DIY Shoe Repair.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 เม.ย. 2015
- I get angry with programmed redundancy, when your shoe falls apart, when it should have lots of life left in it. Here is a fix to get more out of your shoes. ( English subtitles)
Me enojo mucho con la redundancia programada, cuado tus zapatos se desbaratan, cuando deben tener mucho mas vida. Aqui es un arreglo para sacar mas provecho de tus zapatos. (subtitulos en espanol) - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Im really pleased that I found your tutorial. I paid £70 for these shoes less than a year ago and the front of the sole chose to detach itself as I was walking upstairs. It is built-in obsolescence at its worse.
I thought this was just going to be a boring vid of someone sloppily gluing their shoes back together. Really great ideas!!!!
This is great. totally agree with you about repairing them instead of buying new right away. thanks for the vid
Great idea! There are many of us Americans also fed up w/ "programmed redundancy" (or mean time to failure) which has endless deleterious effects environmentally, economically, etc. I have at least 3 pairs of sneakers that are perfectly good save the soles falling off. Am bent on repairing rather than throwing them out. Thank you very much for sharing this video! Love your ingenuity!
Hi Philip, I am happy to see you are continuing your channel after years and that you are well. You have many good tutorials and thank you for making them. I have been repairing shoes , gluing and sewing them back together again for over 20 years now,... I used to try all kinds of glues... I found in these last years that PU glue (poly urethane) works very well for me, and sticks extraordinairy well to rubber, and is very resistant when it comes to water etc..
Protect this Man at all cost
Something I've discovered is that pretty much all nike shoes do this, but pretty much no reebok shoes do it, so I've been converted to reebok and I couldn't be happier, no more soles falling off after a year. I have many reeboks now and not one of them has even started to fall apart. Reebok is the answer.
But this video has tremendous value and I enjoyed it very much. But now it's not an issue for me after discovering the quality world of reebok 😁
Thank you for the video, I'm always excited when I see you've posted a project video :)
Cool. What do you teach in Minnesota?
***** I teach math, and a little mechanical drafting. I'm always up for learning a new angle to things, which is what I love about your channel.
Excellent. You are very skilled. I can only imagine the sky would be the limit with sewing skills like that...and that too with home-made tools. Hats off!
U r very very genius u r very talented
Another cool video from my favorite urban engineer! I hope you and your family are well!
You missed a final important step.
You run a thin line of Shoe goo or similar product over the groove and it will seal over the thread to protect from abrasion. It will last even longer then.
Yeah. And not only that, it will make the holes water-proof as well.
Thanks a lot for sharing. You made my comfortable shoes last much longer.
That's wicked. Love the music in the background too, very chilled. The ambience around you reminds me of my grandparent's house because they had a cockatoo in their kitchen.
First vid I've watched for you and I instantly subscribed , respect my dude!
Very clever! It´s much better to fix something than just buy another. The environment thanks for this kind of attitude. Thanks for sharing this great video and greetings from Brazil.
Well done :D. Something that may also be useful is to use a sewing spur for perfect stitch spacing. Walmart and crafting centers usually carry them or you can make your own with a drill, small coin, and round file to clean it up. sealing the stitches in an adhesive like freesole afterward can also prolong the life of your boots or shoes :)
welldone to you. 🙏🙏👏👏👍
Thanks a ton man for the tutorial! Can't afford to buy more shoes!
Excellent tutorial!!! Thank you!!! 😊
Awesome video, I am watching this from mexico.
I too hate the way industry is fooling all of us. Very interesting, will follow your steps. Thank you a lot!
Good to see some practical videos again, your video editing tutorials are great, dont get me wrong, they just arnt for me, l enjoy them all regardless including Frogo.
That sewing trick is awesome! Saved me lot a of hassle
That’s a good idea. Shoe Goo by itself doesn’t last long enough.
My friend returned from a long journey through the Caribbean and the Philippines. If he had watched this video, he would have solved his problem. Thanks to the author!
Good demo , well done buddy
A very informative, very useful video.
Similar, but your way is 3x better than what I had came up with on the stitching part. Very nice, I'll need to make some adjustments.
Thanks for an excellent way to save my good snow boot.
Stupid suggestion - repair them before they come apart, also use waxed thread - great vid btw
This was a good video. I stiched my ripped football boots (not hand egg). It held out. Thanks man. Great video.
+Aznaldo1 . Good to hear !
Além da importante parte prática em recuperar os sapatos que ainda estão bons, a "questão filosófica" por trás dessa ação é ainda mais relevante. Parabéns pelo vídeo, sou um fã da sua filosofia. (abraços do Brasil)
muito bon.
Very nice video thank you very much
Genius! Wow. Thank you.
Didn't recognise you. Like the new look, and another cool video.
Thanks for this video mate!
Repaired my cricket shoes today, reckoning I saved about $100 in the process.
Excellent.
Thanks for making this video.
great video mate! keep rockin
Great job, thanks for the video.
You are welcome
Another great video, to fight waste and make your funds go further.
Hey Real Mythril, nice to hear from you. How are your miniatures going?
Doing well, not able to do as many because of the worsening of my disability, but still enjoy it when I am able. Hope you and your wonderful family are all well and happy.
Great tutorial Philip! I have a pair of MBT walking shoes that are falling apart and a new pair is > $200! These are rocker shoes with a "sensor" (i.e. foam pad) in the heel area. The foam disintegrated after I walked in some puddles - talk about planned obsolescence. The parts are no longer available so I can't get them resoled. I'm thinking I can peel back the sole, glue in some foam, then re-attach it. I don't think sewing would work since the cushion squishes every time you walk on it. I would appreciate your ideas and I can upload a few pictures if you're interested.
Greeting from Perú, Southamerica. Nice videos!! :)
Excellent, I will use waxed string. Now I can fix my boots👍
from america and i think your comment at the beginning was funny. youre creations are awesome and please dont listen to stupid internet trolls. 👍
Thanks for the encouragement :)
Yes, the dyi awl is a great tip ;-). If one has leather working tools, this would be even easier... a proper awl and leather working needles would be perfect for this project.
In my quest to learn how to repair my shoes, I found a video in which a cobbler showed a collection of some of his tools. One was a hand tool for sewing shoes. The tool had a spool of thread in the handle. Basically a handheld sewing "machine" for shoes. Pretty danged clever!
Your channel is simply interesting.
sos un genio, te amo!!!
Greetings from Venezuela. By the crisis all this videos are usefull. Thanks a lot. Best regards.
Gracias hermano, Amén. Saludos...
Thanks!
Well done mate... Stick it to the man!!
Repair not replace is the way forward.
I came for shoes, however mine are broken in a very complicated way, they will need to go to a show repair person, but I managed to fix a leather carry on bag this way, so success!
I like this tip, I myself like to be frugal and get my use out of shoes and boots etcThe end result looked professional and strongly repaired.Don't close your Chanel just ignore the haters
You are a genius
As an American, I say "F--- the shoe companies for designing crappy products". Yes, i share the same philosophy: Why enrich corporations who practice Design Obsolescence?
I bought an Awl for five dollars at Harbor Freight Tools. That would be a lot easier and quicker with an Awl. Great idea if you can't afford an Awl. I really like your poor people ideas. I'm building a foot powered scroll saw based on your video. Only have the blade to start with. Going to make a cardboard one to make all my measurment mistakes. Then make a pattern from that cardboard after I'm sure I have it figured out correctly. When that's completed I will make that small foot powered lathe.
Thanks Sir
Excellent tutorial. I just started learning leather crafting. Your stitch method emulates a sewing machine stitch which works. Maybe Investigate the two needle saddle stitch. I think it is easier ( It is for me now because I have been practicing) and actually stronger because you have two threads in the completed stitch instead of the one. Thanks, enjoyed the video.
Videos like this are the real solution to reduction in global waste! Excellent stuff here, so many positives here!
Agreed. I call it the paper cup mentality. Not only is fixing your stuff better for your pocketbook and the earth, but you also get a great feeling from taking something that's "junk" and making it work again.
I totally agree about the good feeling thing.
Awesome tutorial!
One of the worst things I see in shoes is when it looks like this has been done, but has just been glued on
Yes indeed.
Love Aussies, you get what you see, great tutorial video, no worries😁
Thats a good idea with the wire. I have seen a few people make the bodkin into a hook like a crochet hook and then use that to grab the inside thread each time. I have got a stitching awl which was about £3 which does the same but has a hole not a hook and becomes the only tool needed . Those speedy stitch things are nothing more than that with a spool on the bottom and a screw on the side .
I have done something similar with sneakers. I used dental floss for sewing thread and big sewing needle that came with a sewing needle kit the first time, and a couple regular sewing needles the second. They break if you apply sideways force, but I have found they go through the rubber sole with no problem if you put enough force behind. Use something hard from the inside, like a thimble, I have used the inside of my thumbnail, which after a few times developed a hole, and just prop the head of the needle on the table or ground and push the shoe down from the outside.
mil gracias por sus tutoriales!!!, me podrias enseñar a hacer una horma por favor!!!!.
Thank you for the tricky tutorial. Planned obsolescence indeed. I have 2 pairs of barely-worn shoes that lasted no more than a couple of months before the soles started peeling off. They are reebok and solomon and the climate is tropical. Get some humidity and heat in them and they'll shit themselves in a big hurry. I previously wore nothing but Oakley shoes which cost the same (or much less on special) but are properly put together. The new designs are horrible though and I'd rather keep using my old ones since the shells are durable and the feet and eyes are used to them. Now looking at various methods to be able to do so. Re-soling, sewing, shoe goo...all worthy methods.
Im going to try this!
Hi! You finally home! Your birds are singing about it!))) This video is certainly very timely! My shoes just broke. Now I can fix it better. than did earlier.))) Thank you! By the way, remember the video of the wedding? I would like to know how these people do. Maybe the next issue of "Looking Donata" is about these people and family life in general? Sorry for the bad english, I'm just learning. In any case - thanks again !!!!))))
Great! Long live your shoes! The people in the wedding-my daughter, are doing well. Frogo has several months worth of travels in New Zealand to do yet. So stay tuned :) Thanks for persevering with your English. Its good.
***** Thank You!!!!! ))))))
Hi Philip
Nice job and it gives me some ideas about my shoes. I also have both heels with holes in and wearing on the edges, mens shoes, so I think I'll have to cut them right across and replace with some rubber or so. What do you think. Thanks again.
thanks a ton.
Just have a question but off subject of this video so sorry. I've been watching your videos with my daughter for awhile now and we both love them. We do woodworking and more than that we make memories together. (Aspen is 9 now and it's how we spend Friday nights since she was about 3). She is constantly asking me questions about you and I've done my best to answer them for her. Examples where is New Zealand, Columbia, why you talk like you're from Australia and why Columbia speaks Spanish and such. She also ask why you don't just use some of the told like we have in our shop instead of making them. Like I've said I've done my best to answer her questions about the whys and how's but some I can't answer. Do you have kids, how old, do you have an email to send to, and can she send you a "Texan woodworking care package" (she made that name up not me, but she wanted to send some screws, nuts bolts, and all kinds of things she thinks would make it easier for you to build with). She hates slotted screws and sees you using them all the time. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about recycling and using what's on hand vs buying but I see her point. So just putting this out there, if you have a "this is me, my family and the 20 question answer game" I would love to see it and show her. And if you don't want to show an email here then I will give you mine "rob@tcsmail.com" and you could send it to me that way. Other than that, great videos and love the creative solutions and especially the builds! Keep it up for this little Texan that loves your videos and her old Navy dad that believes time spent with children is better than money spent on them. I tip my hat to you sir, Rob
We shared a same kind of sentiment here Rob. Im single dad raising my 2 growing up daughters. The eldest is 11yo and the other is 9yo. I think amongst my best decision in life was not surrendering my child care to their mom, as she seems hesitates to take it. Now i can tell that they had wonderful times in their lives and nothing will ever compares the feeling i felt. Being a dad wasnt easy but i tried my best to plays the part well.we too likes to spents our nights (and days as well hehe) watching diy vids also try our hand in woodworking. .and now they (especially the younger ones) had more tools knowledges than her boys classmates. .the sad things is ,as i seem to see the trends growing rapidly (single dad/custodians).. just wish the best to all of us in the same situation. .peace..
To the content owner, my apology for being OOT. Cant help it nowadays. .sorry..
Youre awesome dude
Interesting thanks
Your videos are fantastic, they have taught me a lot. You talk of 'you Americans', but whereabouts are you? Do you live in South Africa, because your accent sounds very like that. Thanks so much for all your knowledge.
شكرا
It is amazing how much you create with such little tools
+Bekir Arslan . It is surprising what you can achieve if you set your mind to it. :)
thanks
You could also use a small sized rug hooking tool to make the hole and grab the thread and pull it thru all in one go.
sos un capo!!!
glad im not the only one whose shoes fall apart too soon lol
I have seen a few video`s on shoe repairs, And a lot of those street repairers use a awl to the same effect, Your observation that there is a heavy built in obsolescence in modern footwear is accurate from my experience, Your also right about the regluing the sole, It will not hold till the sole wears out, With your homemade awl, I would try and do what I think I can see from other video`s, File a notch near the tip of the nail, So that the thread gets stuck on it as you pass it through the shoe, That way you don`t have to feed the wire and thread though after poking a hole though each time
as up the punctures from sewing to sole does not leak?
Brilliant...!
Another great video of yours. Aren't you worried about leaking through holes you made for thread? I would recommend hitting seam with a glue just to be sure. :-)
That's how shoes are made! Good work! Now come and fix my air conditioner. (Just kidding it isn't broken)
Have wanted to try this with a tire. The semi trucks throw their retreads often. I think I could retread my hiking shoes. Think I'd have to make a groove and sew from the bottom
nb vid, I glue the sole of my work boot using roofing silicone, lasted fine every day for 12 months & a lot cheaper than using 'specialised' glues
Do you know out of what the shoe soles consist?
Nice.
muito bom!! Brasil!!! ;-)
If you have used Aquasure or similar you just did not have to do any stiching at all, because that thing is way better than ordinary contact glue
Is there any how to sew the middle?
What if the nail hits the side of the shoe(sole)? Any suggestions on how to fix the hole?
The insole and outsole may be fine. But the midsole lasts 500 miles or less. So if you fix the shoes and keep wearing them like that, you aren't supporting your feet properly. If "you go down to Wal-mart and pay $9.99 for a new pair," then you aren't supporting your feet properly either. I usually wear my shoes until they fall apart or until they start to make my back hurt and then recycle them, since shoes don't belong in the trash.
I made sandels out of tire! So proud of myself!☺
Cool!
well done.
Shoes cost WAY more then 10 bucks here in America. Even at Walmart.
Ok so if you buy / bought your MBT Footwear from a registered retailer you will know the sensor is sensitive & needs care as advised by the instructions & care leaflet, if you buy it not be they could be copies . PN there are currently no repair / service centres for MBT Footwear the above is not a registered MBT service centre .
The pointy instrument you refer to is I believe known as an awl
I fix all too.. Shoes are Now designed to last max a year of average day use
hand sewn Nikes, very cool. Perhaps the glue would hold up longer if both surfaces were keyed / sanded first.
Is it possible to replace the sole by oneself at home
Good