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How To Do Griptape Art With Nora Vasconsellos And Mob Grip

CCS2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions in 2020
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144K views · 7 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

CCS visits Nora Vasconcellos at her house to show how she uses Mob grip to build colorful custom griptape art on her deck. Made as a how-to for anyone who wants a grip job that is not plain black.

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Linked in r/NewSkaters as an example of how far a grip job can go, for skaters wanting to customize a deck.

“… Check out Nora on this video. She goes all out with the grip tape! …”

u/HarveyG93 · Full comment

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u/BluShine2020 · 3 points

There’s not really any type of paint that can give you a satisfying holo foil effect. I would buy some sheets of adhesive holo foil to apply to your deck, and then spray-on a glossy clear-coat to protect it. Make sure to test the clear coat on a small piece of foil first, just in case it causes a chemical reaction that damages the foil. For grip tape, you’re kinda limited by physics. You need a glossy surface to make make metallic foil effects visible. But grip tape is a matte surface, if your grip tape was snooth and glossy it wouldn’t grip! Even if you try to apply clear grip tape over a foil surface, it will just look dull gray. That said, it might be possible to paint your grip with some sort of iridescent glitter paints. It’ll be a different type of effect but mught still look cool. An art subreddit might be more help with that. You can also just cut-out holes and patterns in your grip to show a foil surface underneath. You might also like Nora Vasconcellos’ grip tape art [VIDEO].

u/HarveyG932020 · 3 points

No doubt! Check out Nora on this video. She goes all out with the grip tape!! [VIDEO]

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