Paint Pen on Boxing Gloves

[clryan5]

So I'm not sure if this is the right place to start this thread but it will be an IP success so I thought I'd try here. Laila Ali is coming to my school (University of St. Thomas) Monday to give a guest lecture. There aren't really any good images on Google to print as 8x10s so I decided I'm going to get my pair of royal blue Everlast boxing gloves signed. I have only used them a couple times and they are still in good shape. I got them for the boxing club here at UST but it turned out to be a joke if you were a girl so I stopped and want to put these gloves to good use. I can't use a blue Sharpie on them so I'm wondering if anyone knows or has experience with getting boxing gloves signed with a paint pen? I have a new Sharpie brand paint pen, but given my luck with them lately, I might buy a different brand this weekend. Otherwise I have 2 metallic silver non paint pen markers that work really well too. Sorry for the long winded post but between Ali being such a great female boxer that I'll never have a chance to get again and these gloves being $35 I wanna get it right!! So thoughts?

[bishop19]

I don't like using paint pens on gloves. they have to be prepped perfectly for a good auto & even then, they can run easily or smear if she smudges it while handing it back to you. I like gold on blue gloves & prefer the new gold sharpies that try quick. the gold elementz look good too but take a LONG time to dry as well so be careful handling it after she signs.on blue, you can also use a black sharpie, but make sure to push or flatten the tip to get a thick signature. thin black on blue doesn't look good, it needs to be thick to stand out. good luck, I missed Ali when she was here in A.C. last summer.

[clryan5]

I don't like using paint pens on gloves. they have to be prepped perfectly for a good auto & even then, they can run easily or smear if she smudges it while handing it back to you. I like gold on blue gloves & prefer the new gold sharpies that try quick. the gold elementz look good too but take a LONG time to dry as well so be careful handling it after she signs.on blue, you can also use a black sharpie, but make sure to push or flatten the tip to get a thick signature. thin black on blue doesn't look good, it needs to be thick to stand out. good luck, I missed Ali when she was here in A.C. last summer.

Thank you very much for the help! I'll try 1 of my gold pens on the gloves. Do I need to prep the gloves at all? Thanks

[clryan5]

Follow up question...do you use the actual Sharpie brand gold markers? If so think u could post a pic here of gold on blue? I'm thinking of going out to buy 1 of those so I don't screw this up lol

[bishop19]

everlast or cleto reyes gloves do not need any prepping at all.

here's a recent blue glove i got from Tim Bradley:

[bishop19]

Follow up question...do you use the actual Sharpie brand gold markers? If so think u could post a pic here of gold on blue? I'm thinking of going out to buy 1 of those so I don't screw this up lol

and yes, Sharpie brand markers or Walmart's Elementz/@home (they changed the name, but they are the cheap Walmart brand that you get 2/$1...believe they are called @home now). both work well on gloves

[clryan5]

That is the exact glove I have! I'm just gonna get both signed by Ali since she'll probably be the only boxer I go for for a long time. Thanks so much for your help!! I'm gonna grab a Sharpie brand gold marker this weekend at Target!

[JerseyInk]

If you don't have 30 minutes to wait for Elementz to dry, stay away from those. Rather use crayons than those.

[clryan5]

If you don't have 30 minutes to wait for Elementz to dry, stay away from those. Rather use crayons than those.

haha yeah I made the mistake of using those graphing the Timberwolves before a game and I think every photo I got signed smeared. Haven't used those since! Might try them again in the warm weather but we'll see! I need to get to Michael's to get some of their good "Recollections" markers