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I wonder if anyone has any tips or ideas here.  I am replacing some units on a pair of Leather boots.  Really struggling to get the glue to hold these?  I started with Bostik 6092on it's own and then tried a primer on both the soles and the leather.  They just will not hold!  What am I doing wrong?   Primer and 50/50 do you think?  I'm thinking it might be something in the leather hence I could strip off the leather stitch new leather on and then re-glue.  But I don't want to do all that and end up with the same result.

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53 minutes ago, elfman said:

plus go over it with a new band that leather looks as if has burnt and not got enough of a rough surface 

Yes it looks like that but it is a pretty new band.  I reckon there is something in the leather.  The glue just seems not to "dry" if that the right word. 

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Hi,

If hibsjo way hasn't worked for you which is the way i would do it and you say the first layer of glue won't dry as it normally would you could be right about the leather ( remember green leather anyone ! ) I would replace the leather with new like you said in original post and continue on. Maybe don't use leather and replace with a good midsole material if you want, just an idea. 

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2 hours ago, Count Muppet said:

Is it that Dry Ped stuff?

Yes that is dry-ped. It was around years ago. I have had one or two boots in with this recently I find primer, 6092,5050 etc doesn't work however if you cover the underside of the boot with a thin layer of superglue smooth it over then once dried thoroughly put 5050 on both sole and unit. Again let dry then slightly warm up and give a quick stick with the press then leave for a while before finishing off. Then the job should be good.

Good luck

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13 hours ago, Simes said:

I wonder if anyone has any tips or ideas here.  I am replacing some units on a pair of Leather boots.  Really struggling to get the glue to hold these?  I started with Bostik 6092on it's own and then tried a primer on both the soles and the leather.  They just will not hold!  What am I doing wrong?   Primer and 50/50 do you think?  I'm thinking it might be something in the leather hence I could strip off the leather stitch new leather on and then re-glue.  But I don't want to do all that and end up with the same result.

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10 hours ago, da miller said:

dry ped was the first ever  fire resist sole for industry  there was only one glue that had a sort of bond for  it looked like milk and smelled 

like 50 cats had pissed in the same bottle and i think it was latex     

I remember latex glue, used to able to mould it into some odd shapes. !!!

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