Everyone in our group got excited especially the older climbers like me due to the fact that we have too many old shoes that is left in the store untouched due to the sole condition that limits the climbing performance...
And we all took home 4 pcs of rubbers happily... So, what's next... None of us actually know what to do with the 4 pcs of rubber we took home, so we decided to ask Mr Google and Mrs Youtube to give us some hints of how to it should begin. There are tonnes of video and article about Climbing shoe resoling but non actually shares how the Rand resole is done. Guess it's a Secret Recipe where all the resolers refuse to share.
Anyway, Shiwen started off with his girlfriend's sister's shoe. And next, there are some tricky and creative attempts from Fey and Shang.... Different people came out with different idea and method of resoling.. So, everyone achieved different result along the way...
So, this is my step by step attempt with some pictures attached.
Picture above shows the hole on the Rand and the worn sole with round edge at the shoe tip.
First of all, I Cut off the bottom sole from the shoe carefully. I try to avoid any accident by cutting the inner sole which is the leather. Then, I brushed the the remaining to flatten the bottom , I then brushed off the rubber on the hole and other thin weak area to make it even thinner.
*Bare in mind, you only trim down the affected area. Not the entire rand. And you don't want to remove the rand completely... Just trim down.
On the new material, surface preparation is important. I use a metal brush to brush one of the surface that's ready for Contact Adhesive application.
Apply Contact adhesive on the rand and the prepared surface of the new rubber and patiently, wait for at least 30 minutes. Actually, this is the hardest part because Humans are impatient.
Wrap the rand rubber on top of the area which you trimmed. In this case, I overlap it on the untrimmed area. by a little. And next, trim the excess rubber which might cause difficulty in folding later. Then, you fold them onto the bottom. Please use force when folding in so that it follows the shape of the shoe.
At this point, you may realized the fold down part is not falt and fold a little. Grind it flat. Remember not to over grind it to remain the strength of the rubber.
Next, I prepared the bottom sole surface by doing the exact same thing u did when I prepare the the rand sole surface. I also grind the bottom surface one more time to make it smooth and flat. I then clean both surface which I prepared for Contact Adhesive application.
So, Contact Adhesive was applied at both soon to contact surface and waited for 30 minutes. And again, Patience is very important.
And we all took home 4 pcs of rubbers happily... So, what's next... None of us actually know what to do with the 4 pcs of rubber we took home, so we decided to ask Mr Google and Mrs Youtube to give us some hints of how to it should begin. There are tonnes of video and article about Climbing shoe resoling but non actually shares how the Rand resole is done. Guess it's a Secret Recipe where all the resolers refuse to share.
Anyway, Shiwen started off with his girlfriend's sister's shoe. And next, there are some tricky and creative attempts from Fey and Shang.... Different people came out with different idea and method of resoling.. So, everyone achieved different result along the way...
So, this is my step by step attempt with some pictures attached.
*Bare in mind, you only trim down the affected area. Not the entire rand. And you don't want to remove the rand completely... Just trim down.
Apply Contact adhesive on the rand and the prepared surface of the new rubber and patiently, wait for at least 30 minutes. Actually, this is the hardest part because Humans are impatient.
Wrap the rand rubber on top of the area which you trimmed. In this case, I overlap it on the untrimmed area. by a little. And next, trim the excess rubber which might cause difficulty in folding later. Then, you fold them onto the bottom. Please use force when folding in so that it follows the shape of the shoe.
Next, I prepared the bottom sole surface by doing the exact same thing u did when I prepare the the rand sole surface. I also grind the bottom surface one more time to make it smooth and flat. I then clean both surface which I prepared for Contact Adhesive application.
So, Contact Adhesive was applied at both soon to contact surface and waited for 30 minutes. And again, Patience is very important.
After wrapping the bottom with the new sole, I trim off the excess rubber according to the shoe shape. And the final step would be grinding off the edge of the rand to make them smooth and also grind off the bottom sole. Best is to eliminate any contact opening.
And finally... TADAAAA!!!!! This is my Old 5.10 Anasazi with new Soul...
Thank you for reading though there might not be any. Have a great day and happy trying.
Timz
Thank you for reading though there might not be any. Have a great day and happy trying.
Timz
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