lukebrynycz
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You don't need heat. The material is very durable. Just use a button knife and pry it open gently. Remember, even IF it tears, it doesn't matter as that material gets tucked under as part of the toe slim procedure.
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You don't need heat. The material is very durable. Just use a button knife and pry it open gently. Remember, even IF it tears, it doesn't matter as that material gets tucked under as part of the toe slim procedure.
lukebrynycz
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Yup, the material doesn't sretch like the poons, and the sole itself is a bit banana like from factory. A clear design fault that can't be fixed unfortunately. When they are on your feet, trust me, nobody will notice.
lukebrynycz
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Carefully chop about 5mm off the inner fabric, then glue back along with the inners to the sole. If you are uncomfortable chopping the fabric, just fold it under and glue with gel control superglue. You won't notice the fabric on your toes if you fold evenly.
w0rd3r
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Thanks for you answer, but I'm still not quite sure what to do after I cutted the fabric.
1 : Glue the sole with the plastic only, and then glue the fabric to the plastic
OR
2 : Glue the sole with the fabric and the plastic together, modeling them with my fingers while glueing
Maybe I'm all wrong, but I do want to be sure before doing something dramatic.
Thanks again !
1 : Glue the sole with the plastic only, and then glue the fabric to the plastic
OR
2 : Glue the sole with the fabric and the plastic together, modeling them with my fingers while glueing
Maybe I'm all wrong, but I do want to be sure before doing something dramatic.
Thanks again !
Stretch Johnson
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Alright, I'll try that. Thanks
Your toe mod looks great! Congrats man!!
I use another Loctite glue that is a liquid gel type that is like shoe goo.
w0rd3r
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Thank you, from you it means a lot to me !
I'll do the black ones tomorrow as it is kind of a pain in the ass to do! It ain't easy, but following your tutorials and infos in this topic I was able to succeed.
You don't have to be afraid though, since it looks like you're destroying the shoe while unglueing the fabric.
Unfortunately, the Shoe Goo isn't available in France, so I don't know what to use, maybe that?.
I bought loctite control power flex and glue brush, as I saw on this topic it was the best things to use as lukebrynycz said (page 13).
I used power flex to glue the fabric to the sole, and then the brush to try to close the little gap between the plastic and the fabric.
But that doesn't leave a clean finish, or maybe I'm doing it wrong.
Here's a pic of the top of the toe to let you know what I mean.
I'll post tomorrow some pics of the black mags when I slimmed the toe.
Stretch Johnson
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First toe mod done! Not the greatest and took a lot longer than I expected but It still looks a lot better than the big boot toe.
One of the best toe mods I've seen. Nice and looooow.....
Stretch Johnson
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How far do you guys usually separate the toe? I don't think I went far enough, I couldn't slim it down anymore without it creasing the fabric and looking horrible.
Stretch Johnson
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I wasn't sure how far to cut and this is my first one. It's definitely a learning process. How far do you go when you separate it?
I wasn't sure how far to cut and this is my first one. It's definitely a learning process. How far do you go when you separate it?
I take it back to about where the laces start.
Stretch Johnson
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Alright I'll have to remember that for my next pair. I'm just going to make these ones as even as I can
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