Hey /diy/ I'm looking for something that you can basically

>>999918
>I'm looking for something that you can basically paint onto a leather sole to protect it from wear. I was thinking bitumen may work but I'm not sure if it would adhere sufficiently and withstand the abuse soles have to. Also it may melt on hot surfaces.
--also it would leave ugly black marks on any floors, when you dragged your feet even a tiny bit. Which you probably do, because most people do--you just never saw direct evidence of it before.

It would help to explain what kind of shoes these are and why exactly you want to coat them with anything. Does it need to be removable later?...

The short answer is that you would need to use urethane or silicone rubber, since those would not mark up floors. Natural rubber will.

Alternately if these are leather dress shoes, you could call a local shoe shop/cobbler... For those kinds of shoes they would likely know best.

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I know hippies used to whip up a mixture of shredded tire rubber and epoxy to paint their moccasins with...

But I mean, in modern times there's no reason not to just use those slap-on strips of Vibram you see everywhere.

Just apply shoe goo the soles.

Teflon

>>999963
Thinking of making a pair of shoes around a plastic cast of my foot so I have a pair of perfectly shaped shoes. They would be leather. I want to avoid having to resole them all the time because leather is expensive, so something you could paint onto the outsole which is cheap, grippy and protective would be ideal

linseed oil, but needs to cure 2 months. soles stay 2x time min. slip more than just leather, because harder.

>>1000044
You're not going to wear socks?

Spray on truck bed liner?

>>999966
That is actually pretty legit looking.

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>>999918
buy sheet of leather or rubber, attach with glue and tacks

We used duct tape in jail to protect our handball shoes.

>>1000294
Do you know what an outsole is?

>>1000457
Looks like it won't grip the leather.