Cobblers

[T i m]

Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice ('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole please?

I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

[The Natural Philosopher]

evostik is good there are however better ones - polyurethanes I think

Our cobbler sands all the shit off the leather before soling them with rubber by the way.

[Mark]

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[Roger Mills]

+1 That's the stuff!

[Brian Gaff]

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it for ages.

Brian

[T i m]

Ah, yes, I have seen them doing such (big belt sander)?

I hadn't thought of putting a rubber sole over the leather but that might be a good idea if the basic repair goes ok.

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

Thanks guys, I'll get some of that and give it a test on some old shoes first (and to get the feel of it etc).

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Cheers, T i m

[Andrew Gabriel]

I was walking around the City seeing several customers, and a piece of stiching failed on my suit shoes, leaving a large bit of decorative leather flapping around. Being as it was on the side right where the shoe bends as you walk, didn't think there was much chance of doing anything about it, but popped into a newsagent, got a small tube of superglue, and stuck it back on. That was a year ago, and it's still stuck, very much to my surprise.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

[Owain]

Creosote no longer cures colds and kills crabs.

Owain

[T i m]

Nope, too true ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

Hehe.

I love(ed) the smell of creosote, fresh Tarmac, petrol, whiteboard markers ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

Yeah, I've done similar even where the sole has separated from the welt and it's been fine forever.Not sure how well something that 'hard' would work over a larger area like a complete leather outer sole.

Cheers, T i m

[Nightjar]

ISTR I tried paint stripper once, many decades ago. After that I went back to the blowlamp.

Colin Bignell

[The Natural Philosopher]

I decided to save up and buy vintage brandy instead.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

I don't think Jeyes Fluid is as good as it used to be, either.