Dynafit Mercury sole rubber wear at toe temp fix

[swissiphic]

Here's one season tested mod that worked out not too badly for my two.5 season old, 300 day + mercuries. Lots of early season hiking in past few years totally wore off the sole rubber down to plastic at toes of boots to the point where stepping into dynafit bindings turned into a major hassle since the pins would close above the holes. I cleaned the area, scuffed it up a bit and added a few layers of regular old shoo goo as a test. To create a form i built a dam of duct tape to contain the fluid goo. After it dried i ground it down and shaped it back to factory spec. Worked out really good till now in spring. The fix held after many many bootpacks in lots of hard crust and icy conditions but then didn't survive so well in some sharp rock hopping bootpacks...one side chunked out...but, easy to fix, just grind it down clean and add more goo. Resoling is the way to go for a real deal repair but sometimes a skier just ain't got the time for touring boot downtime.

[gforce]

Nice work. Been using shoe goo to extend the life of road and mtn biking shoes too. Pretty strong stuff.

[rod9301]

This is why I only buy at boots with replaceable soles