Shoe heel repairs with mouldable rubber type material?

I have never had the courage to try and replace a worn down heel (I wear heels down severely) but it is claimed to work.

Cheers

Dave R

It is stocked by one of the pound shops.

I've repaired the heels of a couple of pairs of my wife's shoes by removing the worn rubber bit, filling the hollow spaces with 2-part epoxy, sanding the surfaces flat on a belt sander and then gluing on new trimable rubber heels.

Not really relevant but I bought a pair of brogues (I think from M&S), that looked genuine, with leather soles and rubber heels. What I didn't realise was that the sole was stuck to the upper rather than stitched. One day the whole sole came off, on one shoe and then the other.

Proper stitched brogues last ages and can have a half sole and new heel replaced (for a price).

For hot molded heels, of low density and so wear down quickly. I, when new, pre-emptively inject hot melt glue into the parts tha twear first and other proud parts. More hard wearing than the original material , and redo when required. No longer brothel creepers though, noisier

That would be the tricky bit. You can buy replacement heels, but they are expected to be stuck to a flat surface, as in the old days.

I’ve messed about with ShoeGoo (not terribly successfully) and doubt it would work for your shoes. I had some running shoes resoled by a company who did a very good job.

Send them a photo and they’ll be able to advise on the feasabilty of repair and the cost. It was about £50 for my running shoes.

Thanks. quite impressed by this video

As this is a frequently recurring problem with shoes, I'll try this method too.

Brogues would certainly be useful in some situations.

If I envision this correctly it sounds like quite the operation. I wonder if the Brogues would be more suitable for brothel visits?

Had a few of these done by cobblers in the past. Soon left somewhere on the trail.

Sounds impressive, though 50 quid would almost buy two pairs of the sandal type shoes I'm messing with.

You need to specify 'Goodyear Welted' but they would be likely more expensive than M&S

It only made sense for me as the shoes were high cost/low mileage shoes. Doesn’t really sound economic for yours.

Tim