabric paint that is designed to flow like a dye. Many good crafts stores sell it, and it does come in black. Since black is a darker color than red, the black should cover up the red reasonably well.

The least likely choice would be to color in the shoes with a black fabric marker or permanent black marker. This would be more trouble than painting on a suede dye or fabric paint. A fabric marker would be better than a Sharpie pen, but even a Sharpie pen would probably give reasonaly good results.

Before applying any sort of color to your suede shoes, clean them as well as possible. Any stains on the suede may repel the color you put on, which would make the results not look as good.

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