Noisey Heel - Page 2

hoverfly · 1st October 2003, 02:44

You might want to try the latex instead of the polyurethane. I noticed very little difference in sound dampening with the poly and it is not a dense (more weight) as latex.

If you drill a hole big enough to allow the injection tube that comes with the can to be inserted into the heel, it's enough to for the foam to over flow. Use masking tape to cover the area where you have drilled the hole so if it over flows out of the hole just let it dry and peal it off. If you drill the hole on the out side of the heel, don't try to wipe the polyurethane with any kind of solvent or attempt with out it (you will just make a big mess). Solvents will remove the ink of nonleather shoes (like detail on the heels them selves ) and damage leather. With Latex you should be able to wipe excess of with water before it dries.

Dr. Shoe · 1st October 2003, 23:49

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The advantage with spray filler foam is that you could maybe get away with drilling a small hole in the heel top, rather than removing the top and refixing.

But you better watch out because most of those foams keep expanding for longer time as you wish and could create some bulbous looking heels if not given sufficient expansion space.

The outer walls of the heel is constructed with enough strength to withstand the pressure of a person walking around on them so I doubt that any kind of spray foam will bulge the walls out.

Another thought that occurs is that hollow heels are often constructed with cross-members for additional strength so you may need to drill several holes or one all the way through almost to the other side.

hoverfly · 2nd October 2003, 00:15

I don't think you will have any problems with cross members. The heels I have looked at have a hollow center, and thick walls. You have to be able to remove them from the mold after they have been injected with plastic. I have not seen half mold seams on these heels either, suggesting that they are molded in one piece as well. There is where the heel cap comes in place to cover what did not get injected, so there are two pices involved here.

Robert · 2nd October 2003, 19:17

I've filled some hollow heels which sounded loud with wallplaster (to fill holes in the wall).
They are not completely silence but now they have a normal sound like some leather male shoes have.

Dr. Shoe · 2nd October 2003, 22:35

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Originally Posted by hoverfly

I don't think you will have any problems with cross members. The heels I have looked at have a hollow center, and thick walls. You have to be able to remove them from the mold after they have been injected with plastic. I have not seen half mold seams on these heels either, suggesting that they are molded in one piece as well. There is where the heel cap comes in place to cover what did not get injected, so there are two pices involved here.

Even less chance the walls are going to bulge!

Highluc · 2nd October 2003, 23:56

Stuffing an old cut off spounge in larger cavities worked well for me, lightweight and absorbant, as used in some older loadspeakers.

hoverfly · 3rd October 2003, 01:00

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They are not completely silence but now they have a normal sound like some leather male shoes have.

I my self prefer the dull thud sound of a heel.

Ionic · 6th November 2003, 01:43

I think it is OK to bend this thread slightly, while still talking about heel tips.

I've have had two or three pairs (of eBay wins) re-heeled recently with new or additional caps. The compound is a fairly course black material and while walking downstairs clumsily with my fat feet, I've caught the carpet on vertical stair riser leaving a nasty large black mark from the compound.

What do you reckon the best cleaning solvent /or/ method might be, before I make it worse with the wrong stuff??
A right pain, because of the heel if I step any further out then I risk losing footing on the step ~ not a problem for High Surprise and her small size 38s!!!
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Oh yes, and I've now been to virtually every heel-bar in this part of north London, why are they all Greek??????

/I

jo · 6th November 2003, 02:04

Watch it, I think that the guy who owns and works in TLSB is of Greek origin too!!!

<edit>Ooops. Is it Cyprus, just over the water from there? Yeah, maybe.</edit>

Tom-NL · 6th November 2003, 09:55

I thought Cypriotic?