How to make your own shoes repair yourself

Pick up shoes, which will be convenient - not such a simple task. To a new couple you need to get used to carrying it, and after that the legs can feel comfortable even with long walks. It is all the more offensive when a beloved couple comes into disrepair, and because of the defects that appear, you have to part with it. Do not rush: with their own hands, almost everyone can repair shoes, thereby extending the life of comfortable old shoes.

Why not help the shoemaker?

Problems with shoes happen very often, even with very new pairs. Skin worn or worn can even very expensive or high-quality boots. Many will say: "Why invent and do something with their own hands?" Shoe repair can be done by a shoemaker, which is now a large number. " Yes, this is true: small trays, in which shoe repair services are provided, are quite common. But not always you can help them.

Very often shoemakers do not want to undertake small-scale work. They will spend a lot of time and energy, and they will not be able to get a big reward for this. It is better to take up a difficult job, after which a high payment will follow. Therefore, by bringing the old broken pair, you can hear that it can not be repaired. Or the cost of services will be so high that you yourself will make a decision to throw out old shoes and buy new ones.

This problem is solved simply: with their own hands, shoe repair is quite easy, but it is important to know some of the subtleties of this process.

Most popular repair

Most often worn out are those parts of shoes that are subject to the greatest wear: soles, soles, heels. Also very often shoes are simply unstuck, especially after contact with water.

In order to independently repair your favorite pair, you need to buy in advance materials for repairing shoes. You will definitely need:

• Good glue;
• Acetone or gasoline;
• sandpaper;
• polyurethane;
• Sharp knife, better shoemaker.

With this simple set you can easily eliminate the most popular defects. If the shoes are unstuck, the joints must be well degreased with acetone or gasoline and if necessary, rub with sandpaper. After this, it is necessary to glue the surface well, leaving the adhesive to dry for at least 24 hours.

If you often have to change the heel for shoes, you do not need to overpay the shoemaker. With the help of polyurethane and shoe knife you can make new heels by fixing them on the sole with glue or shoe nails.

What if the shoes sagged?

Very often in the workshop they refuse to repair shoes, in which the sole sagged inside. Under the insole protruding square cells, the heel falls through, and walking in such shoes becomes impossible. What to do?

Self-made shoe repair will help to easily eliminate this defect and allow you to carry on your favorite pair. To make it is simple: from old rubber beach slippers it is necessary to cut out squares of square or rectangular shape. They should be slightly larger than the cells on the bottom of the leaky pair.

Obtained brusochki you just need to firmly insert into the holes on the sole, then glue the insole into place. Such repairs will not let the shoes sag, and walk in it will be comfortable for a long time.

A crack in the sole: is there any way out?

The shoes, in which the sole is cracked, immediately goes to the dump. Do not rush it, because it can be repaired with an old bicycle camera. The crack should be cleaned with a nest and degrease. The dimensions of the fault itself should be measured and cut out of the rubber chamber strip more by 15 mm. The cracked sole must be bent in such a way that the crack opens as much as possible and smudges the lateral parts of the fault with glue.

After the surface dries a little in the unfolded position, the cut strip cut from the chamber should be applied to the crack site and pressed firmly against the glued sidewalls. Only now the sole can be straightened and put to dry for at least 24 hours, preferably under load.

Do not rush to throw away your favorite boots, even if the shoe master said that they are not subject to resuscitation. Try to fix them yourself, and then the shoes will serve you more than one year!