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Thread: Glue for shoes
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17th July 2019, 08:36 PM #1
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Glue for shoes
Bit of a tricky one here...
I have a pair of dress shoes that are on their last legs, my regular cobbler says he can't do anything, but I'd like to try to save them as they're factory samples and I can't replace them. Is there any strong, somewhat-flexible glue around that will work on a very narrow surface (2-3mm wide)? Fortunately the damage is on the instep side, so it won't be super visible, just need something that will hold it all together.
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17th July 2019, 11:14 PM #2
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Thick super glue?
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17th July 2019, 11:19 PM #3
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Shoe glue
Is there any reason you wouldn’t use Shoe Glue. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/p...QaAhCCEALw_wcB
I’ve had reasonable success doing tricky repairs on my wife’s shoes with this glue. Not sure about your’s, the problem is the 2-3mm working surface.Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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17th July 2019, 11:34 PM #4
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I was under the impression that contact adhesive is the go-to glue for shoes might be worth a bit looking that up?
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17th July 2019, 11:42 PM #5
I would use a flexible contact glue, such as Selleys Kwik Glue: Kwik Grip(R) Horizontal - solvent based | Selleys Australia
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17th July 2019, 11:46 PM #6
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From what I can tell, the shoe glue is just contact adhesive, which really needs a decent size surface area to work. The reviews online for it seem to be less than stellar, but that's another matter...
Apparently, Loctite does a gel-type super glue so I'll see if I can get some of that to try.
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18th July 2019, 12:27 AM #7
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The best glue I find is polyurethane with the aid of clamps. Last longer than contact adhesive.
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18th July 2019, 12:30 AM #8
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As a former shoe maker the shoes have basically gone to God, as factory sample they were never made to last or be repaired, in my opinion
whatever glue you try will fail very quickly
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18th July 2019, 11:10 AM #9
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18th July 2019, 11:19 AM #10
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I had a pair of walkers the front toe was lifting on. Being cheap, I searched my glue cache and used this after cleaning the area with acetone. Outlasted the shoes.
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18th July 2019, 01:50 PM #11
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18th July 2019, 01:54 PM #12
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18th July 2019, 10:10 PM #13
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Well, I had a browse of the Bunnings glue aisle and came home with this stuff; cyanoacrylate based gel for porous surfaces.
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Initial results are promising, I was able to put a significant amount of pressure on the join after a 5-10 minute cure with no sign of it coming unstuck, they'll be seeing 8-10 kms of walking over the weekend so we'll see how the glue holds up.
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19th July 2019, 09:10 AM #14
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Hope you have a 'Plan B' in case you have a failure half way through your walk!
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18th August 2019, 08:49 PM #15
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I glued a ladies high heeled shoe platform with sixaflex. It has held for quite a few nights out so far. It dries like a hard rubbery material and is quite tenacious. I use it to bond all sorts of materials in my car service workshop.
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