Another project? Oh No!

@TheHorse (238306)
Walnut Creek, California
July 18, 2016 12:22pm CST
As many of you know, I am something of a clothes horse and am a compulsive buyer of expensive clothing. I suppose you could call me metrosexual, at least by Montana standards. Just last week, I spent fully $19 on a new pair of Wrangler shorts. A few months before that, I spent $29 on a pair of highly fashionable (and quite comfortable) Fila sneakers. I believe they're called running shoes these days. Much to my disappointment, the upper part of the sole separated from the side on one of them. I thought about what I have here, and decided to see if I could repair them with the hot glue gun I use for attaching speaker grille cloths to speaker frames. Do you think I will succeed? Are you a clothes horse as well? If I succeed with this project, I might celebrate by buying a couple of extra $6 black t-shirts at Target.
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22 responses
Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
Haven't bought any clothes or shoes.for two years.now
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
same here. lots of hand-me-downs from family members.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jul 16
Don't need to?
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Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
@hereandthere my siblings always.gave me. Haha
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Bella
@Bella128 (2471)
• United States
18 Jul 16
My dad has this need to use gorilla glue on everything! Once that's on something it never comes off!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
Does it tend to hold stuff together? I've bought "super glue" at the Dollar Store that simply didn't work!
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
18 Jul 16
It might just work! Let us know if it was a success (hot glue to repair the shoes)! But you may need the fabric glue?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
I use the glue sticks that my friends use at their shop. They seem to work with fabric and wood. I think they will with rubber and (possible) leather.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
18 Jul 16
@TheHorse Yay glad it works out then!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
@infatuatedbby So far so good.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
They don't make them like they use to, tennis champions use to wear them and they last a very long time. I have had similar problems with what were suppose to be good reliable brands anyway my method is to apply contact cement on both sides, let it dry a little bit then clamp the shoe on my vise overnight ar at times more than 24hrs.
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louievill
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
@TheHorse yes it has to be clamped and for those reading and don't have one, they could use heavy books placed one on top of the other to pin the shoe. There seems to be a lot of "class A" knock offs these days and it's very hard to tell between the genuine, scary thing is if they find their way to legit shops, the same problem happened to me with my Oakley tactical boots.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
I did clamp them tightly overnight with some spring-loaded clamps. I think that helped.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
@louievill You wound up with some fakes?
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Jul 16
hot glue wont hold for long I dont think, they do make shoe goo stuff that works though
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse didnt on my last pair of boots, the glue just wouldnt stick to the surface, it kept coming undone
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
What makes you think hot glue won't last? It's the only glue I trust for my speaker grilles.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jul 16
@My sneakers have held together for several days now. We'll see what happens.
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ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
19 Jul 16
My husband's the clothes horse ....he is always buying !
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
@responsiveme so what do you do with the shoes, take them back for a replacement or give them as presents?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jul 16
Just like me? I think I've bought three pairs of shorts in only two years. That's almost $60 gone like a train!
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ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse And shoes....problem is he buys as a surprise for me...and the shoes don't fit.
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koopharper
@koopharper (7599)
• Canada
18 Jul 16
I'm a total cheapskate. Cheap clothes isn't always worth it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
I do have SOME fancy clothes--Brooks Brother's button downs, for example.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
18 Jul 16
do buy the t-shirts if you succeed... because if you don't succeed, you'll be spending more than $12 anyway for another pair of sneakers... good luck!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
True. If I succeed, I'll have to treat myself. Eh, maybe I'll just go cycling.
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sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse ... or running, wearing the successfully mended sneakers...
Sky
@skysnap (20152)
•
18 Jul 16
Give it a shot. You'd surley enjoy that time.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
I'll be testing them out again today.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Jul 16
I think gorilla glue might be a better fit but maybe. I am an absolute clothing horse.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
So far, the hot glue (now dried and cool) is working. I like the fact that it's a tad flexible.
Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Jul 16
So, were you successful? I don't know whether I'd call spending less than thirty dollars on shoes and twenty on jean shorts to be related to purchasing expensive clothing. Or, are you being facetious? I've had to buy seventy dollar shoes, but I usually can get them for about forty dollars. More than what I like to spend, but I've bought a lot of shoes in the past ten years and many didn't fit for very long. If I have to spend a bit more to get ones I can wear for a few years, I'm doing good.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 16
When it comes to discussions of me and clothes, you can safely assume I'm being facetious.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69176)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jul 16
You must do stand up comedy some where.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69176)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jul 16
@TheHorse I will take your word for that since I've not seen the movie.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
Eh, I'm like Marlin from Finding Nemo. I can ruin any joke.
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DJ
@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jul 16
I use fevi quick for that.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
Is that a kind of glue?
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DJ
@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jul 16
@TheHorse Yep super glue!
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43586)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Jul 16
Nineteen bucks for a pair of shorts? That's outrageous!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
It may be an addiction. I'm trying to control it!
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Patsie Hatley is Deceased
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Jul 16
I love pretty clothes so wjhem I got that backpay check from Social security and they said s pend it you cannot save it I spent it on a new computer and new clothes and loved my new things too
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
A new computer. Now that's a reasonable investment. Most of my buying is of stereo gear and guitars, and I'm in the interesting position of needing nothing new right now.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
19 Jul 16
I have repaired shoes using super glue and it worked, I have used them years after I have re-attached the sole. I think that the hot glue should work.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502427)
• Italy
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse If the sole separates again in a few weeks you already know what to do.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jul 16
So far, it's held just fine.
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul 16
I just used Gorilla Glue a couple of weeks ago to repair three pairs of shoes I have that were falling apart. So far, after three weeks, the glue is still holding strong!
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Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Aug 16
@TheHorse I've got two pairs of shoes that I used gorilla glue on, and they're both still holding strong, even after 6 months.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 16
I'll try that next if the hot glue fails again. I got about two weeks out of it.
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S George
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
19 Jul 16
Oh you are a cute fashionable pony. I think you will succeed with a super glue. Fevi Quick is popular here as DJ says.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 16
It held for a week or three. I'm redoing it tonight.
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S George
@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
5 Aug 16
@TheHorse It's long time I think you have already done it.
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
20 Jul 16
If I can repair stuff, then I will. I had some shoes I wanted to repair, but I couldn't repair them so I ended up buying new ones.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 16
Why not just return the old ones?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Aug 16
@JESSY3236 Heh heh. I'm a creature of habit. My shopping sprees are mostly at LL bean, Target and Big Five sports.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
5 Aug 16
@TheHorse If I remember where I got them, I would.
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Yogesh Sharma
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
18 Jul 16
I prefer Armani for jeans, Henry Hudson or Peter England for t-shirts
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse can't find levi's? aren't they popular in the us anymore?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul 16
Are Armani jeans expensive? My Wrangler jeans cost about $20/pair. I used to wear Levis, but can't find them as easily as I used to.
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Yogesh Sharma
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
19 Jul 16
@TheHorse yes they are equivalent to Versace. Versace not easily available in India