Is there a way to salvage these shoes.

[RichardBarkley]

My third pair of shoes this year. So annoying

There's a hole straight through you can see my finger on other side.

Is there anyway to save these ? Patch then up with some material or something?

[moonordie]

Cut a little piece of suede from old shoes, out shoe goo on the outside like you would normally do. Aq

[GardenSkater77]

What a piece of shit shoe. Is that nylon in the area of the hole?

You need to take those shoes to a cobbler.

I recommend thicker socks. You could duct tape the inside and build up the outside with shoe good, but that will fall apart in one session.

You need a better pair of vulcs. How bout Janoski’s? I’m too old/big for vulcs, but everyone here says they are bomb proof.

[ibuproficient]

Duct tape the inside, shoe-goo the outside.

[Fhk]

I second the duct tape/shoe goo trick. But I would start using sho goo as a preventative measure before the hole goes all the way through.

[RichardBarkley]

Thanks guys gonna duct tape and glue and pray for a bit longer out of these

[Esmith5488]

I would put electrical tape on the inside and shoe goo the outside. That’s normally what I do if I’m liking a shoe and I’m not ready to break in another pair

[Fhk]

Thanks guys gonna duct tape and glue and pray for a bit longer out of these

Judging by the picture if you fix the hole and hit the other areas while your at it, you should be good for a while.

[Mbrimson88]

I am often presented with holes in shoes like this, usually by people with toes bleeding or whatever, but the answer is always the same and in two parts.

The first part is yes shoes can always be fixed easily enough, the most common product is Shoe Goo, which is usually available from most skate shops and online via ebay, in most countries too, or a similar variation of it.  Failing that, some cheap normal super glue, available almost anywhere can also help, if you cannot get Shoe Goo.

The second part is more for next time, to try to sort out your shoe before it gets to this stage. A little super glue on stitches or joins of high wear areas before you skate in them will help with a lot of the coming apart problems, but also some Shoe Goo over the hole or area that is wearing down before you go right through it.

If you have canvas side in high wear areas, such as Vans Old Skool or on these Lakai shoes, you most definitely need to hit that with something, because one decent session in a brand new pair of these and you will be right through the side of the shoe, most likely through your sock and maybe even enough skin to make you need medical attention.


There is a Shoe Goo thread here:

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=104977.0

[j....soy.....]

Ratione your heelflips...

[Noble Experiment]

Duct tape the inside, shoe-goo the outside.

Exactly what I was gonna say. Besides that hole they still look like they have quite a bit of life left in em.

[ballintoohard]

Don’t buy Lakai next time. Even the few sponsored dudes I’ve seen with them blow through them in a session or 2. Even Welsh, who works for them, doesn’t skate in them.

[jtrpma]

You can vulcanize a little part of bike tube to the outside and fabric to the inside

[oyolar]

Cut a little piece of suede from old shoes, out shoe goo on the outside like you would normally do. Aq

Yeah this alongside the other tape/shoe goo tips.

[cky enthusiast]

You can vulcanize a little part of bike tube to the outside and fabric to the inside

came here to post this

[lazer69]

get yourself a mini hot glue gun. Put a cotton ball on the inside while you press glue onto the outside.

[RichardBarkley]

Thanks everyone

I ran these old pair of Reynolds as a guinea pig. They are blown out in the same spot. Did masking tape and glue. I think in the lakais I'm gonna put fabric or wire mesh in the hole.

[Murge]

Super glueing with the clear super glue in areas you know will be problems has worked well for me. Stitched etc. it may look shiny at first but it will dull down and you won’t know it’s even there until you touch it.