Shoe Glue – Professional Grade Shoe Repair Adhesive for Boots, Shoes, & More – Instant Bond, Clear Drying, Flexible, & Durable – Perfect for Leather, Rubber, & All Footwear (20g Tube)

I bought this to repair my son's work shoes, because the soles were coming off. The glue worked perfectly on his shoes, as other reviewers have shown (I watched the videos before I made my initial purchase). But what I was even more impressed by, was that the glue kept in the refrigerator, the spout never clogged up, the glue stayed good, and I used it for everything, even gluing a kitchen counter tile that had come off, and it has stayed glued for over a year! I have had this glue in my fridge for over a year, and I just used the last of it today. I'm buying more right now. Every super glue I have ever bought I've had to throw away after the initial use because it dries up, or the spout becomes unusable, I've stuck pins in spouts, put bottles in the fridge, cut the nozzles off, and all that stuff, but no, I've had to throw those glues away. THIS Boot-Fix Glue stayed GOOD, and I continued to use it until the bottle was EMPTY. I'm a devoted custome now.

I'm hard on my work boots, I wear them all day working on a farm, so they get hammered with different terrain, going from wet to dry and back again, etc. Combined with the amount of walking I do, and the way I walk due to having flatter arches (I tend to roll more on the ball of my foot putting more flex on the toe region), the stitching behind the steel toe of my boots always gives way, and the side of my boots usually follows.I love my CAT work boots because they're pretty much bulletproof, except for the blasted stitching that my feet just love to wear out. So I decided to give Boot-Fix a shot because I really didn't want to spend $180 on a new pair of boots just yet.I took my boots and cleaned up the leather along the troubled areas, and went to work with Boot-Fix while watching TV. The first thing I'll say is that this stuff is much more preferable to Shoe Goo, because it adheres FAST! They're not kidding around when they say you'll have adhesion in 45 seconds. Shoe Goo is fine for small gaps, but bigger gaps require much more time before you can let it go without the boot separating. Plus, in about 2 days, Shoe Goo was already starting to separate in a few areas on the last pair of boots I tried to repair. I've been going all day for the past week and all my Boot-Fix repairs are still holding strong. I actually had to break my boots back in again because of the added stiffness of the adhesive, but they feel practically brand new now, and I'm no longer getting dirt, pebbles and other unwanted intruders sneaking into my boots through the gaps where the stitching had failed.Just for the heck of it, I also tried some on my CAT sneakers (what can I say, I'm brand loyal, lol) where the leather had torn along the side of the shoe just above the sole. There wasn't much material to work with, but the Boot-Fix was able to still do the job and BOOM! - no more blown-out side on my shoe!Regrettably, I didn't take any "before" photos, but I'll try to get around to applying some to another old blown out pair of work boots and post some before/after photos.On the whole, this stuff is awesome and saved me the cost of a new pair of boots. This little bottle may cost $15, but it saved me $180, and I still have plenty left over to either keep these boots going, or to fix any other footwear that tries to prematurely retire. Great purchase, I only wish I'd bought it sooner!

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.