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Is there a good type of glue for shoes?

Specifically for sticking a bit of rand back onto a fabric shoe. Would it also be suitable for sticking soles back on? I suppose cobblers must have suitable stuff to stick them together in the first place!

In reply to pasbury: Superglue gel in my experience, but better suggestions would be good to know.  Shoe-goo was not very good at all - too tacky, stringy to apply

In reply to pasbury:

https://www.climbers-shop.com/1985331/products/freesole-shoe-repair-glue.as...

Lots of others on the market as well try putting shoe rand adhesives into Google for options but Freesole works well.

Also similar has been asked on the forum before:

https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/gear/best_glue_for_climbing_shoe_minor_re...

 

In reply to pasbury:

Mcnett freesole

Although tbh I have never had much luck with serious repairs but this works if you catch it before the shoe has properly fallen to bits

I have also 2 part expoxys with varying degrees of success 

In reply to pasbury:

Shoe goo is good stuff (works on climbing shoes too)

 

You can get it from Amazon etc

In reply to pasbury:

Cobblers use contact adhesive, that's what the distinctive smell in repair shops is.

I resoled one of my rock shoes using Evo-Stick multi purpose impact adhesive last year, been using the shoe twice a week since then with no sign of the sole or rand peeling off.

In reply to pasbury:

I have used Seam Grip to good effect on occasions.

I recently fixed a spilt rand with Sugru - I also smeared it on the toe to tidy the job up and was shocked to find it had bugger all friction - ooops. Anyway, the stuff I smeared has worn off but the repair to the split is still holding up well.

Chris

In reply to pasbury:

I'd second ebdon's suggestion of Freesole - it's a bit easier to handle than Shoe Goo and finishes up with a less slippy surface (which is useful if the stuff escapes around your repair!)

In reply to pasbury:

If you can still find it in the shops, tub tape works really well. It's what you use to glue tubular bike tyres onto their rims.

In reply to pasbury:

I've fixed rock shoes, town shoes, approach shoes and my wife's boots with Shoe Goo. The rock shoes exactly what you describe - rand peeling from fabric - never a hint of peeling since repair. On the running shoes I repaired a large hole in the uppers with a shoe-goo'd patch - again fixed permanently.

In reply to pasbury:

being flexible shoe glues are quite handy for re-binding books that are coming apart if you are careful!

Useless tip of the day