I have tried many things over the years on shoes. Yes there are many different materials in the construction. Sometimes a fabric glue will work. Sometimes the rubber cement, or contact cement works well. I have sometimes used epoxy with success. Unless you are putting back a cardboard liner inside the paper or wood Elmers is pretty useless. I have not tried the Gorilla glue on a shoe but it looks promising. What ever you use attempt to clean the surface with rubbing alcohol and clamp it when the glue is drying. Even cloths pins can work. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Rizzino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:02 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Shoe repair
Hello list, Does anyone have experience with securing the tread of a shoe that is starting to peel off? The tread is rubbery and the material that it was attached to is spongy. I assume if I try to use contact cement the heat created when bonding would probably melt something. Hot melt from a glue gun will be to stiff if I can even get it in between anyways. Rubber cement I guess would probably peel back over time caused by the flexing of the shoe. So I have been tempted to try Elmer’s glue. I have not tried this yet, I believe that I have both the paper and wood types available. Does anyone know what would work well for this type of shoe repair? Thanks in advance, Art [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 9/27/06 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
