Sportiva Delam Issues - Advice?
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Hey everyone, |
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Every used pair I've seen does that. Covering it with some Seam Grip or barge cement or something can help a bit. |
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Get them resoled with rubber of your choice. 8months isn't a bad run for a pair of shoes, and dropping 30-40$ will be well worth your while. For reference, I've resoled a pair of shit-old katana velcros about 4 times with C4, and they still perform like a perfectly worn in shoe after each repair. |
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I've had my TC Pros for 1.5 years and I have had the same problem. I just got them resoled (at Rock and Resole in Boulder, A+ for service) and they used some liquid rubber to fix the flaps of rubber. In about 5 pitches of crack climbing, they began to do the same thing. |
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Shoe Goo |
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Barge cement works great, make sure to clean the delam area well and get the glue down in as far as you can. After the first application cures and you've got the rand bonded again put a thicker layer over the top. That kept mine down through their second resole. |
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The rand on mine right there is pretty much gone and it doesn't have any effect on performance of the shoe. I wouldn't even waste time with seam grip or anything. Resole as normal and forget about it. |
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I used shoo goo as well and its been working great. |
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To echo VRP: I've been through 3 pair, same issue with all of them. Have tried all the home remedies, barge cement, had one pair "glued over" with rubber by Rock'n'Resole as part of a resole job that held up well, |
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Barge. |
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Barge cement to glue it down, then cover that with aquaseal to protect it. Bomber. |
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Cool, thanks guys. |
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Looks like general wear and tear, shockingly torquing you'r foot into a crack over and over again will eventually cause a bit of delamination mine are doing the same, but i use them for all most exclusively crack climbing. |
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Yeah, but you'd think they would take that into consideration when designing a shoe that is meant for shockingly torquing your shoe into a crack. |
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I think every climbing shoe I have ever had does that in some way. You can use shoe glue or other things to fix it if you want, I don't think I have ever had delamination affect the performance of any of my shoes. |