Rubber boot repair

  • Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    December 11, 2018 at 6:42 pm #1816985

    I’m looking for a spray or something of the like to repair cracks in my rubber boots. Any suggestions?

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5639
    December 11, 2018 at 6:57 pm #1816988

    I have a pair of rubber boots I use when launching boats or wandering around my daughters farm. The right one developed a big crack . I made a patch out of a piece of rubber gasket material and glued it over the crack with this stuff called E6000. I roughed up both pieces with sandpaper and wiped it off with isopropyl alcohol before applying that glue. I found the glue at the local Target store, there were 5 or 6 small tubes in the package. Good luck!

    S.R.

    mxskeeter
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 3930
    December 11, 2018 at 8:16 pm #1817004
    Protourbaits1 wrote:

    I’m looking for a spray or something of the like to repair cracks in my rubber boots. Any suggestions?

    IF they are real natural rubber like a Tingly boot they can be patched with an inner tube patch.

    Bearcat89
    North branch, mn
    Posts: 20768
    December 14, 2018 at 5:07 am #1817624

    Shoe goo does wonders. I patched my rubber boots and my neoprene waders with it and they have both held over a year now. And it’s simple self leveling stuff. Plus 3 or 4 bucks at walmart

    Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    December 14, 2018 at 9:11 am #1817671
    Bearcat89 wrote:

    Shoe goo does wonders. I patched my rubber boots and my neoprene waders with it and they have both held over a year now. And it’s simple self leveling stuff. Plus 3 or 4 bucks at walmart

    Does it have an odor?

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5639
    December 14, 2018 at 1:00 pm #1817756

    I tried Shoe Goo once. The stuff would “set up” before I could even smear it around. Take the cap off and within seconds it was getting hard. It was pretty much useless. Did I have a bad tube of the stuff, or is there some trick to keeping it viscous ?

    S.R.

    Bearcat89
    North branch, mn
    Posts: 20768
    January 17, 2019 at 9:42 pm #1827048
    Steve Root wrote:

    I tried Shoe Goo once. The stuff would “set up” before I could even smear it around. Take the cap off and within seconds it was getting hard. It was pretty much useless. Did I have a bad tube of the stuff, or is there some trick to keeping it viscous ?

    S.R.

    Little late to reply. But no it’s a self leveling epoxy pour it on the tear or abrasion and let sit. It self levels and fills in the cracks. Then a few hours later I give it 1 more good shot. I use it on all my steel toe work boots as a protector and it works great

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