ironplanet uk900 Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Customer asked us to put through soles on these,, Do any of you repair these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Never been asked yet, but yeah I could manage that repair (but that pair in the pic look a bit passed it) I'd bond & blake on some 3mm resin, then a your choice of soleing material can be bonded & outsoled (if required) to that, then topped out with a heel After 20 odd views a Proper Cobbler replies to the topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerbas Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 I may be wrong but it looks like a polyvelt shoe, reminisent of the 70's, there quite easy to repair. No point in tellin you how to do them after looking at some of your tutorials.. Class work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Onest Andy Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Looking at the condition of the uppers I think I personally would be hesitant to take the repair on. By the time you have attatched all that fresh material the to bottom of those, it would take away so much of the original flexability I very much doubt the upper would have enough strength to last much more than a week or two before it split.. Then you have a customer returning who's just spent a considerable sum asking you what you will do about it. My personal feeling is that it's a better policy to tell them honestly that shoe shoes are not unrepairable but perhaps the repair would be a little impractical given the overall condition of the shoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Looking at the condition of the uppers I think I personally would be hesitant to take the repair on. By the time you have attatched all that fresh material the to bottom of those, it would take away so much of the original flexability I very much doubt the upper would have enough strength to last much more than a week or two before it split.. Then you have a customer returning who's just spent a considerable sum asking you what you will do about it. My personal feeling is that it's a better policy to tell them honestly that shoe shoes are not unrepairable but perhaps the repair would be a little impractical given the overall condition of the shoe. I don't agree, that you should ever tell the customer that it is impractical to repair their shoes Andy. As this could destroy their confidence in the shoe repair industry. (just my thoughts though) As I believe, If the shoe was made in the first place, then it can be repaired. Heres what I did with them anyway.. By the way Andy, it was good to meet you at the show. First I turned the shoe inside out. Then we scoured the stitches so we could remove the soles easily. Then we patched the bad areas. Then we scoured the moulded patern off the bottom of the unit. Then we fitted a 3mm micro unit & blake stitched it on. then replaced the original unit inside the shoe to fill the original cavity. finally replacing the boarding. The customer paid alot of money for the shoes, and claimed she had hardly worn them before the uppers were wearing on the ground. She wanted them for work as she is on her feet all day. She was over the moon when she collected them. I charged £19.99... A bit cheap, but it wasn't a long haul job. This post has been promoted to an article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithm Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Worth another tenner me finks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted October 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Worth another tenner me finks Maybe Keith, but I was happy with £20. Didn't take long, and the customer was happy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Good tutorial son, I at first also thought it was the Thermoplastic Polyveldt but the last side on pic shows that they were not. Wear pattern on the upper of this type of construction is typical. Usually the heel area goes first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Who's the Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Who's the Daddy Dont know about the Daddy, but here's the Mummy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Key Wizard Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Sheesh, who the hell's that? Mrs. Candoit!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh-Candoit (ENG) Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Sheesh, who the hell's that? Mrs. Candoit!! Dont be silly Tel, it's me Mummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobblers Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billy Sitch Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Wow. I'm really impressed =D> I would never have thought that those shoes could be repaired. In my small opinion, a great tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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