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Onto a bench mounted stretching machine, or sideways with a hand held width stretcher.

I do 😂, all sorts of customers, from guys that have got them wet every day for years to ladies who own 9 pairs.

Easy dye from TRG

Can you return them? Are they leather or Birko flor? Leather will stretch, clamp stat to bench at each end using f or g clamps and rags to avoid marking. Now put pens felts Ben’s then notebooks under the strap in the middle to stretch. Birko flor not much if any stretch. Consider getting the buckle moved to the end of the strap. Or elastic or leather extensions at end of the straps. To hold buckle past the end of the existing strap. Also more holes punched in straps.

@@shanesshoerepairs thank you. I cannot return them as I got them off EBay. They look to be leather / nubuck maybe

What is the distance from the buckle to the first hole in the strap?

If you are in NZ you can get them here shanes.co.nz/collections/easy-dyes Else google shoe paints and your location

This tutorial may help ua-cam.com/video/hGMRrpYmsr8/v-deo.html With red, yellow and blue you can create any colour plus here are a bunch of ready made colours shanes.co.nz/collections/easy-dyes And black and white can be helpful too.

Cheers for the idea Shannon, I googled it, no luck. I'll have a try and see what happens my self. Probably like those metal wire puzzles. Once you see it it's obvious ... but before then it appears impossible.

I have those docs - Have you a video how to care for that finish?

@@Fitnesseuphonium wipe the dust and grime off with a damp cloth. Polish with a shoe cream or leather lotion. Down the track once they have a few road rash scuffs. I mean the colour has been removed by kicking the pavement, use some easy dye or shoe paint to touch up the scuffs.

It's likely suede? The bit you are standing on? Plan A: Socks. Plan B: Clean feet. 120 grit sandpaper or a suede brush will help clean them. Send a photo on my site if you would like more direct and specific help. Enjoy them!

Use the simple spring type shoe trees or cut 1/3 of a plastic bottle to line the back while your trees are in your Dr Martens.

You could consider sneakers that have the insole glued on top of the mesh. Or you could glue in your existing insoles for added strength. Also check you are buying shoes wide enough.

@@shanesshoerepairs thanks!

Your welcome. If returning is still an option its worth considering so you can keep the insole in.

All details here shanes.co.nz/products/build-up?_pos=2&_psq=build&_ss=e&_v=1.0 and Here shanes.co.nz/pages/contact

Like Subway, but far harder to choo.

Cheers, weird eh, loaded using Metricool and other platforms ok.

Even more weird ... it's playing audio now

Great plan my man ... grab a glass of your favourite and consider rewatching the video with an open mind. You'll be surprised what slips past. Have a good one. Might make it a bit clearer in the next video 🙂

Shoe stretcher machine is best bet to get a full size.

Cheaper, better, get to keep the ones you know and trust. In this case the Beige pair were the ladies "new ones" but didn't wear them much. So we made the most of the best parts for her. Rather than buy a third pair that she still might not love.

So you wasted a pair to rescue a pair. Nice.

​@@ashraf9262 I would assume he'll use the sole on another repair

​@@ashraf9262 The "wasted" beige pair the customer had bought as her new pair. But didn't wear them much as the beige didn't suit her as well as she had hoped. So rather than send them to landfill along with her worn out pair. She asked us to make one pair from the 2. Understand that both pair were headed to the dump. But for half the price of a new pair we created one pair that suited her.

@@shanesshoerepairsapologies you had to explain that thoroughly. Some people are too stubborn to understand anything

lol yes, you are correct. Helps with audience selection, if they don't know munted, scuzzy or nec minit they ain't from around here 🙂

Try this chaps video, ua-cam.com/video/nVMLYsjsVrs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=TheElegantOxford

@@shanesshoerepairs thanks for the response mate. I will check it out cheers

They use to have wooden ones ... which were almost always broken into 3 before they arrived to us. Metal ones went back in.

Not common, maybe 5 pair a year for last 20 years or so. Here's a photo of a recent one shanes.co.nz/collections/dr-marten-repairs/products/dr-marten-resole

Price, personal preference and availability of suitable repairer are part of the decision. Quick cheap and easy to put a 2mm rubber protection sole on top of the leather. Not much can go wrong. Replacing the leather sole with rubber is going to cost more and has more risk of altering the shoes look and feel.

@@shanesshoerepairs that was really helpful! Thank you for your reply

Looks like Nubuck. Nubuck is leather that has been sanded, soft and comfy but soaks up stains ... not so bad in black.

Get your cobbler to do something like this, add what ever thickness you need under the top layer. Glue in and stitch at the top. Leave the top 20mm too high. Then trim it off once stitched.