A New Method for Recrafting Birkenstocks: Don't throw them out!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2022
- I show a new way I've developed for re-soling Birkenstocks. If you use a heat gun, you can soften the glue that holds the sole to the footbed and remove it without any grinding. You can then mark out the edges of the footbed on the new sole and grind them even before gluing them together, saving the tedious process of grinding while not harming the straps.
I also show the process of applying new latex to the edges of the cork footbed, as well as cleaning the suede footbed liner and straps.
I can do this service for $50. Contact me on Instagram or Etsy to talk about saving your Birkenstocks!
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My wife use to work at a Birkenstock store approx 35 years ago and they actually they recommended to put the shoe in the low oven to remove the old sole. So your onto something with the heat gun.
thanx
Interesting! I've thought about using an old toaster oven to get the soles off...
Heat gun or heat table is the way to do it. I’ve rebuilt a few pairs and used all Birkenstock replacements including the recommended glue. Learn how to do it and save $$. Came out great !
I now use the oven to do it, it's faster and more consistent!
@@DrPronghornI just did my first sandal with heat gun and boy was it tough; that glue did NOT want to give up. Especially where it was stuck the leather. Eventually got it done but had to use razor knife to slice it there and then grind remainder with belt sander. Mind sharing details on oven use? Maybe I’ll try that for the other sandal and see if any easier. Thanks for the tips!
@@Phoeff99 The soles stick to real leather better than anything else. I like to put them in an oven at 200 degrees Fahrenheit (93 Celsius) for about 20 minutes and then check on them. You might have to peel the soles partway back and put them back in. Don't use a food oven...
@@DrPronghorn thanksv for the directions I had read elsewhere 200° but I wasn’t sure about the timing. 20 minutes sounds reasonable and yes thank you for the warning about not using a food oven.
Nice work man
Thank you! Cheers!
appreciate these videos 👍 I hope to try to resole some shoes myself (starting w Birks) in near future.
That sounds great! What kind of Birks are they?
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Heat gun makes sense, I have been studying your processes and am preparing to do my first pair soon! Thanks!
I have found that the glue is quite variable. Some respond easily to the heat gun and some require trimming the sole down to be thin before the heat gun will work to get the glue to release. I suppose it must depend on what folks have done to the sandals in wearing them, unless Birkenstock is using different glues at different times at their factory.
@DrPronghorn, I completed my first set, no heat gun. Using my bench sander (near the edge of the paper and roller) made final sanding the new sole a bit challenging. Overall, very happy with first attempt! Thank you for your video!
Do you think its possible without having the polish machine ?
I live in a rainy area. 😂 There is no avoiding getting them wet.
Oh, no! It would be a good idea to reapply the latex cork sealer if you start to see water getting into the footbed.
Excellent video. Where can you get the sole rubber though? I'm in the UK and sending them to the States not really practical!!
I'm not sure where you can get it. I buy mine through the Oregon Leather Co. in Eugene, OR, so that's also not practical for the UK. I bet if you look for leather crafting supply stores there you can find one that has supplies for cobblers. At least, that's what I would try.
Thank you for sharing. This is so much cleaner than the sole grinding method. Why do you think cobblers typically use the grinder instead? I assume it must be quicker than reactivating the old glue.
It probably is quicker, but the process of cutting off the old sole to get down to the point of grinding seems to take longer, even in the videos I've seen with professionals. I'm not sure why they insist on that process instead of heating the glue; maybe one of them will find this video and give us an explanation.
@@DrPronghorn I am by no means a professional cobbler, but I imagine the application of heat to the cork material could cause whatever binding agent they use in it to loosen as well as the contact cement, and could potentially lead to damage in that area. It seems that if you're careful with the application of heat and of the cork when pulling the sole off, it is simply a faster method. Perhaps over many years of repairing the same shoes you could see some damage, but it appears to be a great method! I'd also like to thank you for your Birkenstock repair videos, especially the one where you showed layering the cork to build it back up, I'm going to attempt my own repair soon and in my research it seems that a lot of other videos do not show that step for some reason, especially on the more damaged shoes. I'd love to see more of this in the future, especially if the birks were really ratty.
What do you call the latex paint that you applied on the sides?
It's just latex cork sealer. I bought it through Oregon Leather Company. They do mail orders, but you have to call, they don't have a web store.
Hello, what is the address to send you a pair of Arizona for repair? Thank you.
You can contact me through Etsy, but I'm not taking any more sandals until July 2023.
Do you have a method for shaving down the arch?
No, I don't. No one has asked me to do that so far.
Nice but no info about kind of glues, latex and where you get the sole
Sorry, I put all that info in my first Birkenstock video: th-cam.com/video/22IqFNnWROE/w-d-xo.html
I get my soles and other materials from the Oregon Leather Company. They don't have a web store, you have to call to mail order, the old school way. I always use Barge contact cement.
What glue do yoy use
I use Barge contact cement
All the materials, time and equipment needed....just buy a new pair...
Birkenstocks shape themselves to your feet, so starting over with a new pair isn't as good as getting your existing sandals recrafted!
just spend $30 to buy a new pair of CUSHIONAIRE.
I'd rather try to reuse as much as possible, and Birkenstocks really do shape to your feet, so it's worth it to most users