You need something like Permatex gasket maker or Acetone (which is caustic enough to actually melt the rubber) but I guess that whatever you have around the house will have to do. I would also use a bicycle patch on top of the the adhesive if you have a bicycle tube patch handy and then tape over the patch till the adhesive dries. Use your finger inside the boot to flex open the tears and squeeze some adhesive into the cracks for a better seal.
I think cuting a patch from an old inner tube (or even a new bicycle one from the dollar store), and glued that on using rubber cement and heat compression, would have given a much better and effective repair. The heat and compression is easy to rig up. Use a regular electric iron for the heat. and some long flat board or pipe as the hard surface. >
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There’s a lot of ways this repair could be made decorative. . Make the shape of the repair round, hexagonal, heart-shaped, star-shaped. . Sprinkle some yellow or gold or orange bits of colored rubber, or tiny glass beads in there. . Use your imagination, etc.
30-60 minutes tops before peeling it and you’d have perfect edges. You could probably hit the edges with a butane lighter (a more controlled heat than a large torch) to soften them.
Bless you for knowing how picky your wife is and doing your best to please her. It’s interesting seeing the dynamic I recognize from my husband and myself. He’s been know to want to cut my index finger off in the middle of a project ( kidding but typical me asking, ...what’s that...can’t you make that look better? ) when he built homes I was forbidden from coming to the job site 2 weeks before completion. I could come the day before to help with a punch list. You can tell a good carpenter from a bad one. They both make mistakes, have to solve problems other trades created, and have problems with materials but with a good carpenter - no one can tell at the end of the job. I think you did a great job based on trying to rescue a item that no longer functioned to its intended purpose. Try to tape off a second time and using FLAT spray paint in black or clear might increase her satisfaction. Super light coat to not interact with patch + I realize that spray paint would craze over a day or a week but from 3-10 ft away would likely decrease the sheen therefore not be noticeable. ( and of course, try the spray paint idea on a scrap patch just Incase the interaction is unsatisfactory ) found your video based on trying to fix my husbands boots he uses in the garden and chicken coop...his are 14 years old so my patch will be larger. Considering Flex Seal or another video suggested tire patch!
Use a tire patch with the glue for tire patch, it would be better and last longer than this thin boot, hindsight’s 20 20 and will try the tire patch myself to fix my 1980 FORD full floor mat
She thinks like all of us woman, we need matte to fix out boots. I’m going to make a video repairing my boots and see how it goes. Thanks and good video.
@@BoomsRiddico4868 If you go to the store and buy a can of laquer thinner, you will get the same result. It's probably based on toluene, but it doesn't matter.
You need something like Permatex gasket maker or Acetone (which is caustic enough to actually melt the rubber) but I guess that whatever you have around the house will have to do. I would also use a bicycle patch on top of the the adhesive if you have a bicycle tube patch handy and then tape over the patch till the adhesive dries. Use your finger inside the boot to flex open the tears and squeeze some adhesive into the cracks for a better seal.
Question 1: How long did it end up lasting?
Question 2: Is this still a technique that you still use or have you found something better over time?
Note to self, remember to remove tape while glue is still wet.
I think cuting a patch from an old inner tube (or even a new bicycle one from the dollar store), and glued that on using rubber cement and heat compression, would have given a much better and effective repair.
The heat and compression is easy to rig up. Use a regular electric iron for the heat. and some long flat board or pipe as the hard surface.
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i know Im randomly asking but does any of you know a way to log back into an Instagram account?
I somehow forgot my password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.
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@Terrence Barrett i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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There’s a lot of ways this repair could be made decorative. . Make the shape of the repair round, hexagonal, heart-shaped, star-shaped. . Sprinkle some yellow or gold or orange bits of colored rubber, or tiny glass beads in there. . Use your imagination, etc.
Do you think you should have pull the tape prior to letting it sit?
30-60 minutes tops before peeling it and you’d have perfect edges. You could probably hit the edges with a butane lighter (a more controlled heat than a large torch) to soften them.
@@essextwo Why not outline it with a marker? You won't need the tape then.
Bless you for knowing how picky your wife is and doing your best to please her. It’s interesting seeing the dynamic I recognize from my husband and myself. He’s been know to want to cut my index finger off in the middle of a project ( kidding but typical me asking, ...what’s that...can’t you make that look better? ) when he built homes I was forbidden from coming to the job site 2 weeks before completion. I could come the day before to help with a punch list. You can tell a good carpenter from a bad one. They both make mistakes, have to solve problems other trades created, and have problems with materials but with a good carpenter - no one can tell at the end of the job. I think you did a great job based on trying to rescue a item that no longer functioned to its intended purpose. Try to tape off a second time and using FLAT spray paint in black or clear might increase her satisfaction. Super light coat to not interact with patch + I realize that spray paint would craze over a day or a week but from 3-10 ft away would likely decrease the sheen therefore not be noticeable. ( and of course, try the spray paint idea on a scrap patch just Incase the interaction is unsatisfactory ) found your video based on trying to fix my husbands boots he uses in the garden and chicken coop...his are 14 years old so my patch will be larger. Considering Flex Seal or another video suggested tire patch!
Judging by the length and content of your comment i would imagine he has daydreamed about cutting more than your index finger.
Use a tire patch with the glue for tire patch, it would be better and last longer than this thin boot, hindsight’s 20 20 and will try the tire patch myself to fix my 1980 FORD full floor mat
Should have removed the masking tape before the glue set hard.
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How long did it hold up?
It probably fell off the minute she put her foot in it
She thinks like all of us woman, we need matte to fix out boots. I’m going to make a video repairing my boots and see how it goes. Thanks and good video.
Did you upload your video yet?
Then you can take a decorative piece of ribbon or leather and wrap around boot and hide patch . Just a thought.
Mrs D. is ready to roll in the garden! Torture testing needed now. Good thing its raining for a couple days! Thanks for sharing!
Will this type of repair work for snow boots?
Use a tire patch and it would hold and be stronger than ever, out last you snow boot
That the WORST repair EVERRRRRRRR!!!!!
(1:25) - *_Dissolve,_* not *_melt._*
Sorry.
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What did you use to clean the boot?
laquer thinner
Im going try fix a flat
You call the solvent ‘lacquer’. But that is just a generic trade name, what is the actual chemical you have used??
lacquer.
@@design2survive i expected that you wouldnt know
@@BoomsRiddico4868 If you go to the store and buy a can of laquer thinner, you will get the same result. It's probably based on toluene, but it doesn't matter.
@@design2survive ok thanks
@@BoomsRiddico4868 wow. Snarky comment eh?
Music is terrible for the video! I'm sorry but being honest
this video should not have been more then 2 minutes!
Colors off but it would look like ductape
that looks absolutely awful
Jesus...
fail
Still works..