help

[sk]

okay guys, I need a little help. I can't afford to replace my mythos... and I have a hole in the leather just above the rubber to the outside of my right shoe. ( I know I need to improve my tecnique) any patching sugestions???

Edited September 3, 2003 by Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer

[ryland_moore]

Send 'em to the Rubber Room in Bishop, CA. They will fix 'em up good as new for ~ $40. I've done this to a pair of Bamba's 4 times now.

[sk]

ryland_moore said:

Send 'em to the Rubber Room in Bishop, CA. They will fix 'em up good as new for ~ $40. I've done this to a pair of Bamba's 4 times now.

ya if I had 40$

[erik]

shoe goo and get some c4 rubber at rei

 

make sure you use lots of pressure when bonding the glue!

 

and FOOTWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[sk]

erik said:

shoe goo and get some c4 rubber at rei

 

make sure you use lots of pressure when bonding the glue!

 

and FOOTWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

thats what I was lookin' for!!! thanks buddy

[fern]

I've seen people use bicycle inner tube patches and barge

cement. If it is just a little hole worn in the leather go

ask a cobbler how much it'll cost to sew a reinforcement

patch on. I would think it would be way less than $40 to

patch the leather. It doesn't have to be pretty.

[sk]

coolness fern THANKS

[Billygoat]

Speedy Stitcher ($6-$8) and some scraps. I've used the thing to repair leather mountaineering boots, sew a bivi sack and shorten the straps on my son's backpack, to name a very few. Great tool! Easy to use.

[sk]

thanks for all the help. The seam in the rubber at the toe of the right shoe popped last night. I think I am going to have to re-sole after all.

 

everyone should send a dollar to the "save Muffy's shoes fund"

[lummox]

at the risk of being offensive what size are your feet?

[sk]

lummox said:

at the risk of being offensive what size are your feet?

37 euro

[Attitude]

Muffy_The_Wanker_Sprayer said:

everyone should send a dollar to the "save Muffy's shoes fund"

That's what the g-string is for.

[MATT_B]

fern said:

I've seen people use bicycle inner tube patches and barge

cement. If it is just a little hole worn in the leather go

ask a cobbler how much it'll cost to sew a reinforcement

patch on. I would think it would be way less than $40 to

patch the leather. It doesn't have to be pretty.

 

I have tryed the bicycle rubber thing with marginal sucess. It tends not to stick very well. One do it your self trick I have used sucessfully for a hole similar to yours was to cut a patch out of canvas or an old pair of levies. Make sure you round off all of the corners so they don't come up. Use bard cement to glue it together. Stuff the shoe with old news papers and park you car on it over night. The fix is strong cheep and flexible. Another thing to try is, as fern said, a cobbler. You could probably have it done for 5-10 bucks.

[lummox]

37 huh? i aint got any shoes that size or i give you a pair. seeing as how shoes are about the most important item ya need for climbing get a new pair asap. caint someone get ya a deal? wholesale or sumpin?

i heard the dudes that manage this site are in good with backcountry gear. and there always that wanker scoteryx.

treat yourself. you be worth it.

[sk]

lummox said:

37 huh? i aint got any shoes that size or i give you a pair. seeing as how shoes are about the most important item ya need for climbing get a new pair asap. caint someone get ya a deal? wholesale or sumpin?

i heard the dudes that manage this site are in good with backcountry gear. and there always that wanker scoteryx.

treat yourself. you be worth it.

I think I am worth it too. I am working on it