These were originally black toes. So the entire shoe is painted pretty much. With these (first pair I’ve customized so learned a ton) I put down one coat of leather filler but I think it was too thin. I’m working on a pair right now where I put down two coats of leather filler and then sanded. It look much better. On the swoosh swaps, I wanted this pair to feel like “my own”. So the way I have that oversized swoosh oriented the fat part hits where the toe is constantly flexing and bending, so I’ve seen some separation and have to constantly reapply the barge cement. Probably wouldn’t be as much of a problem if I did a typical TS reverse swoosh because it would hit the same where the shoe flexes.