Shoe repair paste

Recently discovered my Clarke's shoes instead of having a solid rubber heel, they have a soft sponge coated with only two millimeters thickness of rubber coating. What a rip off.

The shoe repairer says he can do nothing with them.

I have a tube of shoe repair paste that came from japan. It sticks well, but wears down very quickly.

Any ideas of something I might mix in with the repair paste to make it wear down less quickly? Or some inexpensive adhesive that I could keep coating on the heels and would wear well ? Thanks.

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D. T. Green
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Google for Shoe Goo. You can get it from Amazon or Ebay. It comes in various colours and is both an adhesive and a filler. Use it *instead* of the stuff from Japan.

I have used it as an adhesive to re-attach the soles on some sandals - and it did a fine job. Others say that it's also good for building up surfaces, and wears quite well - but you may have to re-do it from time to time.

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Roger Mills

To be honest I would add some filler to improve wear resistance and reduce cost. Almost anything would do. Dry sand would be good, but you can use things like polyfilla or other dry decorators' filler.

Reply to
newshound

Yes.

And you can glue a piece of leather, rubber, whatever on the sole with the Goop.

My "butler" uses it for a wide variety repairs, it does not disappoint.

Jeff

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j

Can't see why you can't get a pair of replacement heels, cut back the existing ones the thickness of the replacements and glue them on. Evo stick impact or your Japanese goop.

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Dave Liquorice

Shoe Goo flows while it's setting up, so if you use it to fill in an area make sure the shoe is oriented so that the goo doesn't run out. Don't ask me how I know this :-(

Reply to
The Real Bev

A lot of that looks like an argument for shoes that fit properly rather than about the price.

Having spent a lifetime of wearing poorly fitting shoes - low and high priced - due to the slight oddities of my feet, I know very well that price is no guide. The best I have ever had were a pair of modest cost motorcycle boots about 35 years ago and the quite cheap specialist shoes I now wear. Even made-to-measure were not as good.

When it comes to care and repair, if there were a wearing-through-shoes Olympic event, well I would be their trainer. (Ha!) Even when I took a good pair to be mended well before terminal state, as often as not they'd doubt they could be fixed due to the way my feet savaged the shoes. And after the repair they would never be comfortable again.

So, very glad if two expensive pairs last you a lifetime. But not a universal experience.

Reply to
polygonum

Or do what he street vendors do in Turkey ... glue on an offcut of car tyre tread.

Reply to
Rick Hughes

I know I've seen instructions on that, I thought in an early Whole Earth Catalog but maybe it was in one of the CoEvolution Quarterlies, but as much as I've looked, I've never found the bit again.

SOmething about glue, and keeping the car tire piece tight to the shoe while the glue dries.

Michael

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Michael Black

I've tried it. I tried several coatings and they pealed off. I also had an expensive pair of boat shoes resoled only to have the leather tear. Unfortunately, I now just buy cheap disposable shoes. I once attended a vasc surgery conf and the diabetic lecture said they get diabetings to throw away their old shoes frequently. I had one old style pair of shoes form 1995 I recently decided to wear and the cobbler put nails that stuck into my heel. I fianlly threw them away and realised the disposable CHinese rubber-sole (most last from 3-9 mos and cost from $8-$30) shoes have their benefits, ie the old grass seemed greener than it was.

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