Smart House Shoe Repair

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  Step 1

  Get you a good rug, not to thick but more like a doormat or car mat with a rubber backing. Preferably a clean new one as those old ones are full of nasty sand and won't stick well.
  you will need really strong scissors to cut it.

  You will want the carpet side in against the shoe bottom and the rubber side out for traction. It will give your inner side a nice cush also ;-).

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  Step 2

  Turn the shoes upside down and carefully trace out the shape of the bottom. Most are fairly the same but some house shoes have a left and a right, make note of this.
  Make the tracing a little bit bigger so you have room to trim instead of it turning out to small and a whole new one is needed. Mark the template as the right or left if needed and remember which side is the outer side and mark it so you don't make them backwards (in case you make 2 rights or 2 lefts for shoes that have that option...lol).

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  Step 3

  Now hold it up to your shoe bottom and check for perfect sizing. trim where needed. I leave mine a little big so it not only sticks straight to the bottom but the fuzzy hair around the edge sticks and all seals nicely.

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  Step 4

  Lay your template mirror image on top and trace around it with your chalk.

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  This is my white outline of where I need to cut and BOY is this stuff a bit hard to cut through since I am using a plush car mat.

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  Step 6

  I got it cut out and lined it up with my shoe to make sure it was going to fit properly. Now I'm smearing rubber cement(contact cement works better) all over it with an old butter knife.

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  Step 7

  Yum! N O T .... lol... keep your hands and work area as clean as possible. stray glue can ruin everything ;-)

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  Step 8

  Press it on real good covering the surface of the bottom...

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  Step 9

  Squish all around the edges and make sure everything is sealing nicely

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  Step 10

  Squashing, more squishing and squashing the edges....

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  Step 11

  Now smash it under something heavy for an hour or so....

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  Step 12

  TaDaaaaa! 2 new super grippen non slip bottoms and a whole lotta miles left on these little monsters...hahaha.

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GaKarma 2nd September 2013

Wow!! What a great idea! I also have been wanting to make my own house shoes and I needed an idea as to what to use for the bottoms (that I could sew the tops that I make to). This will work perfectly. Thank you.

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badgerbadger 16th September 2012

This is a wonderful idea! Thank you for sharing!

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wendy h. 16th December 2010

Great idea!!!!

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CO + K User

May 19th, 2010

Wow, you really are a genius.

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