How to Repair a sole

How to Repair a sole
 Even the owners of neat quality and expensive shoes are not immune to problems with the sole. Trouble may occur due to the damp, cold, mechanical damage, etc. In such cases it is possible to repair the soles, and after repairs to properly care for it, which will prolong the socks.
 If the sole is moved away from the shoes, then sew it will not be any problems. This will require a thread (№ 10) to be treated with wax or tar. Impregnating a strand of waterproof and will not be wound up to the individual fibers.

For convenience, you can boot a pencil to draw a line around the circle firmware, stepping back from the edge of about 5 mm to the welt is not worn out by pulling the thread.

With an awl to pierce the product to be scheduled on the line and make stitches with an interval of 10 mm. Each stitch is necessary to drag away the thread did not form loops and not give slack. At a certain skill you can make the stitches so that they will not be visible from the outside. For this is a bit on the old practice of unnecessary shoes.

For the second option repair soles need glue and old newspapers. Before the procedure, the desktop should be spread out the trash, so as not to stain the adhesive surface. Repair is performed only with dry shoes.

When moved away from the shoe sole in the middle, a sharp knife is necessary to separate it from the toe as far as possible, if necessary trim line.

Leather soles should be wiped with alcohol and clean coarse sandpaper or rasp. Then make the outsole, cut it out of thin foam rubber.

Mixed with rubber cement adhesive stamps "88" in a proportion of 4: 1, were thoroughly mixed to avoid clots. The resultant mixture is thinly applied on the outsole and the sole itself, and leave for 5 minutes.

Then smear must be made again composition soleplate to dry for 3 minutes and firmly connect the bonding surfaces. On the repaired product to deliver the goods and leave for a day. Once the glue is dry, you need to cut off the side of the candle with a sharp knife. Now you can wear the shoes repaired again.

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