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bucolic_frolic

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3. That is part of the problem: water-based contact cements

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 13, 2024, 01:26 PM

Dec 13

I get the real old-time lacquer-based contact cement, when I can find it.

Thanks for the link, one to make note of for the next shoe disintegration.

Water base cements were kind of forced upon us by regulations for the good of workers and low-voc climate rules. Maybe they just try to make all the shoe components last as long as the weakest part - the glue?

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Vintage running shoes, 1980s, Nike [View all] bucolic_frolic Dec 13 OP

They have that lived in smell Historic NY Dec 13 #1

Yeah.. In the past two years, my very expensive walking/trail "running" shoes have had the soles lift up hlthe2b Dec 13 #2

That is part of the problem: water-based contact cements bucolic_frolic Dec 13 #3

I'm so old I remember when the moniss Dec 13 #4

Had a pair of Brooks running shoes in the 70's. bluedigger Dec 13 #5