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« on: May 03, 2012, 10:03:02 PM »
After 7 months of wearing my KSO, (mostly travelling, walking and jogging), the is a hole developed in the right one.

It is a small one, but I want to fix it before it gets bigger and render the whole shoes unwearable.
I managed to find this guide : http://birthdayshoes.com/vibram-five-fingers-sole-repair-using-shoe-goo. Problem is it seems I can't find a Shoe Goo here.
(I am staying at Taiwan now and the only tools I have is some needles, a tube of superglue which can actually melt the fabric of the KSO   Shocked, haven't try it on the rubber though).
Is there any alternate way I can use to fix it?  Cry
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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 11:10:49 PM »
Ehhhhh, ive never had to repair any VFF's before. But something that just came to mind was possibly the bike tire repair kits that come with the patches that you just glue over the hole. Im sure there could possibly be better ways of fixing it though.
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2012, 01:18:36 AM »
Quote from: rookhoe on May 03, 2012, 11:10:49 PM
Ehhhhh, ive never had to repair any VFF's before. But something that just came to mind was possibly the bike tire repair kits that come with the patches that you just glue over the hole. Im sure there could possibly be better ways of fixing it though.

I'm thinking finding a piece of thin rubber and just superglue it to the hole, not sure what will happen if the rubber reacts to the adhesive though.  Huh
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2012, 06:46:44 AM »
Have you tried contact adhesive (rubber based)? In the UK the best known brand of that is EvoStik.
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 09:09:04 AM »
Quote from: nowster on May 04, 2012, 06:46:44 AM
Have you tried contact adhesive (rubber based)? In the UK the best known brand of that is EvoStik.

Haven't tried it, thought it might damage the fabric.

Come to think of it, how does adhesive fix the hole? Does it create a layer to cover it?  Huh
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 09:55:06 AM »
You could adhere something to the shoe (bike tire patch) so that whatever is adhered is what wears instead of the sole of the actual shoe or you could just build up the sole with the rubberized adhesive and then replace it as necessary when it wears down.  It all depends on how clean you want it to look when you are done and how much maintenance you want to have to keep it up.
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2013, 06:07:03 AM »
Sorry, I know this is an old post but thought I could help...

I've had a similar problem with holes developing on the soles of my Spyridons due to being used a lot on roads, and from the research I've done I tried Shoe Goo. This was after trying Plasti-Dip and epoxy glue with limited success. Shoe Goo is designed for shoe repairs so no wonder I've found it the best so far, although it would need to be reapplied occasionally. With a warn patch like on your shoes I just applied a thin layer, but on the parts where the heels had really worn down on one side I used a different approach as I needed it thicker; I put a line of SG on a piece of parchment (grease-proof) paper, waited for it to dry then peeled it off and cut to the required size. So what I then had was a 2-3mm thick patch that I could then stick to the soles with the SG, and so far it's looking good  Smiley
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