Moccasin Soles?

[Lone Ranger]

I have a pair of Minnetnoka(sp*) Moccasins, and I often walk in swamps with them and this last year they stretched out a LOT! the rubber soles on them are coming up and I am looking to put some new soles on them. I would like to know what you all suggest?  A company called Sodhoppers sells a product called goop that looks pretty good so far.

any one have any suggestions?


L.R.

[ProArcher]

If the Goop is like the plumber's Goop it dries hard. What you need is a contact rubber cement.

[mmisciag]

Shoe Goo is what my son used to mend his boots.

 http://www.eclecticproducts.com/shoegoo.htm

Take a look.

Martin

[Mike Vines]

Originally posted by mmisciag:
Shoe Goo is what my son used to mend his boots.

   http://www.eclecticproducts.com/shoegoo.htm  

Take a look.

Martin

you beat me to it.  this is real good stuff.

[Lone Ranger]

this is the stuff I am talkin about~!


 http://www.sodhoppers.com/html/goop.html

[Lone Ranger]

Bump N E one try the stuff above?

L.R.

[dan d]

I use shoe goo also, I was surprised at how good it held up !
Dan

[JimB]

I haven't but that stuff looks pretty interesting.The fact that you can add some later as it wears is pretty cool to.

[rbbhunt]

Shoe goop works great.

The absolute best stuff is Barge Cement, in the yellow tube or can, with toluene. It's what shoemakers have used for years to hold soles on.

[Greg Skinner]

I checked out the Sodhopper website a while back and decided to get some tire crumbs and make my own sole goop.  I used contact cement, which seems to be real similar to barge cement.  I just mixed it to a thick paste consistency and applied it with a butter knife as he suggests on the website.  It really seemed to work pretty well, but the moccasins I tried it on were not very good quality and I was not able to wear them for very long. So I can't vouch for long term durability.

I am planning to get a pair of Arrow moccasins and try the tire crumb sole on them.  They are well built and should hold up to some rough wear.  The nice thing about the tire crumb sole is that you can just replace it when it gets worn.

In my research it appeared that all of the "Goop" products, Barge cement and contact cement are very similar in their chemical make-up.  The most important feature in common is the flexibility after curing.