I felt a little inspired by the thread the about resoling old shoes with tyre rubber. I had just had a pair of works brogue resoled on the high street and wasnt particularly impressed with the job they done given the price, so at the time of the thread I had been searching eBay to find the necessary supplies to do repairs to other shoes.
I have an old pair of Timberland boots, they are now 17 year old and showing their age. They are still waterproof, but the heel support and the sole are pretty knackered. The sole has delaminated from the main boot, and is very thin in the centre part. The heel block is well worn due to the way I walk!
I dont think you can get a better boot for dodging about than Timberlands, they are waterproof and the waterproofing lasts, unlike Cats, Rockport etc I maybe wouldnt do a hike in them but for everything else you would ever need boots for they fit the bill. These ones are my old work boots now, I could have chucked them and bought a £20 pair of Cats from the bay, but I want to have some fun and see if I can restore them!!
So here is what I have done today
Part 1
Here is my old boots, covered in cement and all the other junk they have been through
I eventually got the sole off, and here is some tyre tread I removed from a Dunlop Grandtrek I found lying around at work. The tyre was virtually brand new it must have had some side wall damage as the tread had loads left on it which was fine for me. Getting the tread off was a right nightmare. I was originally going to use the mid section of the tyre cutting down the bands in the tread pattern and removing the centre section, but it was to narrow for my shoe so I had to remove the side section as well. This is what really took the time as the side section had a very thin metal mesh in it. I had to cut around this like fish bones which was time consuming. If I do this again I will find a much wider tyre. The tyre under the tread has a fabric mat, once you have cut around this it will virtually peel off, hence the reason Ill use a wider tyre.
This is my soles shaped out roughly, you can see where I marked it out with a sharpie, I nearly made two right soles, oops!
I have a wee cheapo sander; I used this to flatten the sole bonding area. I have watched a few YouTube videos and the glue seems to be contact adhesive, so I want the two bonding areas to be as flat and clean as possible. My wee knife from Bushwear tackled the job pretty well but that will now need sharpened, these tyres are heavy going. I like the fact that Bushwear advertise these that they are so cheap you can just thrown them away rather than sharpen them. Im not made of money so it will be getting sharpened!
The boots and sole are pretty filthy, so any owner of these boots knows the best way to keep them clean is soapy water and the wee Timberland brush, which is just a overpriced nail brush. I have scrubbed the upper and the sole as clean as I could get them. The soles started to come off when we were on a work day at our shoot, so they got pretty filthy underneath; I need this glue surface to be very clean.
Through the miracle of time, they will dry out and be ready for the next stage!
I bought some Evostick Impact, has anyone used this product? All the YouTube videos state to use contact adhesive, and eBay basically sell contact adhesive for the job of resoling. However Evostick Impact is a retail product sole through B&Q will this be up to the job, or should I find something more industrious?
I have an old pair of Timberland boots, they are now 17 year old and showing their age. They are still waterproof, but the heel support and the sole are pretty knackered. The sole has delaminated from the main boot, and is very thin in the centre part. The heel block is well worn due to the way I walk!
I dont think you can get a better boot for dodging about than Timberlands, they are waterproof and the waterproofing lasts, unlike Cats, Rockport etc I maybe wouldnt do a hike in them but for everything else you would ever need boots for they fit the bill. These ones are my old work boots now, I could have chucked them and bought a £20 pair of Cats from the bay, but I want to have some fun and see if I can restore them!!
So here is what I have done today
Part 1
Here is my old boots, covered in cement and all the other junk they have been through
I eventually got the sole off, and here is some tyre tread I removed from a Dunlop Grandtrek I found lying around at work. The tyre was virtually brand new it must have had some side wall damage as the tread had loads left on it which was fine for me. Getting the tread off was a right nightmare. I was originally going to use the mid section of the tyre cutting down the bands in the tread pattern and removing the centre section, but it was to narrow for my shoe so I had to remove the side section as well. This is what really took the time as the side section had a very thin metal mesh in it. I had to cut around this like fish bones which was time consuming. If I do this again I will find a much wider tyre. The tyre under the tread has a fabric mat, once you have cut around this it will virtually peel off, hence the reason Ill use a wider tyre.
This is my soles shaped out roughly, you can see where I marked it out with a sharpie, I nearly made two right soles, oops!
I have a wee cheapo sander; I used this to flatten the sole bonding area. I have watched a few YouTube videos and the glue seems to be contact adhesive, so I want the two bonding areas to be as flat and clean as possible. My wee knife from Bushwear tackled the job pretty well but that will now need sharpened, these tyres are heavy going. I like the fact that Bushwear advertise these that they are so cheap you can just thrown them away rather than sharpen them. Im not made of money so it will be getting sharpened!
The boots and sole are pretty filthy, so any owner of these boots knows the best way to keep them clean is soapy water and the wee Timberland brush, which is just a overpriced nail brush. I have scrubbed the upper and the sole as clean as I could get them. The soles started to come off when we were on a work day at our shoot, so they got pretty filthy underneath; I need this glue surface to be very clean.
Through the miracle of time, they will dry out and be ready for the next stage!
I bought some Evostick Impact, has anyone used this product? All the YouTube videos state to use contact adhesive, and eBay basically sell contact adhesive for the job of resoling. However Evostick Impact is a retail product sole through B&Q will this be up to the job, or should I find something more industrious?
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