Approach Shoe Resole Success?

Hey Folks, 

I'm looking for an option for resoling my 5.10 Access sneaks. They originally had the full dot pattern, though I'd be happy be climbing rubber on the front half. The last resole peeled right off after a couple of months. Apparently mixing rubber brands is dicey and hard to bond effectively. Has anyone had success getting their 5.10 approach shoes resoled?

Josh

The Rubber Room resoles approach shoes with dot rubber:

https://www.rubberroomresoles.com/shoe-repair-pricing/

 I had it done at “Rock and Resole” in Boulder, Co.

Josh Giblinwrote:

Hey Folks, 

I'm looking for an option for resoling my 5.10 Access sneaks. They originally had the full dot pattern, though I'd be happy be climbing rubber on the front half. The last resole peeled right off after a couple of months. Apparently mixing rubber brands is dicey and hard to bond effectively. Has anyone had success getting their 5.10 approach shoes resoled?

Josh

I had my terrex swift solos resoled with xs edge that has no pattern to it. I fucking love them. Had it done by local cobbler in placerville, ricks sole shoppe, old guy did a bang up job. I've also had Rubber Room do a pair with their "diamond" soles which worked great on a pair of guide tennies.

I think your cobbler may have not used the correct glue, or didnt prep the surface enough. Climbing rubbers will bond to each other quite well, however, I'd recommend on your approach shoes to do a full resole, not a half.

Though they no longer do approach shoes, in the past Locker at Positive Resoles resoled at least a half dozen pairs of Five Ten Insights for my partner and I without any issues. He did an awesome job!

I do not think there are problems mixing brands of rubber for resolers who know what they are doing. I’ve always had C4 put on TC Pros, and now am going to switch to UP RH.

Josh Giblinwrote:

 Apparently mixing rubber brands is dicey and hard to bond effectively. 

I'm not sure if that's the case. If it's a good shoe and good rubber, it's the cobbler's job to get them to stick. I was confused when I first read this, as I thought you meant bonding the old rubber to the new, but the old rubber is mostly removed, to slap on a new outsole. As mentioned, it could have been a problem with not preparing the shoe correctly.

Had Pro Deal Resoles do a pair of approach shoes with toe caps. No delamination issues for me. While the dot rubber is sticky it seems to wear a little faster then other approach rubber with hiking tread, since the tread dots aren’t as deep.

Thanks, all!

Currently waiting on mine to come back from ProDeal Resoles, happy to share an update

Backcountry cobblers in lander Wyoming. They literally do it all and are a rad small business! Give them your business! 

I wore the bottoms of my favorite LS Xplorers down to nothing, and Rock and Resole in Boulder resoled them with some sticky dot rubber for $65. Perfectly satisfactory…