Shoe Glue: Instant Professional Grade Shoe Repair Glue

This glue saved a pair of $200 work boots! The tread and leather were both in great shape, but the sole had started pulling away. I used this to repair them, and after about five months of regular use—on trails, mountains, rooftops, and everywhere else—they’re still holding strong.If you’re looking for a reliable fix, this glue is the way to go.I’ll update this review if anything changes.

Update 5/25/23 Absolutely LOVE this glue!! As soon as any boot/shoe has an issue I fix it in a few minutes and forget about it, haven't had a repair break yet. Bought 10months ago, have used it maybe ~10-15times, ~60% of bottle gone, store in frige per directions for longer life, tip is clear and works perfect every time (I always wipe tip and put cap on BEFORE holding glued item together).Had the over-strap on an older pair of slip-on Adidas Slides come completely off, thought it was a goner, cleaned surfaces, applied Boot Glue, held for less than a minute, and months of daily use later it's still perfect. Basically, it seems like the shoe material would have to fall apart before the glued area ever failed. And since it soaks into porous surfaces a bit, I think it gets a stronger grip than glues that stick to the surface and can just rip off layers of the material and fail that way, while the glue itself technically didn't fail. I'm no professional, but I'm always up to fixing things and this BootFix glue is a must-have for me now.Tips:I start by thoroughly cleaning the sufaces, usually with 91% alcohol, sometimes acetone for hard, non-plastic surfaces that can handle it), letting them dry (porous materials/leather take a few minutes, don't rush it), make at least 4 little pieces of paper towel folded twice (4-layers so glue can't soak thru and stick fingers), get a trash can nearby, maybe work over a non-valuable surface/cardboard, sometimes put on nitrile gloves that fit tight to fingertips w/o excess rubber to get stuck in the glue, open BootFix glue and use a folded pt piece to wipe tip and break off any dried crusties and put pt in trash w/o the glue sticking to fingers or anything, apply glue to the area, then FIRST use pt piece to thoroughly wipe tip and fully close cap, THEN press surfaces together and hold (careful to not squeeze out glue and get on fingers or anything!), hard surfaces with small beads of glue bond real fast, but mostly I've done shoe repairs with porous matrial and I hold it a minute or more, longer than directions say....and that's it, DONE ✔ I give it a few minutes to make sure it's all cured, especially porous materials that got thicker beads of glue, and then it's ready to use.-at first I held surfaces together first before cleaning tip and closing glue, that did NOT work, the tip got clogged, and when I was barely able to open with a paper-clip wire I never did that again, and it's been perfect ever since.-when gluing two hard materials I use thin bead, too much gets messy and doesn't hold any better, when gluing hard surface like rubber sole to porous surface like shoe uppper/leather/etc I apply a bit larger bead to hard surface so porous material smushes into it instead of glue just soaking into porous surface and not really getting onto hard surface when pressed together)-not sure how much coverage is needed for good strength, with E6000 rubbery glue I tried to get a pretty complete layer of glue over whole surface, but with BootFix glue I kind of make little lines maybe 1/2" apart in both directions, and then a continuous bead or two at the edges so they hold good. Some experts surely know way more detail, hope this helps for the regular people 😊Original Review (edited):I’ve used this on half a dozen things so far, and it’s awesome imo. Seems to give even stronger faster results than the “rubbery“ glues like E6000 and Goop, which I love and have used for years for hundreds of things, including shoes (although for some things E6000 is still the go-to)My first ever use: heading out on a 4 1/2 hour hike with an older pair of shoes and suddenly realized half the sole was separated from the shoe upper. Everyone was ready to leave so I quickly grabbed this glue I had just gotten, scanned the directions, glued the shoe, and literally five minutes later walked out the door to go hiking…. the shoe held up perfectly and is going strong still today, ~15 hours of hiking later. (could've brought the glue and some paper towels along in case I needed to do a repair on the trail....a huge plus for this stuff since it's done in seconds/minutes and needs no cure time!I love this glue for all kinds of uses.

I have thrown many shoe glue away, no value whatsoever.This product is very good! One application as per instructions and saved my Nike shoes from the thrift store donation pile 😀

If I had superb boots made out of fabulous materials of years gone by, would the heel have ripped back from the boot while working in my yard? NO! But if I had those superb boots and they did need repair, it theoretically could repair 10 boots (think 5 pairs). But I have work boots that work very well, but made of very cheap materials (even though they still cost plenty!), so they tore back because the cheap materials lost their strength to hold. While I've had them perhaps 4 years, they were only used for a few months initially, then perhaps a few times per year in my yard.It appears they were held together by a very thin layer of glue that appeared to be a thin layer of flimsy plastic. Furthermore the material on each side tended to tear off at the surface, as well. So no matter how strong ""Boot-Fix Shoe Glue" is, if I just dab up to a dozen drops around the perimeter of the heel and sole just past the heel, I am POSITIVE it would have failed. Understand: I am SURE the glue would hold perfectly to both surfaces, but I am also sure that the material surface itself would have torn away from the rest of the material. So for any shot at a durable fix, I needed to cover the entire exposed perimeter, and across the top of the grid strips in the heel that rests upon the boot over it. I gave it a VERY thin coat to these surfaces quickly, and quickly attached the sides and stepped into the boot to hold it in place for 1-2 minutes. Then when I took the boot off to check the seal, there were a few drops that squeezed out, which I used the old toothbrush (which I had used to clean the boot with alcohol before using a hair dryer to dry it), and smoothed it out across the entire exterior of the seal. I was a little surprised, since "it bonds in seconds", and at this point it had been over 3 minutes, and it was still a liquid. However the heel did not pull away from the boot on its own (I am not about to test it until well cured), but I feel that this is likely to hold very well, due to the fact that I made sure that the inside was completely sealed from the outside (think leakage of mud, rain, whatever, seeping inside to cause rot, of which it is perfect inside at this time), and I put enough glue to get around and into the weak materials.So after this one use, how much glue do I have in the bottle? Less than 10% of what was there! One boot took over 90%. Could I have used less glue? YES. Would it have worked? Well, I'm not confident it will work now--not because the glue will fail, but because the materials are so likely to tear apart from themselves if attached in very sparing spots. The fact that I got so much of the surface covered, albeit with a VERY thin coat, I feel this has an excellent chance for outstanding results. I do NOT want to have the boot fail again through this repair!With so much "negative" in my comments, why do I give it a "4 star" rating? Because I think it is an excellent material that gives me the best chance at succeeding. My ONLY complaint is regarding the amount of glue in the container (should be much more) in combination with "up to 10 boots" (which they had in all caps). Or give the same amount, and say: "WILL repair one work boot, and perhaps up to 10 boots needing minor repair." With proper description or greater quantity, I would EASILY give it a "5 star" rating.

Great product, affordable, not too thick so it doesn’t affect the natural appearance of the shoe.

Did I think this would work? No! Unbelievable! The sole came loose on my golf shoes, I glued it back with this over a yr and a half ago - still in tack!!!

I had an old pair of SAS shoes that I wanted to use for yard work as the leather had lots of life left. Then the entire sole came off of one of the shoes. I bought this glue to try to salvage a good pair of shoes. After cleaning the sole well, I put a bead of glue around the perimeter and held it to the bottom of the shoe for a couple of minutes, pressing hard along the glue line. So far it is holding well. And I've got plenty of glue left if I need to redo it. Very pleased so far.

If you are needing to glue anything, this is the product for you! I can not get it off my hands or the concrete. Highly recommend