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09-14-2022, 03:15 PM #1Registered User
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Resoling boots and shoes?
I wear my soles at an angle very quickly. I have two sets of minty looking scarpa kailash with destroyed heels. Lots of runners and other shoes.
I want to attempt to resole them. My biggest hurdle is sourcing soles. Are there any decently priced retailers selling them?
If there are no good retail options, I have a line on a local wholesaler. If others are interested, I can set up a group order.
What about techniques to resole them?
I tried removing old soles and it can be quite a disaster with moulded soles. I am thinking of belt sanding the old sole flat so I can replace it with a simple sole sheet.
For the press, I am not sure yet. Maybe jig something using shoe forms and inflatable shims in a rigid frame to apply pressure to glue it all together.
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09-14-2022, 03:55 PM #2Registered User
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IDK if this will help or not, but you mentioned sole sheets which made me think of DH skaters gluing soles onto worn shoes.
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09-15-2022, 09:12 AM #3Registered User
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Footwear designer here. The glue used in production shoemaking is virtually indistinguishable from regular old rubber cement. Sand the old outsole flat, put a thin layer of cement on both the old outsole and the new layer of rubber, let them both dry for a few minutes, then press them together. It doesn’t take a ton of pressure to fully bond the two layers of cement, so any semi-hard roller (example: https://a.co/d/hczgIfL ) with some back pressure from inside the shoe will do the job just fine. Should be like new.
In the before times Vibram was actually going around to different outdoor events doing exactly this out of a trailer for like $10 a pop. Not sure if they still are, but it’s definitely worth it if you can find them.
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09-15-2022, 10:29 AM #4Registered User
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you say rubber cement but do you mean contact cement ?
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-15-2022, 12:22 PM #6Registered User
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i think " barge cement " has been kind of the go-to name for shoe repair but probably any solvent based contact cement will work
I've used latex based to Contact cement glue in WW kayak out fitting, it would get wet & fall off
also it didnt get you high
so you probably want a solvent based contact cementLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-15-2022, 07:15 PM #7
Speaking of this. What would be the best glue- strongest to reglue a pair of otherwise good Hiking boots? I had the sole come apart and separate on a pair of Columbia Hiking Boots- Coremic Ridge I beleive is the model of them. Some swede leather, some material and of course a molded sole (not vibram). I first tried some Shoe Goo to reattach just a small partial section. It did not last more than a few weeks. So I then did some Weldwood permanent bond contact cement next. It held a bit longer just kicking around in them, but was on about a 8 or 9 mile hike with them and ended up with the 2 soles pretty much tied to the tops with some string I had on me so I could make it back...
Maybe I did not do a heavy enough application of the contact cement, but they are hardly showing any wear- even on the heal. Do not want to just send them off to the garbage. So what is the next level of super hold glue that would work on shoes and hold as they flex and all? Something like a contractors glue??
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09-15-2022, 08:39 PM #8Registered User
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The idea with contact cement is to coat the 2 surfaces to be glued and let them dry so they are not sticky to the touch when you put them together they are suposed to stick on contact
if the surfaces to be glued are porous I would double coat the surfacesLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-16-2022, 09:35 AM #9
Thanks, I'll try the steps of coating both sides, letting it dry (maybe did not do that long enough either on first attempt), then double coat on the shoe bottoms as some of it is porous materials ...
Miss the old Italian Shoe Repair shop that for years was next to my parents business...
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09-16-2022, 03:10 PM #10Registered User
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Barge cement works really well. It even does a good job at patching bigger damage on tubeless tires. I did not get good results with LePage professional or whatever from home Depot.
So anyone else interested in purchasing soles? I can organize a group buy at https://www.labellesupply.com/produc.../repair/soles/
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