Iroh's Guides #2: Adding a rubber sole to leather-soled dress shoes.

[iroh]

 

[uniesse]

It doesn't look like a particularly neat method/ end result.

 

[Reborn]

look forward to your undies repair guide.

 

[pvrhye]

You might want a sharper knife. Looks like you trimmed the soles with a broadsword in the last pic.

 

[ethanm]

Trollolol. First, using a kitchen knife for plastic surgery on an expensive pair of shoes is a bad idea, a razor blade or Xacto knife is the appropriate instrument here. Second, it would have looked much better to make a pattern, just inside the stitching, and cut the rubber before putting it on the shoe.

 

[brokentelephone]

What they lack in expertise they make up for in unsightliness.

 

[Cary Grant]

 

[R-H]

The next time my local cobbler quotes me $25 to put on Toppys I will send him a link to this thread. I'd rather save the $11 and do it myself thank you.

 

[SpooPoker]

Hello, Reev.

 

[F. Corbera]

OP, I would have left the rubber stick-on soles completely untrimmed after adhesion. Not only would this have left the clean factory edge to the stick-on soles intact, but the result would have made the shoes look indistinguishable from a pair of really sweet Allen-Edmonds.

 

[Gdot]

^^^^^^ Effective fly paper as well ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Harold falcon]

Well I guess that's one way to do it. Could be worse, I suppose.

 

[brokentelephone]



Well I guess that's one way to do it. Could be worse, I suppose.

I suppose he could have **** on his shoes afterward!

 

[NAMOR]

looks good man. Considering you used a kitchen knife, that looks great

 

[rs232]

Er, that doesn't look finished at all. Some additional steps that I do:

• Prep shoe base by cleaning & abrading.
• Glue to both surfaces, not just one.
• Hammer & clamp
• Grind/sand
• Wax/paint