My nude valentinos have a snakeskin mark on patent leather near the toe. Additionally There looks like pen/marker dots on the heels. I have tried acetone, magic eraser, Vaseline, windex, dawn soap, viniger. Ive tried about everything i can find as suggestions on the internet. Please help me these Are one of my favorites and most expensive pairs of shoes. I dont even know how this happened or how it’s ever possible. Please help me any suggestions help..

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Hello!
I was wondering if it would be possible to darken the vamp of these boots to a light brown tone, a bit lighter than the shaft. I'd like to get a brown color out of it.

I was recommended Obenaufs by other western boot enthusiasts but was wondering what y'all had to say about that, if it would damage the stitching or designs as I've read that some of those oils (such as mink oil) break down stitching over time.

I would only be trying to darken the leather this one time but I was wondering what y'all would suggest to use. Preferably something with no dye that's all natural.

i thrifted some gorgeous brown vintage sandals and after i walked in them once they started crumbling off the bottom showing the foam? does anyone know if there is there a way these can be fixed?

Hi Cobblers! I’m hoping someone will be able to answer this question for me. As the title says, I have Barbie feet, aka a sky-high arch, and I cannot get my stupid feet into boots…ever. I’ve sized up, but there is a limit to that; I wear a WOMEN’S 8.5/9, so I can’t be walking around in size 13s so that I can get them on! But I have multiple pairs of beautiful leather boots of various shaft heights but primarily flat - 2 in sole/heel, and I can’t wear any of them. Some of them have zippers in the back, which I thought would help, but it doesn’t. I have 1 pair with a side zipper that goes all the way down which I can wear. So my question is would a cobbler be able to add an inside zipper to the other boots and do you think this would help with all of them? Or do you have any suggestions for getting my shoes on?? Thanks!

So my puppy got a little nibble on the back of my shoes… the little hole to the right is fine, I regularly hand sew so I’ve got that down. I’ve tried several different things on the back though, and I’m not sure what the best answer would be. I can’t patch it with just thread obviously it’s too large of a hole. I was going to take a small bit of foam and try to reform, and then I guess sew a patch of a thin type of fabric on to hold it all down and try to eliminate the idea of a big thing rubbing on the back of my ankle giving me a blister, does that sound about right or is there another idea anyone has? I am a stay at home mom and I have 0$ to my name so I am not able to buy anything. I do have a lot on hand.

Hi there, I have this new pair of Luca del forte shoes that I love - unfortunately I was wearing them the other day and got a scratch, as pictured. I read that shoe cream could re-dye the scratch, so I purchased a matching color and applied it a couple of times.

On the second applications when I rubbed it off, it seemed to have stripped the color completely off the leather when I polished it off with a soft cloth. I've no idea why this happened!!! And now the damage is much worse than before. It's almost like it was lightly sanded.

How can I go abouts fixing this? Now I have a scratch, as well as a discoloured area.

Please help :(

I would like to repair this wallet. I have plenty of Angelus paint to use for it. Can someone confirm that it would be best accomplished by peeling off all of the old paint? I am open to different/better advice. This is strictly for personal use. It is quite a sentimental wallet.

What is the best way to reglue sole with Polyurethane Adhesive (PU)?

I see some YouTuber wait until both sides of the glue dry and not stick at all then use heat gun to activate the glue then stick them together, is this neccessary because I don't have the budget for a heat gun that I won't use after this? Can I just glue both sides and wait for 5-10 minutes then stick them together and press them hard and then held them?

I done some research and found it is PU the best and not the common rubber based contact adhesive (CA) to reglue running shoes sole, but is PU a type of CA at all? The PU glue I bought guide us to glue it like CA, I contacted them and the person reply me said that CA is just mean glue on both sides and stick them together, common CA use rubber as base, and don't use those as rubber will soften and make way when exposed to high heat / temperature, are those statements true? I also research and found PU is true waterproof and rubber will still break down after sometime, but I not sure about which one is more flexible, sticky and grippy because I haven't found the consistent answers.

I only noticed my running shoes sole seperated after few runs since it started hence there are few parts exposed, this mean it is better to tear and reglue the whole sole?

I have some running type shoes that are amazing, but they just get too hot and I want to add some small eyelets

I called a local shoe guy and he says that cutting the hole on these types of shoes would probably not work because it requires "two steps" (first cutting the hole then adding the grommet/eyelet) the cloth would retract/move and ruin the shoes.

I was going to see if there's a "one step" eyelet or grommet that clamps down before cutting. Or maybe cutting is a part of the one step process. This would alleviate that issue.

Anyone have recommendations?

Here are the shoes in question

There are plenty of posts about low-to-mid-quality dress shoes here (basically from Bostonian to Allen Edmonds), but hardly any about cream of the crop British or Japanese (or others) brands. Obviously those shoes are far less produced, but are they almost never brought up here because they go back to the manufacturer instead of to a cobbler? Or do people who wear those shoes not frequent Reddit? What gives?

Can I fix this crack in the soles and wear these boots for a while longer before being resoled? I was thinking contact cement and clamp it might work. Any input is appreciated, thank you