My daughter (4) helped me paint this. First time I’ve done a skateboard, I’ve been meaning to for ages because this board was crying out for more colour.

Process was simple:

• scrape the stickers off (this was probably the hardest part)
• lightly sand to get a key on the existing paint and smooth any gouges in the board.
• 2 coats of water based primer
• poster paints and sharpies for colour and design
• several coats clear polyurethane spray varnish
• allow it to dry fully, lightly sand and buff to get a smooth-ish finish

I’m happy with how it turned out, although I’ll give a bit more thought to the graphic next time. I didn’t have much in mind so just went with my daughter’s rainbow suggestion

original colours

I like how unique it looks now. I might grab a blank deck from the start so that I don’t have to scrape off the graphic.