| Shoe Goo is an industrial strength rubber cement that | | | | couple of its common uses. It costs only seven dollars, |
| may be exactly what you are looking for when it | | | | and it is waterproof. |
| comes to repairing your old shoes. Invented in 1972, | | | | To use Shoe Goo to repair a hole in a shoe start by |
| Shoe Goo was originally designed to combat a | | | | using a piece of duct tape to cover the hole from the |
| problem known as âtennis toeâ. The | | | | inside. (I.e., if you have a hole in the sole of your shoe, |
| clear gummy glue was applied to the toes of tennis | | | | remove the insole and cover the hole with tape. This |
| shoes that had been worn down by dragging the | | | | tape will prevent the Shoe Goo from forming a bump |
| shoes across the tennis court. Once Shoe Goo dried, | | | | on the inside of your shoe as the glue dries.) Once you |
| the shoes were said to be as good as new. | | | | have applied tape to the inside of the shoe, apply Shoe |
| Shoe Goo has expanded far beyond the realms of | | | | Goo to the outside. Allow the glue to dry. Be sure to |
| tennis and is now the go-to substance when it comes | | | | take the tape off in under two hours or it may |
| to do-it-yourself shoe repairs. The adhesive is used to | | | | become a permanent feature of the shoe! |
| reattach soles and fill holes in heels, to name only a | | | | |