/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>397951
By all fucking means grace us with a pic of your worn out shoes

take them to a cobbler. Cobblers have glues, tools and techniques for doing this very thing. A good pair of dress shoes can last you for years if cared for by an expert.

No idea without pictures, but wild guess: shoe goo.

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>>397951
>>397954
Put shoe tree inside gimped shoe
Apply acrylic epoxy in gimped area
clamp toe/sole however you want
Win

>>397989
I'm not entirely sure what the sole is made of, but are you sure that the acrylic epoxy will be fine on the leather? Very concerned and new to shoe repair.

OT, but I'm so fucking tired of shitty shoes that put cosmetic fake stitches in their moulded soles. If they were real maybe the fucking soles wouldn't fall off!

>>397998
OP here, that is the first thing I noticed about these shoes. They were <$10, I don't plan on settling with them.

Forget the gluing the sole. Just leave it as-is and glue a couple googly eyes to the toe area.

>>398150
After these shoes have lived through a few repairs I will take you up on that idea.
Could anyone else offer some repair advice?

>>400079
Other than gluing, probably not. You could try sewing like better shoes, but it's probably not worth it. Like you said, $10 shoes. Meant to be replaceable, not last a lifetime.

Contact Adhesive. 10/10 works for me

>>397951

Use natural rabbit glue.

Get some fresh rabbit hides, soak in urine overnight, remove fur. Boil skin in water for several hours and strain the liquid onto trays. Allow to dry and collect the brownish leathery flakes you are left with.

All you need to do then is heat up the flakes until the liquify into the most goddamned amazing glue you will ever use. Your shoes won't be around in a few thousand years but the glue will be.

I was hoping to see some good answers ITT.
These things started falling apart after 2 weeks.
I remember seeing some kind of yellow/orange automotive gasket adhesive that was strong and flexible but I can't even remember where I saw it.
Hell, even if it didn't look good, I could still use them for river shoes for fishing and swimming.
Malwart, Always low value, Always

>>400206
yellow snot

Or you just use shoegoo like its supposed to be used

>>400134
Is this for real?

>>400229
a quick google says me that rabbit skin glue is deffinately a thing
but if its produced with urine? no idea

>>400134
Bushwalker?

>>400206


I know exactly what you're looking for, It's called nural 28, I use it to seal motorcicle cilinders, it's very useful and incredibly sticky, once I sticked a piece of aluminum to a piece of wood with it and I had to use a hammer and a nail to remove the piece.
I like it because its very elastic and it get's sticked very well, also it is waterproof and oilproof, and it can stand temperatures over 100ºC.

I would totally use it to fix your shoes, the only problem it's its price, its like 11€ the tube.

>>400258
PD: make sure to clean the parts totally and to sand them a bit to make it stick better, if you don't do this it will last less, and your shoes will break again

>>400258
That sounds like the stuff I was thinking of, but that was what the shoes cost. Guess I'll try shoegoo

>>400237
The urine is just to make the fur removal easier (urea is a common compound in hair removal creams).

That Man Made Home show guy made some and it was strong as fuck. Small amount of glue could handle tensile force of 2 fully grown men.

>>400244

Nope. But hide glue is pretty fucking strong.

I work in an orthotic lab, and we use Barge or Master's brand contact cement. If there's a Tandy Leather Factory nearby they probably sel it, but it's about $40/gallon, but they may habve smaller quart sizes.

Haha, spending more on the glue to hold your shoes together than the cost of the shoes themselves. They better be the most goddamn comfortable shoes you've ever worn!