Repairing 5/8's diameter hole on outerlayer mesh of trail shoes?
Trail runners... vasque vst or sumpin gtx not to be exact..
Tenacious D tape for the win or???
Shoe goo. Make sure it is absorbed in the surrounding mesh. Have a new pair ready to go. If you use custom footbeds, it should speed up the process of switching over to the new pair. Trail runners wear out.
Damage of that sort for me usually indicates the shoe(s) are reaching the end of their service life and should be replaced soon. If repair is the only option available, use Shoe-Goo if you can find it and if the damaged shoe fabric will allow it. However, this requires bone dry, clean fabric free of contaminants and will take some time to dry. Otherwise if a temporary repair is all you need Gorilla tape far and away exceeds the staying power of D tape.
Though often, those sort of holes indicate the shoe life is nearly the end, it isn't true in all cases. Once, I kicked the top of my shoe into a stick that jammed against something, which tore a sizeable hole in the mesh of some shoes that still had about half of its life left, based on the sole wear. I just lived with the hole since it wasn't somewhere that affected the structure of the shoe. Though I did eventually replace the shoe earlier than I would have normally done otherwise. If the location of the hole needs repair, I would use duct tape (Gorilla tape) to hold things together.
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If I use goo, think I'll put a piece of paper as backer, so not to affect inner structure and gore tex.
BTW with mesh shoes, if I see some wear areas, I proactively apply shoe goo to extend the life. The shoe goo is lot more durable than mesh.
I have found Freesole Shoe Repair from GearAid listed on Rockywoods.com. I have attached a link to this item as well.
https://www.rockywoods.com/Freesole-...la-Shoe-Repair
Sewing will be more effective. The shoe goo will get wet and hte material will not hold. At least that is my experience. You can do both, shoe goo and sew it in but I think sewing is better. There are also exterior plastic guards that can be bought.
Use moleskin. Not the kind you buy, but from a real mole. Since hole and mole rhyme the just get together and make your shoes whole.
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