As someone who loves shoes, thrifts them, and spent a good amount of time in the most delicate athletic shoes (ie. ballet pointe shoes), the best advice I can pass on about making sure shoes last is to buy 2 pairs of your everyday day shoes so you can alternate wearing them and to use something to help them keep their shape/dry them out on the days they’re not being worn (eg. Crumpled up tissue paper, bag of cedar chips, etc.). Pointe shoes made of traditional materials (ie. mostly layers of paper and glue) can cost well over $100USD per pair and we might get 10 hours out of them so many of those of us that can get multiple pairs to rotate so they don’t break down as quickly. For at least the last decade of my life, I have not worn the same pair of shoes two days in a row. The only shoes that have ever “broken are ones that I have thrifted and even then, they have all broken around the same place on the same foot so I think that foot is just strong 😅 The outsides of your shoes will wear down faster if the body of the shoe isn’t providing adequate support. For most non-labor shoes (ie. shoes not meant to protect your feet from serious injury), they will break down incredibly fast if you wear them every day and don’t give them a chance to dry out properly. Shoes that are designed to last by nature of being for labor, like traditional cowboy boots made from mostly traditional materials that were designed to be worn and worked in daily, require significant break-in time and effort that our everyday shoes do not. Since most podiatrists will tell you not to use your feet to break in shoes, I think they would also tell you to opt for the kinds of shoes not meant to last so long, even if shoes like Redwings and Birkenstocks are always going to have their fans
Thanks, I bought it on Taobao.com. The item description is in Chinese so not sure if it's convienient for you. Alternatively try searching cobbler suppliers in your city, usually if there are shoemakers around you there will be importers/suppliers. Failing this, rubber sheets from hardware store will also work.
A couple of points to assist anyone. 1. Using a straight edge Stanley type knife will give a straighter edge than cutting freehand as in video. Make a 90 degree cut first, then along same cut a 2nd cut at 45 degrees. This will give an accurate point before removing unwanted surface. 2. Same pieces could be used as toe pieces except they need to be thinner to match thickness of the sole. Trimming this can be a little more challenging. 3. Middle of outer sole thinning. A thin piece of rubber can be shaped & trimmed to cover depressed/worn area, say up to 2mm thick. Sand down both surfaces ,& bond together with contact cement/other glue. A large sander needed for this job. gd luck.
I have been (trying) to repair vintage shoes. Since the quality back then was 1000% better, most are in good shape, thankfully. One thing is the inside liner. I have yet to figure out how to replace/make a new one. Not sure what to use. Any ideas? Thank you!
@@irefusetopay Oh you don't want to learn from me, I have no idea what I am doing!😆 I just wing it, so to speak. The quality of the old shoes is so much better than the expensive shoes today. I can't imagine anything made these days lasting 70-80 years! I also *refuse to pay* for todays bad quality clothing (and everything else.) Its sad that we live in a throw away society. Thanks for your videos!
Great video, thanks. A question - if you have to glue the whole sole to the leather shoe that is greasy from leather maintaining grease (for heavy duty working shoes) - how do you degrease leather so that glue wil hold?
I'm probably way too late to the party for this to be useful, but alcohol is your best bet (isopropyl or methylene) as it won't damage the leather or other glued parts. Rub the glue up area and avoid soaking
Just google shoe repair rasp file, and you'll find plenty of them. Good luck. I have not needed to do a hole repair yet but may try that down the track.
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As someone who loves shoes, thrifts them, and spent a good amount of time in the most delicate athletic shoes (ie. ballet pointe shoes), the best advice I can pass on about making sure shoes last is to buy 2 pairs of your everyday day shoes so you can alternate wearing them and to use something to help them keep their shape/dry them out on the days they’re not being worn (eg. Crumpled up tissue paper, bag of cedar chips, etc.). Pointe shoes made of traditional materials (ie. mostly layers of paper and glue) can cost well over $100USD per pair and we might get 10 hours out of them so many of those of us that can get multiple pairs to rotate so they don’t break down as quickly. For at least the last decade of my life, I have not worn the same pair of shoes two days in a row. The only shoes that have ever “broken are ones that I have thrifted and even then, they have all broken around the same place on the same foot so I think that foot is just strong 😅
The outsides of your shoes will wear down faster if the body of the shoe isn’t providing adequate support. For most non-labor shoes (ie. shoes not meant to protect your feet from serious injury), they will break down incredibly fast if you wear them every day and don’t give them a chance to dry out properly. Shoes that are designed to last by nature of being for labor, like traditional cowboy boots made from mostly traditional materials that were designed to be worn and worked in daily, require significant break-in time and effort that our everyday shoes do not. Since most podiatrists will tell you not to use your feet to break in shoes, I think they would also tell you to opt for the kinds of shoes not meant to last so long, even if shoes like Redwings and Birkenstocks are always going to have their fans
Wonderful advice, pinned for all to read. Thank you Sir.
I watch both videos. You are fantastic. I was going to use contact cement. Now you have convinced me, it is the correct fix.
Thanks 🙏👍
What did you use to seal the edges in the last minute of the video?
E6000
Great summary of all the info out there. Thank you. Where do you get your rubber for the soles?
Thanks, I bought it on Taobao.com. The item description is in Chinese so not sure if it's convienient for you. Alternatively try searching cobbler suppliers in your city, usually if there are shoemakers around you there will be importers/suppliers. Failing this, rubber sheets from hardware store will also work.
Ok great. There are so many on ebay etc, its not clear which kind to use or their quality. But the cobblers suppliers is a good idea. Thank you!
A couple of points to assist anyone.
1. Using a straight edge Stanley type knife will give a straighter edge than cutting freehand as in video.
Make a 90 degree cut first, then along same cut a 2nd cut at 45 degrees. This will give an accurate point before removing unwanted surface.
2. Same pieces could be used as toe pieces except they need to be thinner to match thickness of the sole. Trimming this can be a little more challenging.
3. Middle of outer sole thinning.
A thin piece of rubber can be shaped & trimmed to cover depressed/worn area, say up to 2mm thick. Sand down both surfaces ,& bond together with contact cement/other glue. A large sander needed for this job.
gd luck.
@alierem4266 Thanks, are you a cobbler? These are wonderful tips for all to learn to improve this skill.
Not a cobbler, just learnt skill through
watching cobblers work, asking questions and self learning.
I have been (trying) to repair vintage shoes. Since the quality back then was 1000% better, most are in good shape, thankfully. One thing is the inside liner. I have yet to figure out how to replace/make a new one. Not sure what to use. Any ideas? Thank you!
Respect! Vintage shoes are absolutely beautiful. I have not repaired liners and would love to learn from you.
@@irefusetopay Oh you don't want to learn from me, I have no idea what I am doing!😆 I just wing it, so to speak. The quality of the old shoes is so much better than the expensive shoes today. I can't imagine anything made these days lasting 70-80 years! I also *refuse to pay* for todays bad quality clothing (and everything else.) Its sad that we live in a throw away society. Thanks for your videos!
Great video, thanks. A question - if you have to glue the whole sole to the leather shoe that is greasy from leather maintaining grease (for heavy duty working shoes) - how do you degrease leather so that glue wil hold?
You might be able to use a mild solvent to degrease the leather or sand off the top layer with a sandpaper, or both. Good luck
I'm probably way too late to the party for this to be useful, but alcohol is your best bet (isopropyl or methylene) as it won't damage the leather or other glued parts. Rub the glue up area and avoid soaking
I've tried methyl and it didn't leave any residuals.
how to fix my shoe sole? It completly removed from the shoes itself. Do I use rugby?
I never performed such a repair myself, but i would use contact cement. Clean, sand, glue and press the shoe sole. Good luck, let us know how you go.
Know anything about hole repair? :D
What's the tool you use to score the soles?
Just google shoe repair rasp file, and you'll find plenty of them. Good luck. I have not needed to do a hole repair yet but may try that down the track.
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