Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

On 08/04/13 19:45, T i m wrote:
Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

evostik is good there are however better ones - polyurethanes I think

Our cobbler sands all the **** off the leather before soling them with
rubber by the way.

Cheers, T i m



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T i m wrote:

Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_Goo


-

On 08/04/2013 22:20, Mark wrote:
T i m wrote:

Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_Goo


+1 That's the stuff!
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There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it for
ages.

Brian

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"T i m" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:07:31 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

evostik is good there are however better ones - polyurethanes I think

Our cobbler sands all the **** off the leather before soling them with
rubber by the way.

Ah, yes, I have seen them doing such (big belt sander)?

I hadn't thought of putting a rubber sole over the leather but that
might be a good idea if the basic repair goes ok.

Cheers, T i m

On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:31:42 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 08/04/2013 22:20, Mark wrote:
T i m wrote:

Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?


I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

Cheers, T i m

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe_Goo


+1 That's the stuff!


Thanks guys, I'll get some of that and give it a test on some old
shoes first (and to get the feel of it etc).

Cheers, T i m

On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:04 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it for
ages.


It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Cheers, T i m

In article ,
T i m writes:
Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?

I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

I was walking around the City seeing several customers, and a piece
of stiching failed on my suit shoes, leaving a large bit of decorative
leather flapping around. Being as it was on the side right where the
shoe bends as you walk, didn't think there was much chance of doing
anything about it, but popped into a newsagent, got a small tube of
superglue, and stuck it back on. That was a year ago, and it's still
stuck, very much to my surprise.

--
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In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:04 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it
for ages.


It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as
it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:09:18 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:04 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it
for ages.


It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as
it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

Nope, too true ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Owain
wrote:

On Apr 11, 11:09*am, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.
Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as
it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

Creosote no longer cures colds and kills crabs.

Hehe.

I love(ed) the smell of creosote, fresh Tarmac, petrol, whiteboard
markers ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:56:47 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
T i m writes:
Hi all,

Daughter was recently given a pair of second hand but nice
('fashionable I'm told) all leather shoes. It could be that they were
in fashion from the last time around because although only lightly
used the outer soles seem to be falling off the welt, as if the
original adhesive had just failed somehow?

Now, in the spirit of d-i-y, can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive
for re-attaching said leather sole to the leather welt / mid sole
please?

I was going to go for good ole Evo-Stick impact adhesive but I
wondered if there was something better please?

I was walking around the City seeing several customers, and a piece
of stiching failed on my suit shoes, leaving a large bit of decorative
leather flapping around. Being as it was on the side right where the
shoe bends as you walk, didn't think there was much chance of doing
anything about it, but popped into a newsagent, got a small tube of
superglue, and stuck it back on. That was a year ago, and it's still
stuck, very much to my surprise.

Yeah, I've done similar even where the sole has separated from the
welt and it's been fine forever.Not sure how well something that
'hard' would work over a larger area like a complete leather outer
sole.

Cheers, T i m

On 11/04/2013 11:09, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:04 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it
for ages.


It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as
it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

ISTR I tried paint stripper once, many decades ago. After that I went
back to the blowlamp.

Colin Bignell

On 11/04/13 18:35, Nightjar wrote:
On 11/04/2013 11:09, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
T i m wrote:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:17:04 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

There used to be a wonderful dunlop adhesive for this, but not seen it
for ages.


It was probably too good and has gone they way of such things.

Could be down to the solvent being now banned. Evostick isn't as good as
it once was.

Paint stripper no longer works.

ISTR I tried paint stripper once, many decades ago. After that I went
back to the blowlamp.

Colin Bignell
I decided to save up and buy vintage brandy instead.


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On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Owain
wrote:

Paint stripper no longer works.

Creosote no longer cures colds and kills crabs.

I don't think Jeyes Fluid is as good as it used to be, either.