Ragged to Rescued: 4 Repairs You Can Do at Home!

I saved 4 pairs of footwear from going to the trash. A pair Cole Haan Chukka boots got new real leather heel bases and leather-rubber combo heels after the originals fell off. A pair of Stacy Adams faux lizard skin loafers get the top lifts re-attached and made more secure than they were originally. A pair of Very Volatile boots needed new top lifts and their dogs got to the laminant on the heels. A pair of Gianni Bini dancing shoes need the soles re-glued back on.

1:08 The Cole Haan Chukkas
2:10 The Stacy Adams loafers
2:54 The Very Volatile boots
3:54 The Gianni Bini dancing shoes need the soles glued back on
4:45 Gluing the soles back on the dancing shoes
9:32 The Stacy Adams top lifts: why I reversed them before glueing them on
12:27 Dissasembling the sock liner and padding to see the heel nails
13:20 Why I chose not to remove the heel bases from the shoes
14:35 The heel bases after sanding them down
16:39 Carefully placing the top lifts onto the fresh glue & nailing them on with brass Eustachian pins
23:19 Gluing the soles back onto the Gianni Bini dancing shoes
24:20 Getting a closer look at the damage to the Very Volatile boots heels and top lifts and the cost-saving connstruction
25:30 Why good leather heel bases are superior
27:13 Gluing the customer's insole padding under the sock liner to look neater, and re-gluing the sock liner back down
28:10 The Cole Haan boots get new heels
28:53 Showing the leather heel bases
29:48 Heel Balance explained
30:59 Sanding the bottom of the sole flat and sanding off the pins
31:42 Gluing up the heel stack and soles
33:13 Attaching the heel base to the soles and why I chose to nail them the way I did
38:02 Gluing on the new leather rubber top lifts
39:56 Trimming & sanding the new leather heels down to shape
41:47 Showing the heels sanded down and explaining which grits I used
42:35 Hand sanding the sides of the heels
43:05 A preliminary look at the sanded heels before polishing
43:40 Polishing the sides of the heels with Saphir medium brown cream polish
44:56 Brushing the newly finished heels to a shine!
45:53 Re-dying the black parts with Simple Shine black edge dressing
46:29 Polishing the boots' uppers with black Saphir Medaille D'Or cream polish
46:47 Brushing the corrected grain uppers to a shine
47:24 Adding brass nails to the boot heels
49:17 Showing the finished new heels on the the boots
49:45 Back to the Very Volatile boots: filling the hollow heel base with Bondo Glass
51:29 Sanding the filled boot heel bases flat
53:11 Gluing new heeling rubber onto the freshly filled and sanded heel bases
55:45 Sanding the edges of the Very Volatile boots' new top lifts to shape was not easy!
56:51 Re-covering the sides of the heel bases with sheet vinyl
59:50 Polishing the uppers with Saphir black and buffing them
1:00:02 Showing the finished Very Volatile boots
1:01:20 Showing the finished Cole Haan Chukka boots
1:01:47 Showing the finished Stacy Adams loafers
1:02:19 Showing the finished Gianni Bini dancing shoes
1:02:37 Summary and Outro with Before and Afters

Master All Purpose Cement by Petronio, 4oz can is available from many eBay suppliers:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/293595339237
Seller is "Shoe and Boot Accessories 4 U"

Leather Heel stack: eBay
"Stacked Heels Veg Tan Cowhide Tooling Leather Shoes Cowboy Boots Replacement" - I got size 20 which is listed as 97 x 98 mm ⋅ 8 mm or 0.3" thick, seller is "kartus"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153569688895

The leather-rubber top lifts:
"Shoemaking - Heels - Top Lift - Combo Veg Tan Rubber - Straight", seller is "mzztrzz"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/225781214396...

Bondo Glass is avaialble at O'Reilly Auto Parts or most auto parts stores

Music Credit:
Music composed, produced and recorded by Aq Xico, used with permission:
"2011 - Alive feat Nikkie"
"2068_3"
"3033_5"
"3034_11"
"3037_3"
"If I 2067"