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Old 6th November 2003, 12:12   #21 (permalink)
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Has anybody thought about filling the hollow heel with liquid silicone rubber.
It's available from car accessory shops.
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Has anybody thought about filling the hollow heel with liquid silicone rubber.
It's available from car accessory shops.
heels are made hollow for a reason. Usually it's to keep the weight down. Filling them with something like silicon defeats that purpose.
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Has anybody thought about filling the hollow heel with liquid silicone rubber.
It's available from car accessory shops.
heels are made hollow for a reason. Usually it's to keep the weight down. Filling them with something like silicon defeats that purpose.

Well don't fill them up with concrete.........Might end up in the bottom of a river some where. :)

But on a more serious note, concrete works but I would use them only on thinner heels that are hallow. I filed up a pair of boots with a chunky 4.25" heel and they have some weight to them. Next time I am going to try silicon but nothing beats a piece of .125" thick rubber glued to the bottom.
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Just reposting my question since it got buried on the previous page:

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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 Cypriot/Greek??????

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Has anybody thought about filling the hollow heel with liquid silicone rubber.
It's available from car accessory shops.
heels are made hollow for a reason. Usually it's to keep the weight down. Filling them with something like silicon defeats that purpose.

Well don't fill them up with concrete.........Might end up in the bottom of a river some where. :)

But on a more serious note, concrete works but I would use them only on thinner heels that are hallow. I filed up a pair of boots with a chunky 4.25" heel and they have some weight to them. Next time I am going to try silicon but nothing beats a piece of .125" thick rubber glued to the bottom.
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Well I suppose anything sticky will work but be careful you don't end up walking like Frankenstien's Monster because of the weight! :lol:
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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 Cypriot/Greek??????

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Grece (and Turkey) has a long leather working tradition and many Italian firms such as Gucci had factories in Cyprus because wages were half of that in Italy. When the Cypriot refugees came over in the early 70s they brought their skills with them. That's why Kypros in "The Little Shoe Box" has Gino as a nick name.
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That'll teach me not to edit down my post to the ACTUAL question I really want answered.......

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