Repair inner padding of shoes. My hiking shoes(Salomon GTX)

Needle and /thread

I've had the same problem with my everyday boots. Took really thin leather, cut it in shape and glued it in. Works good for almost two years now.
Also the heal is now less slippery.

Durable piece of cloth
Hot glue

It's essentially DIY iron-on.

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Here is a pic of my heel area.
0.2mm wild leather glued with textile glue. Sounds weak but is super durable.
What ever you do, if you glue use some specialized glue.

>>1133698
>I was thinking just strips of cotton(old tshirt) folded to fill the cavity, then pressing an iron on patch over it.
don't know if you could fit an iron in there, or if the materials could handle the heat

maybe just use fabric glue to stabilize it and attach a piece to cover the hole

stuff with cotton/foam add leather patch with needle/glue whatever
some time ago i fixed it with a few strips of duct tape Held like a week

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>>1134010
I was going to use a clothes steamer, and just put it inside the shoe and press down, hoping the steam + weight would be enough... but yeah, >>1133998 sounds like a smarter idea. Leather(with some gorilla glue) pressed into the cavity, and covered with some fabric + fabric glue. The hole is on the inside(not back) of the heel, so its not going to see too much stress.

>>1133794
>>1133998

Shoe repair fag here. This is fundamentally how we fix this problem, although a tad less elegant (but it works, I'm not knocking it or anything). We tend to use a wider piece that covers the whole back arc of the heel, and have it long so that it tucks under your insole slightly. Glue it in place, we also use a few rows of stitching through existing stitches on the shoe (so you can hide them if you use the same colour thread).

Also, if you have a belt sander, you can very carefully thin the edges of your leather to get rid of any uncomfortable lip at the edge, but if you're using thin stuff it won't matter.