Glue for Felt Soles?

[Berlin]

Can anyone recommend a Glue for Felt soles that lasts for longer than 3 weeks?

Cheers,
Carl

[JO]

I've used 'Barge Cement' bought back from the States for me recently, as recomended by Fred Evans. It seems to have worked after a couple of trips, only time will tell...

FG recommends Shu-gu (?).

[Hangman]

Hi Carl,
Try Araldite two pack (not the fast cure one) and make sure you put them together right first time !!.

I then screw in studs and add a spot of superglue before the last couple of turns...they have never budged and seem to pull the boot and sole together while the glue sets.

[The Famous Grouse]

Shoe Goo is the one. It sticks to anything, but stays flexible so it doesn't crack or peel away. One application has held the felt soles on both my wading boots for 3 years now.

I'm not sure how widely available it is in the UK, Carl. It's everywhere here.

A quick Google brings up a few UK hits:

www.ontherun.co.uk/acatalog/Shoe_Goo.html

Grouse

[Berlin]

Thanks a lot Jay,

Ive ordered some.


Carl

[AlanB]

Hi Carl,

Some years ago I was reading an American mag. They had an intresting idea for inserting studds into felt soles. The idea was to punch a hole through the sole before you put it on and then place a "Tee nut" in the hole. (A tee nut is the kind of nut with a round flange with four spikes sticking up from the flange). Then you can use regular threaded screws (I use this in the engineering sence not the wood working sence) for your studds. They are very easy to replace and there is no risk of the point sticking into your waders. B&Q Stock the right size of Tee Nuts in little packets of 5 I think.

Alan.

[WildTrout]

Carl,

You could try going along to a cobblers (such as Simpsons, etc) and ask them to order you some waterproof flexible glue. The type cobblers use dries like rubber... so it flexes and does not crack.

WT

[Berlin]

The Shoe Goo arrived today and I'm a little surprised to see it contains Toluene. I was under the impression this was banned in the UA for being a suspected carcinogen.

If anyone else buys the stuff, use gloves when you are using it and use it in a well ventilated area.

Cheers,
Carl

[fredaevans]

JO said:

I've used 'Barge Cement' bought back from the States for me recently, as recomended by Fred Evans. It seems to have worked after a couple of trips, only time will tell...

Stuff works like a charm ... BUT only if you follow the tubes instructions 'to the tee.' I've replaced the 'felts' on several wading boots throughout the years and not had one come loose yet.

[aliferste]

Someone on this forum recommended evostick to me and did the stuff just fine. Got it from B&Q

[pedro]

COBBLERS ! Berlin, take your waders/wading boots and new felt soles to a cobbler and get him to do it all.Mine charges a princely fiver,he makes a d**n site better job than I and he does it all whilst I wait------in the pub. See up there for thinking,down there for wading.Pedro.

[Berlin]

I used the Shoe Goo on my first pair of waders that had a rip in the rubber boot right through the neoprene and I have to say if has fixed them extremely well.
There is no loss of elasticity and the hole is no more to such an extent that you cant tell it was ever there.

As soon as my wading boots dry out I'll be removing toe felt soles completely and re-attaching them with Shoe goo.

Cheers,
Carl

[The Famous Grouse]

Glad it's working out, Carl.

As a word of warning, Shoe Goo is great stuff, but don't use it on anything where you'll ever want to remove it later.

My uncle Donald was in a boat 30 miles up the Marchington River chain in central Ontario when he hit a rock at speed putting a 5 inch rip in the hull of his 16 foot aluminum boat.

No problem, get to shore, unload, get out the Shoe Goo and drink a can of beer. He cut the beer can apart to form a patch to cover the gash, then glued the Bud can to the hull. It took about an hour and everything was good.

Except when he got home and discoverd neither love nor money would remove that d**n Shoe Gooed Budweiser can from the hull of the boat. He scraped, he pried, he tried a torch, nothing budged it. Finally he had to grind it off, but it took about half a day to clean it up so the welder could fix the hull.

Grouse

[Tyne Angler]

Carl

How did you get on with re-attaching the felt soles ?

[Berlin]

Hi Dave,
Funny you should ask. I just finished doing them last night.

And they look very good. Ive tried pulling the felt soles off again and try as I might they are stuck fast. If they last the season Ill be very pleased.


Carl