GearAid Aquasure +Sr Quick Repair Multicolor One Size

Kicking my almost new shoes off by the heals went very wrong and the heal split away from the shoe. I applied the free sole rubber to my shoe; on a saturday; following the instructions for how to do it - apply glue wait some time then apply pressure with a water bottle. I left them through till monday morning and the shoes are as good as new. The pack comes with instructions, a little brush to apply / clean up the glue and a plastic wrap to hold heels to bodies of shoes. The tube is enormous; and would last for a lot of shoe repairs if it doesn't dry out - the instructions recommend avoiding moisture in a dry dark place to store it.It worked very well on my shoes; I waited a couple of weeks to see if it let go; so far all is well. 58

Brilliant stuff! Purchased for my boots as have had them for about 8 years and have worn them out and now started to let water in. Love these boots and too comfortable for me to put them in the bin Bought this rubber repair as was cheap enough to try and looked flexible. My boots had splits in the bottom and had a couple of holes. You can see how worn they are from the photos. I filled the holes up with this , left overnight to dry with the soles up then did it again until it was pretty flat and the holes were filled. Really flexible. Wore them in the rain and hey presto! No water in my boots!! If I have to repeat the process every couple of months its no hard ship but it looks pretty hard wearing.

In the pack is:* The tube of goop.* A little brush.* A pair of polythene gloves.* A detailed information sheet.Reason for purchase:* I have a pair of Grade 1 used Alt-Berg Defender Boots (bought from elsewhere) which had more sole wear than I expected; the heels are severely worn and provide little grip and will wear through to the midsole soon.* There's also a little peeling of the sole away from the midsole at the heel on one boot, and a little gap opening up between the leather and the midsole on the other boot.* I am using Freesole to hopefully fix these issues and get more use from these boots.Process:* Wash the boots.* Clean the soles with Isopropyl Alcohol and a stiff brush (old paintbrush trimmed short).* Wrap sticky tape around the heel of each boot to contain the Freesole.* Using the small, supplied brush, work the Freesole into the grain of the rubber across the entire surface (greater surface area means greater adhesion).* With the boots held upside down on stable posts (I used a couple of large spent aerosol cans), fill in the worn area with Freesole* Leave for 2 days to set (with possible fiddling in the interim).My initial findings:* It's pretty goopy stuff but easy to work with; viscose but doesn't make long, awkward strings from the tube to the workpiece.* Use in a well ventilated area; it smells quite nice, but could make you queasy in a closed space.* It's pretty much self levelling, with a high surface tension causing it to form blobs in free space and a deep rise up the side of the sticky tape barrier. Direct from the tube, it's not thick enough to form a tread pattern; purposeful bumps mostly level out.* Although large bubbles are self expelled (which is good), minute bubbles are trapped in the liquid.After leaving to cure and a few days of walking:* As you can see in the last 3 images, the Freesole has cured (after about 72 hours) with a lot of bubbles trapped in it. These bubbles weren't at all as prominent when I left the boots to cure; it looks as if the compound kinda fizzed whilst curing.* The result is a somewhat foamy structure that started to crumble away at the edges almost immediately as I put them to use.* Because the compound cured from the outside in, I couldn't mold it as it set to form a tread pattern, so the surface is completely smooth with little undulation, which makes it quite slippy on some surfaces. The actual compound is quite grippy though, so if a tread can be molded from the start (wax coated paper-mache or something similar might work) the grip would be acceptable.* It appears to have bonded quite well with the original Vibram sole, but in a couple of places the high surface tension caused to Freesole to retract from where it was put to form blobs. At thinner points, the edges of the compound have peeled away a little.Updates to follow:I don't think the repair will last long, and will finish this review with more images and final conclusions soon.UPDATE: I'm afraid I was very busy whilst the Freesole wore off and didn't get a chance to set my camera gear up to show the process. Any picture now would just show a few slivers remaining around the heels.CONCLUSION: It sticks really well; as rubber (and rubbery) glue, it's very good stuff.I purchased for sole repair, including rebuilding of worn areas on the heels, but for this, it doesn't so much fail, but doesn't really perform that well either.Since it takes so long to cure, any repairs made with this stuff need to be planned and considered, so it's not much use for "quick and dirty" repairs where super glue would probably be far better.I'm glad I know it exists in case I ever need some for something, but for shoe repairs, I don't think this is the stuff for me. I have yet to try Shoe Goo or Gorilla Glue but look forward to giving them a bash, and in the meantime will stick with Evo Stick - pun intended ;-)

Repaired shoes with it and it lasted for 3 days of hiking and broke again after that. Maybe I did not use enough of it, will try again with higher quantity.

Bought for £7.99I found this product perfect. I cleaned up my walking boots, scrubbed the soles clean. I found quite a few more holes/cracking than I thought... I'm not surprised my feet were wet!I opened the cracks a little to get some goop in and then just squeezed enough to cover the area, it just turns into a clear circular blob over the cracks. I built up the heels with tape as per the instructions and filled in with goo. I then spot treated and other holes. I decided more was better than less.I have stored in the freezer because other comments say to... But it's still in there...Anyway, surprisingly solid. Not like rubber. More like a resin. My feet are dry. I also waterproofed the uppers but considering the holes I found I'm pretty sure they were the primary inlet of water.