Gorilla Glue Old Boots 

+Robin S If you have the chance to resole them proper than I would do that for sure. These boots of mine were 10+ years old and I think I paid $175 on sale. The leather is just fine but the rubber is a gone. I have seen people make boots last a life time with new soles.

+speckspeck to those who wish to visit a cobbler, they have the best glue and they know these secrets, not to mention they can resole your shoe for a decent price and they will be as new on the bottoms. Eventually they'll need it

Cobblers are a vanishing breed like the typewriter is/was. Sadly.

+scdevon I still have them. The leather is Great! The rubber has just rotted.

what brand of boots are they..

+shanghaied lowa.

TY..

After giving the glue a go I found that it was not very effective. Just did not last long. Also these old boots had some rot around the foam. This caused them to separate no matter what I used to put them together.

Land to House Depending on what remains of the boots I guess you could make a decision to either scrap them or look into the viability of taking things to the next diy level. Time and energy, cost of materials, etc would of course be a consideration, not to mention your level of interest in proceeding along such lines. So much information is available, RU-vid videos and a multitude of websites offering practical, step by step knowledge and the necessary tools and materials that I personally think it is possible to have a go at it. I have a pair of chukkas and a pair of moc toe work boots, both with cemented Vibram soles that I have been reattaching constantly for a couple of years now, using superglue most of the time. I intend to attempt adding an authentic, hand sewn goodyear welt to one pair, although such a thing is not customarily done. The company that made these shoes designed them as a less expensive alternative to their standard, much pricier selection. They were never meant to be resoled or repaired, just tossed in the garbage when worn out. Although this company has a repair service, they won't repair this particular model. Except for the soles the leather is in great shape and they are as comfortable as can be. So in time I will make the attempt. When finances allow I am also seriously considering having the Vibram soles replaced on one of the pairs by a company I found online that offers that service for about 75 dollars. If you google "US Vibram" you can find it and check out their resoling service.

+Tony Vazquez ha ha talking fish. This gorilla glue fix might not be the best but it certainly did work in a pinch. It lasted about 3 weeks before I had to reapply. I did use them pretty heavily in the woods and in the creek.

+Land to House ...Understood. Even just a short fix will hold me out until I buy another pair of shoes. I have a second pair that I wear for work. My OP shoes are comfortable, though. I walk wherever I go whether it's to/from work or shopping. I average about 3 or 4 miles per day walking (I don't hike. lol). My shoes last about 5 years before I buy new shoes.

+Tony Vazquez Thats how I was with these boots. Just make them last long enough to get a new pair. With that amount of walking you are bound to get a lot of wear and tear on your shoes.

Nice! It would be awesome if you got a long time out of them

This glue is awesome! It expands a lot but holds so very well! The toughest glue out there if you dont mind it expanding.

+murf003 I like the melt idea too! I think I will look for my old boots and try the heat gun on them. What do I have to lose but an old pair of boots I dont use right? Let me know how this works on your boots. I was able to get a few more weeks per glueing.

I actually glued, screwed, and duck taped mine. I'm going to let the shoe goo dry until next summer... Then I'm going to heat torch the break together and melt and mend that split under my soles. That might just do it. The final step will be to get odor eaters as that's part off the healing process:)

+Tiffany Coghill I have not tried the heat option either. I just went with the new boot option because it just seemed more reliable.

+Princern Prince This lasted about 2 weeks. But I am very rough on boots. Basically its a fix until you can get new boots. Or have them professionally resoled.

+Land to House K thanks :)

RTV adhesive is a room-temperature vulcanizing glue used also for gaskets

+Robin S You are probably right about the local cobbler. You could make video on that stuff! I have not heard of it before but it sounds like it should be good. If it holds up to a 10 mile hike I would think it is ready for anything. I wonder if AT hikers take along a tube of that for fixing stuff on the trail. For $7 you cant go wrong. Let me know how it holds up. You never know when you need to suggest a good shoe glue.

Hi Robin s, how to did your boots hold up. I need my boots fixed they coming apart at the toe in 3 seperate places. Good advice you gave 👍

+Sunaland Morris I am not sure about that one.

This worked for a while :) a good temporary fix.

That tape is amazing! My father has a pair of chaco boots that fell apart and he uses that tape

Yes it does not look very good at all. This did not work for long. I have a newer video showing the use of 3M marine adhesive that worked a lot better.

+skywriter007 this worked for about 2 weeks then the glue started to peal off. I have a new video showing 3m marine adhesive that works much better.

The boots had to go they were too far gone.

In my second attempt I used 3m marine adhesive. Worked much better. The issue is that the rubber has rotted on the part of the boot above the sole.

My boots were rotten. So no epoxy was going to hold them. To be honest I'm not sure what the best is

Land to House thanks man. i’m just gonna epoxy and clamp them i’ll lyk if it works out in a day or two lol

Epoxy is usually not flexible enough for shoe soles once set.

+Lincoln16 ha ha yes good idea.

fine if you have a shop available we have tp go 100 miles at least to even find a xhop

@@joescheller6680 What he is talking about is basically contact cement.

Sad but true. poor video.

+kelvin randolph haha yes this was a nice "fix" until I got a new pair.

The boots are very old. I just wanted to give them a try before tossing them.

I did get new boots right after this. Using the glue got me a couple more weeks before getting the new ones :)

+Robin S I was rough with my boots by walking in the creek and all over. I was able to get 2 to 3 weeks per glue. Depending on how much you walk and how wet you get the boots you might get more. It was a nice fix until I got new boots.