What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

On 16/01/2018 17:37, harry wrote:
What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Are you a cobbler? Surely you use stitching. Or do you mean sticking a
new sole on a worn sole?

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On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:47:46 +0000, Max Demian
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On 16/01/2018 17:37, harry wrote:
What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?


Are you a cobbler? Surely you use stitching. Or do you mean sticking a
new sole on a worn sole?

Well he talks a load of Cobblers most of the time.

G.Harman

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:37:12 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Nor me but the longest lasting was "fantastic elastic" by 151
adhesives, sourced at a local pound shop.

Last repair was done with stixall clear which I was using to seal some
guttering so used it on the wife's shoes, she doesn't use them in the
rain so I don't know how they will fair.

AJH

On Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:37:15 UTC, harry wrote:
What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Even cobblers don't seem to be able to do repairs that last using glue, so I think you're out of luck.


NT

Don't know of one as most shoes tend to be sewn or welded through in some
way. The snag is that when they come off the leather is so degraded by
bending that the surface peels away after a time in any case.
I think there comes a time where its get a new pair.
A friend used to araldite his shoes, the snag with this was by the time he
had done it it was so solid it acted more like a clog!
Brian

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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:35:10 +0000, wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:37:12 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Nor me but the longest lasting was "fantastic elastic" by 151
adhesives, sourced at a local pound shop.

Last repair was done with stixall clear which I was using to seal some
guttering so used it on the wife's shoes, she doesn't use them in the
rain so I don't know how they will fair.

AJH

I've a metal bech outside that's glued to the slabs using Stixall Clear.
About 3 - 4 years in all weathers and it's still immovable.

I would have bolted it down but the feet are too close to the edges of the
slabs - I could see a potential drawback to that.
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On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:04:53 UTC, Brian Gaff wrote:
Don't know of one as most shoes tend to be sewn or welded through in some
way. The snag is that when they come off the leather is so degraded by
bending that the surface peels away after a time in any case.
I think there comes a time where its get a new pair.
A friend used to araldite his shoes, the snag with this was by the time he
had done it it was so solid it acted more like a clog!
Brian

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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Well there is a glue, they are glued on at the moment. Clear stuff.
But I don't know what it is.
They are in near perfect condition except for the separation of upper from sole.

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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

I appreciate that the amount of stress will be bigger for shoes but I had
this problem with a pair of slippers that hasn't been stitched properly

I thought that "super" glue won't work because it is too brittle and the
flexing of the object will break the join, so I bought some rubber based
glue for the job

lasted less than a week before it started to come apart again

So I tried the super glue

still holding more than 3 months since

tim

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:22:19 +0000, PeterC
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I've a metal bech outside that's glued to the slabs using Stixall Clear.
About 3 - 4 years in all weathers and it's still immovable.

Yes I use it a lot. It tends to go off in the nozzle over time so
periodically using it on odds and sods delays problems.

I wasn't sure how it would survive frequent flexing.

It has proved very effective on most building jobs and a repair to a
vinyl soft top on the Vitara.

It has also remained surprisingly clear, I laid a new clear,
corrugated, PVC roof on a timber lean too with a shallow pitch. I made
the mistake of only having one corrugation overlap and occasionally a
bit of moss falling from the roof above dams a corrugation. In heavy
rain this allowed water to come over the overlap. I managed to squeeze
a thin bead between the sheets, from inside, which stopped the leak
and is not at all conspicuous.

AJH

Are you sure that there is not a sliver of the leather on the glue?
I'd imagine it might have been some kind of stuff like bostik, judging by
the smell once when I was walking over a lava flow in La Palma in the 1980s.
Remind me not to try that again.
Brian

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Don't know of one as most shoes tend to be sewn or welded through in some
way. The snag is that when they come off the leather is so degraded by
bending that the surface peels away after a time in any case.
I think there comes a time where its get a new pair.
A friend used to araldite his shoes, the snag with this was by the time
he
had done it it was so solid it acted more like a clog!
Brian

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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Well there is a glue, they are glued on at the moment. Clear stuff.
But I don't know what it is.
They are in near perfect condition except for the separation of upper from
sole.

Maybe rtv and staples?
Brian

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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

I appreciate that the amount of stress will be bigger for shoes but I had
this problem with a pair of slippers that hasn't been stitched properly

I thought that "super" glue won't work because it is too brittle and the
flexing of the object will break the join, so I bought some rubber based
glue for the job

lasted less than a week before it started to come apart again

So I tried the super glue

still holding more than 3 months since

tim

On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 04:21:10 UTC, tabby wrote:
On Tuesday, 16 January 2018 17:37:15 UTC, harry wrote:

What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Even cobblers don't seem to be able to do repairs that last using glue, so I think you're out of luck.

you could glue then sew it, just rather more work.


NT

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Maybe rtv and staples?
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What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

I appreciate that the amount of stress will be bigger for shoes but I had
this problem with a pair of slippers that hasn't been stitched properly

I thought that "super" glue won't work because it is too brittle and the
flexing of the object will break the join, so I bought some rubber based
glue for the job

lasted less than a week before it started to come apart again

So I tried the super glue

still holding more than 3 months since

tim


+1 for Stixall - repaired a pair of working boots which were at the end of
their lives, and got another 6 months out of them.

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PeterC wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:35:10 +0000, wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:37:12 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Nor me but the longest lasting was "fantastic elastic" by 151
adhesives, sourced at a local pound shop.

Last repair was done with stixall clear which I was using to seal some
guttering so used it on the wife's shoes, she doesn't use them in the
rain so I don't know how they will fair.

AJH

I've a metal bech outside that's glued to the slabs using Stixall Clear.
About 3 - 4 years in all weathers and it's still immovable.

I would have bolted it down but the feet are too close to the edges of the
slabs - I could see a potential drawback to that.

Yes, but that's nothing like what the OP requested. Shoes flex and
any glue you use to stick bits of them together needs to flex too.

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tim... wrote:

So I tried the super glue

I've never, ever managed to stick anything with Super Glue, not even
myself. I think I must have some sort of 'anti glue' factor in my
make up! :-)

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On 17/01/18 11:40, Chris Green wrote:
tim... wrote:

So I tried the super glue

I've never, ever managed to stick anything with Super Glue, not even
myself. I think I must have some sort of 'anti glue' factor in my
make up! :-)


Super Glue seems the most inappropriate name for Super Glue!

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:40:41 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

tim... wrote:

So I tried the super glue

I've never, ever managed to stick anything with Super Glue, not even
myself.

Nor me - I have wondered whether I have applied too much at times and
have reduced on subsequent ocassions but still to no avail.

I think I must have some sort of 'anti glue' factor in my make
up! :-)

As I don't wear make up I can't say ;-)

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tim... wrote:

So I tried the super glue

I've never, ever managed to stick anything with Super Glue, not even
myself. I think I must have some sort of 'anti glue' factor in my
make up! :-)

I had no difficulty sticking my fingers together

quite painful prising them apart

tim

On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:38:45 +0000, Chris Green wrote:

PeterC wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 23:35:10 +0000, wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 09:37:12 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Nor me but the longest lasting was "fantastic elastic" by 151
adhesives, sourced at a local pound shop.

Last repair was done with stixall clear which I was using to seal some
guttering so used it on the wife's shoes, she doesn't use them in the
rain so I don't know how they will fair.

AJH

I've a metal bech outside that's glued to the slabs using Stixall Clear.
About 3 - 4 years in all weathers and it's still immovable.

I would have bolted it down but the feet are too close to the edges of the
slabs - I could see a potential drawback to that.

Yes, but that's nothing like what the OP requested. Shoes flex and
any glue you use to stick bits of them together needs to flex too.

Yes, I realise that. Stixall, even after a few years, is still 'rubbery'. I
don't know if it's significantly elastic, though.
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cynochrlaate or whatever its really called is very hard to remember though.

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On 17/01/18 11:40, Chris Green wrote:
tim... wrote:

So I tried the super glue

I've never, ever managed to stick anything with Super Glue, not even
myself. I think I must have some sort of 'anti glue' factor in my
make up! :-)


Super Glue seems the most inappropriate name for Super Glue!

Brian Gaff wrote:

cynochrlaate or whatever its really called is very hard to remember though.

Brian

Cyanoacrylate sounds pretty simple to me, and less childish than "super
glue".

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On 18/01/2018 11:10, Roger Hayter wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

cynochrlaate or whatever its really called is very hard to remember though.

Brian

Cyanoacrylate sounds pretty simple to me, and less childish than "super
glue".

Why not "skin bonding glue"? That's what it was originally developed for.

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On 16/01/2018 17:37, harry wrote:
What's the best glue to glue leather uppers to soles?
Never been able to find one that works. (For long)

Not exactly the same problem, but I've successfully used Shoe Goo a few
times to repair failed seams, usually between upper and sole on walking
boots.

There is an industrial glue called E6000 - obtainable via eBay, although quite expensive. I have used it to glue trainer soles and uppers back together. This was the longest lasting glue I have found for such purposes, although it too fails after a while.

I don't know how well it would work if the contact area is small, and be warned - it gives of pretty noxious solvent fumes. These didn't upset me too much but some might find them seriously unpleasant.

HTH
Jon N