I have a pair of shoes that I've had going on close to 20 years now-I got them when I was in high school.
In that time, I've had two full soles and two half soles put on them. I should give them up, but they're the most comfortable pair of dress shoes I have and I don't want to(plus it's a point of aggravation to some family members that I do just keep fixing them, and like the fact that I'm fixing rather than replacing ).
As my leather sole shoes have a tendency to do after some wearing, these have a hole in the left sole about the size of a dime and the right is starting to show some distress there. The cobbler who's always worked on them looked at them and said "Sorry, I don't think they'll take another one-just wear them when it's dry until the hole gets too big." I'd like to at least keep it from getting worse, though.
I'm wondering if there's something I can fill the hole with-not necessarily to plug/seal it but just to keep it from wearing more in that spot.
Has anyone done anything like that themselves before, and if so how did it work and how did you do it?
In that time, I've had two full soles and two half soles put on them. I should give them up, but they're the most comfortable pair of dress shoes I have and I don't want to(plus it's a point of aggravation to some family members that I do just keep fixing them, and like the fact that I'm fixing rather than replacing ).
As my leather sole shoes have a tendency to do after some wearing, these have a hole in the left sole about the size of a dime and the right is starting to show some distress there. The cobbler who's always worked on them looked at them and said "Sorry, I don't think they'll take another one-just wear them when it's dry until the hole gets too big." I'd like to at least keep it from getting worse, though.
I'm wondering if there's something I can fill the hole with-not necessarily to plug/seal it but just to keep it from wearing more in that spot.
Has anyone done anything like that themselves before, and if so how did it work and how did you do it?