HotrodHR
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Find a local shoe repair shop (cobbler) and I'm sure they can hook you up with 1) replacement soles, 2) adhering them using contact cement.
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Adhesive Recommedations Please
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nadogail
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Good Luck, when I get out of bed to get a firm footing I slip my feet into sandals with Vibram soles, I use a light walker to steady my self until I get my sandals on.
Synthetic carpets are slippery with bare feet.
Synthetic carpets are slippery with bare feet.
blacksporty
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Shoe goo, works great on my shoes and hockey skates.
HenryAZ
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Read about this glue https://chemicalwiki.com/barge-all-purpose-cement/. It is used to repair shoes. I think it is elastic enough and will be good to rubber soles to plastic. Hope it will help you.
I mentioned Barge earlier in the thread, but cannot recommend it highly enough. All of the custom saddlemakers here in town use it for leather-to-leather, for those parts of the saddle that need to be glued, and these glue jobs last for years and years of very hard use (ropers, we have here).
It comes in a yellow quart (or larger) can, which is the older high VOC stuff. It also comes in a blue tube/can, which is the newer, "safer" stuff. The blue holds just as well for common jobs, and it has the convenience of coming in a smaller tube (Amazon). The quart can of yellow has to be used constantly to justify its use, because it does start to dry out and has to be renewed with acetone. For the saddlemakers this is no problem as they use it daily and buy the gallon size. I have glued neoprene to stainless, rubber to wood, repaired shoe soles, etc. It will stick just about anything to just about anything else.
CaptPat
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+1 Barge Cement
gayler
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Send me an email to: drmarkr at gmail
I will call one of the prosthetist's I work with tomorrow and get you their recommendation.
If this were mine, I would scuff with 60-80 grit sandpaper and then use contact cement or PL. Let's see what these "experts" say?
MR
EDIT: Looking closer at your pics, it looks like that may have been contact cement they used previously. But as smooth at the prosthetic is, I'm not surprised it didn't adhere...
Good on you for offering to contact a prosthetist for him. Its also funny because I was going to suggest PL also.I use it when installing skimmers and bottom drains in koi ponds.
rcktsled
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Barge Cement for the win. That stuff is crazy strong.
garfunkle24
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+1 for 3M VHB. E6000 works well on that kind of stuff too.
givemethewillys
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I'll give another recommendation for vhb tape. I've seen a few campers held together with the stuff... it's STRONG
Firebrick43
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There are many good contact cements, the problem with many is the applicator. Many don’t follow directions with either surface prep or letting the coats dry sufficiently. Barg, 3m, and others make some really good ones.
3m vhb tapes are excellent and while still need good surface prep are much more forgiving in the skill of those applying them. Peal and stick. Which is why they have found such favor in aerospace, rv’s, automotive, and trucks/trailers.
Shiners hospital? Sister has a mild case of CP and unfortunately wasn’t motivated enough to do the exercises or wear the braces so her feet turn in significantly still. Keep encouraging her!
3m vhb tapes are excellent and while still need good surface prep are much more forgiving in the skill of those applying them. Peal and stick. Which is why they have found such favor in aerospace, rv’s, automotive, and trucks/trailers.
Shiners hospital? Sister has a mild case of CP and unfortunately wasn’t motivated enough to do the exercises or wear the braces so her feet turn in significantly still. Keep encouraging her!