Shoe heel stitching cutting foot

[east or bust]

I just picked up a co-signed pair of Solutions that are great except one of the shoes has some rough stitching in the heel where the pull tabs attach to the shoe that is sure to cut me up after a few days.

Was wondering if anyone has run into this problem and how they fixed it.

Posting here instead of tech talk for obvious reasons.

[Meadow Skipper]

You tried duct tape already?

[MakersTeleMark]

I just picked up a co-signed pair of Solutions that are great except one of the shoes has some rough stitching in the heel where the pull tabs attach to the shoe that is sure to cut me up after a few days.

Was wondering if anyone has run into this problem and how they fixed it.

Posting here instead of tech talk for obvious reasons.

Haven't seen one of these around here lately:

[east or bust]

You tried duct tape already?

First thing I tried, pushed into shoe along with foot. Might have been too small a piece though.

[El Chupacabra]

picked up a co-signed pair of Solutions

Who gets a loan for a pair of shoes?

Who co-signs a loan for a pair of shoes?

.... PM Old Larry.

[east or bust]

You guys are old…

Never heard of gear consignment? Jesus.

http://gearx.com/consignment

Was pointing that out so it didn't seem like I bought them new with a defect.

[El Chupacabra]

Consigned /=/ co-signed.

But that makes a lot more sense now...

[east or bust]

Consigned /=/ co-signed.

True

[that dude who did that thing]

Wasn't climbing shoes, but hiking boots, years ago, and I took sand paper to an offending seam. I'm sure it weakened the thread considerably, but it also smoothed it down, and fuzzed it up, which was enough to solve the problem. After repairing a pack strap once, I had a similar problem, repair was made with some heavy thread, and rested right on my collarbone. I used contact cement to put a piece of suede over the seam.

[Ksyrium]

Lightly hammer the seam. For real.

[christoph benells]

maybe your not tough enough to climb, and thats why you bought the solutions, cause youre going bouldering.

MTFU

[east or bust]

maybe your not tough enough to climb, and thats why you bought the solutions, cause youre going bouldering.

MTFU

You're right, climbing is about my 7th favorite thing to do.

[east or bust]

Lightly hammer the seam. For real.

Thanks, this actually worked decently.

[Ksyrium]

No problem. That's what the stitchers do when making the shoes anyway.

[christoph benells]

thats my first time doing the talk trash to strangers on tgr thing...went pretty well!