Boot Repair

sscotty727 · 30th November 2005, 22:45

Hi All,

I am looking for someone in the USA that can fix a pair of boots. I got them off Ebay last year and they are made by Skechers. They are my favorite boots and I wear them pretty much ALL the time in the winter. The problem is that one of them has started tearing pretty bad in the front of the boot. The other probably could use the zipper replaced.

I've taken them to a local repair shop last year and the guy didn't do a great job of fixing them. I've tried to self repair them with a leather repair kit, but they don't look that great and it just flaked off.

Anyway, I would love to get another pair but can't find any anywhere (checked ebay, online, etc). Would anyone out there be willing to take these on, even if we had to do major "rebuilding" of them? The soles are in excellent shape. I am pretty much willing to almost have these remade since I can't find a pair like them anywhere.

PM me if your interested. Obviously I need someone qualified in the shoe repair business.

Thanks,

Scotty

http://users.erols.com/wrscott/bootwedge.jpeg

Dr. Shoe · 1st December 2005, 20:22

There's not a lot that can be done though you could try melting a black crayon into the scuff and then polishing it up.

sscotty727 · 1st December 2005, 20:25

That would work???

Dr. Shoe · 2nd December 2005, 22:04

That is how we fix small marks or scuffs.

sscotty727 · 3rd December 2005, 00:05

This isn't a small mark or scuff.

Dr. Shoe · 3rd December 2005, 23:37

I need to see a picture of the damage then.

sscotty727 · 8th December 2005, 00:48

I think I will try taking them to a different repair shop. The ones I took them too in the mall were not that great. Oddly enough, I was going to wear my new Steve Madden boots this weekend and the zipper broke on them (I think it was defective when I got them, bought them MONTHS ago on Ebay and never really looked that close at them, my fault). Anyway, I will take both pair in to get fixed.

If they aren't able to fix them or do a hack job, I will take pictures and get your advice.

Scotty

hart88 · 13th December 2005, 00:31

Scotty,
could you take a closer picture of the damage?
you could send directly to my email, and I could see it better.
It looks like it might not be leather, Dr Shoe mentioned a trick we use sometimes with both leather, or viny to disguise the defect, not to entirely cover it.
When I see the picture, I could tell you more.
Most of the shoe repair places who are in Malls, have high overhead to deal with, so they depend on repairs that they can do while customers are shopping...that means they don't want to do "junk" jobs, so that is one reason you may not get a good answer. (also some grumpy old men don't like seeing vinyl shoes, because it reminds them that the current shoe repair climate is not what they like to see.-vinyl shoes)
Gene@hartlandshoes.us

sscotty727 · 13th December 2005, 19:06

Hi Gene,

Here are some pictures I tried to take this morning. Not sure if your able to tell much from them. I did try to use a leather repair kit on them, but I think I might have made it worse (not sure if they can clean that stuff off of them first).

Scotty

Front view of boot.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...y727/boot1.jpg

Next 3 pics are of the larger damage on the left side.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...y727/boot2.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...y727/boot4.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...y727/boot5.jpg

The last pic is the damage on the right side.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...y727/boot3.jpg

Dr. Shoe · 14th December 2005, 20:27

What I would do is to put a piece of leather (or vinyl) over it and perhaps make a bit of a feature of it. Maybe a contrasting colour without forgetting to do exactly the same with the other boot.