repair caterpillar shoes

[heavytull]

I have bought a brand new pair of shoes from caterpillar, but one of the shoes has been badly made. The upper leather side has been badly sewn to the sole at a part, so after some time the seams started to leave the sole at that part so as there is a growing hole between the upper leather side and the sole of the shoe. What I would like to do now is to stick it back by means of the appropriate glue type. But I don't know anything about glues and shoe mending. If someone knows the name I could buy it in a specific shop for glues around.

thanks

[Frank Erskine]

You'd be better off taking them back to the shop and getting a replacement or a refund, together with a bit of compensation.

[heavytull]

no i can't do that coz, i'm not living next to that shop anymore.

[Guy King]

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So take them back.

[Guy King]

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It doesn't have to be the same shop. Or you could just write to Caterpillar. Unless they're bootleg boots.

[Owain]

It doesn't have to be the same shop if it's a multiple retailer, but it has to be a shop operated by the same legal entity as was the original seller.

:-)

AFAIK most glues used in shoe repair require a combination of heat and pressure, so are probably best left to cobblers with the heat-and-pressure machine.

Owain

[Frank Erskine]

The point is that if you "repair" them yourself, Caterpillar will carry on selling duff gear quite happily. You buy shoes to wear, not to mend.

How was one of your shoes allowed to leave the factory badly finished? Because it's probably happened before and nobody complained.

If you're going to start mending new stuff, you might as well have made the shoes yourself from scratch. It would be a lot cheaper - but then you wouldn't have the necessary logo on them!

Once again, this seems to be the classic British trait of paying top-whack prices and being the least prepared to complain about shoddy goods/service.

[Derek ^]

But, but, but they were probably made by a 7 year old kid in Phillinesia, and if they get a complaint they'll chop his head off.

DG

[Guy King]

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Personally I'd be applying heat and pressure to Caterpillar and their retailer.

[meow2222]

BTDT, and its a waste of time. Even the heat & pressure pro glues just arent strong enough for it to last.

NT

[meow2222]

BTDT, and its a waste of time. Even the heat & pressure pro glues just arent strong enough for it to last.

Also it just takes too long. Caterpillars have 100 legs after all.

NT

[Jason]

From what I remember, Caterpiller (or "Cat") clothing and accessories were manufactured to extremely poor quality and design when it was first popular over ten years ago. It was a big name, plastered on shody tat. I'd never go near that stuff again.

-- JJ

[Codswallop]

I wonder whether gluing something that was stitched originally will last long, especially if there is flexing and contact with water. Shoe repairers use contact adhesives such as Evostik, and clamp for 24 hours if necessary. Might be worth asking the advice of a shoe repair shop as to whether gluing will work or whether stitching is possible or necessary.

[Guy King]

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Bit like JCB tools - and worse, JCB toys.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Lots of fakes around, too.

[heavytull]

It would probably cost so much that I'd better buy new ones

[heavytull]

hahha, that's the best idea

[heavytull]

so true

[heavytull]

ha ha , that might be true they are made in Viet Nam

[heavytull]

that's exactly what I'm wondering.