Kronos.... Advice for Transformations and Fixes

Discussion in 'Tutorials and How Tos' started by Alucard77, Jul 22, 2014.

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  1. Cracka J

    Cracka J judas in my mind TFW2005 Supporter

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    not sure if anyone has discussed paint fixes yet but I took a chance today to fill in a few of mine. I love working with paint pens because they are usually quick and easy fixes for this type of thing, and the paint on kronos is very very close to what we sneakerheads like to refer to as "infrared". so I did a quick search for infrared paint pens which yielded this:

    My Jordan VI Infrared Transformation

    basically dude was taking a deeper red and wanting it to appear as the lighter, almost florescent like red. he used liquitex cadmium red medium hue to do his shoes. another quick search revealed that this is available pen form as well.

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    I picked up the medium hue on the way home and gave it a shot for a few little gaps I have. It covers really nicely and I'd say it's probably within a 5-10% (darker) tone difference of what kronos is. It's very close and really not noticeable unless you get very very close.

    There is also a cadmium red light hue I saw at the store that may be that 5-10% lighter difference you really need for a perfect match, but I'm very happy with the medium for the 4 bucks it ran me, and no more little gaps in the paint.

    If anyone is bold enough to try the cadmium light, I'd love to hear the results.
     

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  3. Zoot

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    Posted this in the Kronos thread and somebody asked me to post it here.

    I've been working more on cleaning up flashing and checking parts on my Kronos. Found something that was causing the crotch gap on mine so thought I'd share.

    Took the legs off and spread the crotch. Here we're looking sort of up at the torso, right side. Note there's no gap in the back side of the hip swivel ratchet assembly.
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    Left side... not so clean:
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    With the bottom piece off:
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    Ratchet assembly pulled out.
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    Here's the screw to tighten. No need to kill it. Tighten, check for fit, wash, rinse, repeat.
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    After I was done tightening mine as safely as I could I still had a small gap, but it was a lot less than before. I think the spring in mine is a little stretched out diameter-wise so it partially slips onto the edge.
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    But afterwards the crotch looks pretty darn good!
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