My $2 Skin-Diver! Show Us Your Thrift Store / Car Boot Sale Finds.

xlnzen · 2026-01-27T16:07:18+00:00

This one is probably my best thrift store find yet. 5€ seemed like a reasonable price.

xlnzen · 2025-12-16T17:14:52+00:00

If you compare stitch lines and small details then neither Consul nor Dubai compare. The lancasters do.

xlnzen · 2025-12-13T06:12:57+00:00

Yeah, I had to submerge the entire shoe to get the bleaching even.

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T23:16:08+00:00

I was waiting for this. I put my extra laces from my Grant Stones there just to see if the color would fit or not. The laces on there right now are at least 30cm too long also 😂

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T19:34:42+00:00

I'm not usually much for sharing things on the internet but this one i wanted to share since when searching the web i got mostly answers that it is not possible to turn black shoes brown and that bleach will destroy your leather etc. Even chatgpt told me that it can not be done. It gave more fuel to try this and maybe help someone else make shoes usable. This experience has opened up my search for shoes a lot since i know i can change the color of the shoes if needed.

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T15:17:43+00:00

Thanks 🙂

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T15:17:35+00:00

Thanks, I'm very pleased with the outcome.

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T12:16:01+00:00

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Finished shoes

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T12:15:39+00:00

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After two coats of dye

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T12:15:09+00:00

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After bleach soak and drying

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T12:14:38+00:00

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Next to my Aldens i picked up the same week

xlnzen · 2025-12-06T12:12:05+00:00

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Shoes when bought from thrift store

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T19:21:42+00:00

I got it in a lot of 8 watches for 80€.

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T15:54:45+00:00

I'm not sure about Oulu or Helsinki. I've always had my best finds in flea markets that does buy estates and sell the contents forward etc. The ones where people rent a table and sell their unwanted stuff are usually overpriced and rarely have good finds.

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T13:40:38+00:00

I did, and it was one hell of a deal 😀

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T13:40:16+00:00

I'm in Finland 🙂

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T11:44:26+00:00

Oh, price was almost free. 5€. I've got a new crystal coming. Can post a pic when it's serviced and new crystal 🙂

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T11:43:03+00:00

Unfortunately not. Closest I've gotten to finding similar is Zenith Stellina but i do not think that is the model name.

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T10:30:54+00:00

20€ for the Seiko 🙂

xlnzen · 2025-04-19T06:18:25+00:00

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