KISS Principle Boot Repair

I am offten Outdoors Instructing, now and then a Student comes up and tells me he has somehow torn his sole on his Boot open. I always grab my trusty role of Duct Tape and liberaly wrap it around the offending Boot and tell them

there you go. Then I had the misfortunate myself with a pair of good Boots. In my Kit I had a tube of "Shoe Goo"

no Probs. So here´s what to do

Your damaged Boots (Duh)

Shoe Goo

Tooth pick

Duct Tape

Brush

I don´t mean the Boot in General as in give em a shine, but using a brush clean where the damage is in the soles

because a) it might not stick because of dirt and b) when you seal the sole with bits of grass etc., in them

might look silly

Shoe Goo is made for just this reason and comes in different colours I think. I used Transperant for everything

pull back the damaged area and put on the goo try to keep it on the area to be glued and not too much outside.

I used a cocktail stick to help spread it around the area, then pressed the sole back in place.

Using my trusty Duct Tape I put a piece on and above the area repaired and pulled it tight.

After a good 24 hours you can peel off the Tape, any leftover Goo can be Scratched off.

When the whole boot is cleaned looks good to go.

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