Nicole Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hi everyone - I am remaking my boots from a few years ago and have some questions. In 2011 I followed the current pinned tutorial, but something went wrong with the adhesive; they quickly became a gooey mess. I used a typical hiking boot, and I also had problems with the calf area being unstable... Forget about riveting the holster to it! I want to remake my boots, but try a riding boot style shoe that goes up the calf, instead of a hiking boot. This way I can use the existing calf part of the boot to have more support. My questions are - what glue have you all had success with? I've seen a whole variety on the forum using search, but if I could get a recommendation as mine fell apart (possibly from heat) that would be great. Secondly, as mentioned above, I want to use a women's boot that goes up the calf for support when I add my material. Can I use a boot that has a slight heel? Also, if the boot has a black sole, is it possible to paint the sole to the correct gum color, with paint that will actually adhere and look good? And if so, what primer/paint would you recommend? Thanks everyone! PS - are either of these boot's soles approvable once material has been added? Boot #1 - Is the heel too high? Would it be possible to paint the sole the correct gum color to be approvable? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F9ZH12/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AOF8R8D8WZ0I4 Boot #2 - Color "Light Camel" - again, when covered with material, is the sole ok? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D6UVKXM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AOF8R8D8WZ0I4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Looks like the heel may be a little too tall on the tan ones, but im sure you can find some with a slightly lower heel. The black pair looks like the heel is smaller but i cant tell for sure, but its better to get a tan soled boot. You CAN paint the rubber to be tan, and if its 2-tone, you can paint it to make it even. Painting a black sole tan is probably not approvable, but im not 100% sure on that. I used "show goo" clear to do my boots and they have held up fine so far. I understand e-6000 is a good choice also. Hope that helped Nicole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 The thing I like about E-6000 (and this may be true of some of the other adhesives) is that I could heat it slightly and adjust or reposition if I had to. I screwed up my calves -had them flip flopped- and was able to take it apart and correct it without having to remake anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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