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Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Shovel Man - 05-18-2016
Not really woodworking but I need the kind of creativity I can find here.
My toes get injured playing soccer. Some soccer shoes have thicker leather over the toes and it really helps. So I'd like to enhance that. (no steel toes won't work)
I cut the front off an old pair and glued them on the not quite so old ones. It provided good protection but besides being ugly, the glue didn't hold up. Shoemakers contact cement.
So any other crazy ideas?
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Wray Carter - 05-18-2016
Yellow pages.
Shoe repair.
Call and ask if they could sew a piece of leather on top .
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - jlanciani - 05-18-2016
Shoe goo; http://eclecticproducts.com/products/shoe-goo.html
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - JimReed@Tallahassee - 05-18-2016
Make a wooden form and stretch the wet leather over it. When dry, the formed leather will stay on better.
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Wild Turkey - 05-18-2016
I thought soccer kicks were with the side of the foot?
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - AHill - 05-18-2016
Maybe you could dip the toes into the same kind of stuff they use to coat the handles on pliers.
Dip and Grip Coating
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Shovel Man - 05-18-2016
Injuries from big guys stepping on my toes.
Dip and grip sounds like a winner.
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - wood2woodknot - 05-18-2016
One of my kids' soccer coaches used to cut a "shield" sort of thing out of a pop (soda) can - very flexible and light. He taped this over the toes of his shoes because they were too soft after they were broken in. Crazy idea, but he felt it was a help. This was when he was still playing youth soccer in high school.
Shoe repair guy would be my bet, though, providing you can still find one today. Someone who repairs baseball mitts/gloves might by a second source.
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Lynden - 05-19-2016
When I played baseball in the 1960s, I used a pitcher's toe plate on my shoe. It was made from leather and steel.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTA3NVg3OTQ=/z/A1gAAOSwuYVWnnn8/$_1.JPG
Today these toe protectors are pre-molded plastic or rubber.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pitcher'...LzIyQBw#imgrc=_
Another thing you could try is one of the work boot toe repair liquids. I use KG's Boot Guard on my boots and it works great. Tuff Toe is another brand. I've also had a shoe repair shop glue another layer of leather on my work boot toes. The Boot Guard works much better.
http://www.amazon.com/Kgs-Boot-Guard-Brush-Protection/dp/B00XYC36AC -- lots of good reviews
https://www.google.com/search?q=work+boo...67&bih=1018
Re: Shoe Repair Advice Needed - Bill Wilson - 05-19-2016
Do they make metatarsal guards for soccer shoes?