How To Repair a Cut in Leather Shoes | Kirby Allison
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Kirby Allison shows how to repair a cut in leather shoes from Edward Green. It is common for your shoes to wear and tear, but if you give them proper care and attention, it is possible to extend their lifetime. This specific pair of shoes was submitted for our Presidential Shoe Service and had a deep cut on one of the toe caps. Kirby demonstrates how to conceal this cut with products available on our website.
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Recommended steps to begin:
Step 1: Use the Saphir Reno'Mat Leather Cleaner to remove debris
Step 2: Apply Saphir Everest Dubbin
Step 3: Apply Saphir Renovateur
Step 4: Apply a couple of coats of Saphir Cream Polish
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(2:31) Step 5: Apply Saphir Edge Dressing & Renovating Repair Cream
(8:35) Step 6: Apply Saphir Mirror Gloss Wax Polish
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Ive found Q-tips to really help with the renovating repair cream, especially when wiping off the excess. Can make really precise movements with it, also you can apply a little more pressure to get as much of that residue off the non-repair area as possible.
Thanks for sharing!! That does sound efficient
Probably a Q-Tip would be a great applicator, or something like it for this finer detail job
Why use a cotton tip when you can get it all over every finger like in this video?
japesss lol, precision vs spray and pray..decisions, decisions 🤔
Just saw this comment, basically said the same thing lol.
Why use all 5 finger? Lol
I hope he is the owner of the product and not someone they hired to short this video. Bad tutorial.
I would use a credit card as an applicator. This is like doing body work but on leather instead of metal.
In furniture repair one uses a darker filler to hide gauges or holes.
Learn something new every day. I had no idea there was a such a product.
Hello, I’m a shoe shiner, I would like to use some of your products,
Great video, amazing result.
Thanks
Please do! Make sure to send us a picture of your shoes after!
@@kirbyallison where to send pictures?
@@carbonado2432 if you have pictures to send to us, please email them to customerservice@kirbyallison.com and let us know what products you used. We can try and share them with our audience as well.
I have a pair of Bruno Magli's that I thrifted for $6- the most comfortable shoes you've ever worn, but with a large gash in the toe of the right shoe. Using the renovating creme, I brought them back but you can tell it's there if you look close. For evening use, you'd never know these were not perfect and I can enjoy these thrifted gems now.
OJ Simpsons shoes
@@stevenjm12 LOL
If I may respectfully suggest to use a dental metal/plastic spatula to fill in the gap with resin instead of fingers, you will achieve a much better smoother, even flush, cleaner finish !
Fiber optic micro cleaning tips works awesome to apply to small gouges and scratches.
I'm having a go at this. So thank you. I have a pair of leather hiking boots with a deep gauge (tripped walking in cobblestones).
This was very satisfying to watch. I don’t even have high class shoes like this. It’s that Bob Ross effect, you know?
Just used on a guage on my moc toe boots... worked quite well! Thanks for the instruction!
Why didn’t you use some ultra fine sandpaper to smooth out the gash after you filled it? Also, why not use some coloured polish rather than just shining them?
The gouge looks just as bad as it was before, like 'filling' it did essentially nothing. Obviously cuts into leather are never ideal but I'd be disappointed if I paid for this service specifically to fix that issue.
@@japesss I think if the leather was black it would be fixed, but i can still see it in brown. what color were your shoes?
@@carbonado2432 I haven't used the service.
@@japesss harsh but true, still Im gonna try that repair on some old Dr Martens
@@neilwalters4571 tried the some thing on a pair of docs, didn’t work.
I have just thought of another tip to assist. A number of people are suggesting sanding down the repair - You can find nail --file boards in all kinds of grit sizes from a beauty supply store. These would be ideal to with with such a small area and could give you almost a shine just from the very fine end of the grit spectrum.
Perfect for what I need, I couldn’t face the full sanding, lacquering option as it’s often too much work for small cuts to shoes.
if the polish is to be stripped off anyway then you can use fine sandpapers before and after the filler. sand both toecaps very smooth then clean them before polishing. you should not be able to see any mark what so ever when finished. standard cobblers do this but you should expect it from an expensive high premium service
Couldn't you mix renovating creams to get a closer color match? (much like an oil painter does with paints)
You can
Kirby acknowledges this in another video…..
when you apply the cream for the third time use a water color paint brush. one that is no more than 1/8th of an inch across. Might help. Stephen.
If you’re going to darken the toe anyway, you might as well send the gouge out with progressively finer and finer sandpaper. You will then probably have to add color to the leather, which because of the sandpapering will create a darkening effect.
@TheFourHorses That is exactly what was done in this video, search for "How $1,000 Gucci Mules Are Restored From Bite Marks". Front bitten badly in several areas, even the sole, looks hopeless. Basically, glue whatever leather can be glued back, fill up generously with leather filler, sand it down carefully later with a rotary tool, mix some paint to get a matching color, paint, good as new.
Maybe using a q-tip to apply that resin would make it easier. Nice job Kirby!
Good idea!
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Which wax color did you use for the cap? A lighter color shade of shoe and the darker cap looks cool. Is it the cap Cognac?
I expect this product would mix the various colours in the range quite easily and allow you to create a slightly darker colour to give yourself a perfect match. Also using a Qtip would make it easier for you. A wonderful outcome.
Oh and by the way, you are not using a CHAMOIS you are using a cotton cloth. A chamois is made from goat leather and is very flexible and absorbent. You can use it for cleaning with water and wring it out by hand to create a cloth that is just moist. It is used to create a shine on glass and polished surfaces such as car bodies, furniture, etc.
Hi Mr.Alison, talking more economically, could I use the saphir natural renovating cream then the surfine black cream with black mdo wax, will this add in that colour that the natural filler lacked ?
A very fine paintbrush would apply the repair cream more effectively
I have a pair of Gucci Horsebit Drivers that I love. They always seem to split at the top of the shoe ( toe area - clean through). The first pair, I just replaced, the 2nd, replaced, and now my 3rd pair has done the same. is there something I can do to repair it? I'll be glad to send pics. I know you're not doing repairs right now like your website states. Help.
Does anyone know if this will work when the gouge is in an area that gets creased and stressed during wear, where the foot bends?
I want to know this too......
the real problem with this is in most cases its gonna be a minor repair, so you only need a small amount. Saphir should release little 'ketchup' type squeeze packets. I don't fancy buying a tube thats going to be used once and then have a large amount leftover. If it has an unlimited shelf life then perhaps.
عمل جد متقن.good work .
kirby : is it possible to use toothpicks to fill with that filler and should gouge
be cleaned first?
@Kirby Why would you use the repair cream before you put on the pigmented cream? Wouldn’t that blend any color variation better than just the wax and mirror shine.
Yeah I was thinking the same or why not mix two colours of repair creme or mix it a bit with some acrillic paint to get the correct pigment.
Nice presentation! Quick question. Would this technique work well for slightly scorched light brown leather shoes? Semper Fi
I had some black leather wingtips many years ago, that had a slice in them. I have no idea how it got there, but it was like a razor cut about 1 inch in length, but went all the way through the leather. Worse than a "gouge". Took it to a shoe repair shoe. They said they could fix it. All they did was stitch it. It was no longer usable as a dress shoe. I wonder how something like that would be properly repaired.
i wonder why kirby didn't apply cream polish after the renovating repair cream and before the wax.. but perhaps he did so off camera since those shoes got the presidential shoe shine.
Yes, as mentioned in the video, this one didn't really focus on the process of the shine, as there are other videos for that. This was focused on making the cut look better. Therefore, all of the elements of the presidential shine, including the cream polish, was done off camera for the sake of time.
Honestly that fill did absolutely nothing at all. It looked just as bad after, you just used a different angle so you couldn’t tell as much. It should have been sanded down first to get rid of the lip and rough up the surface so the filler sticks better and then sanded down again after it was filled. You also should have mixed applicator colors to get a closer color so it didn’t stand out much because the color difference stood out even after it was all polished. I love this channel and all the videos and info however from the work I’ve seen done in this video and the work I seen your companies’ supposed “master cobbler” do, it wasn’t impressive at all and I wouldn’t pay to send my shoes in if I had many high end shoes.
Absolutely agree.
Yup, nice shine, but that's about it. Also a toothpick would have done a better job at applying that paste instead of smearing it with his fingers.
What issues have you seen with the cobbler? While this DIY job seemed amateurish I have not seen any reason to distrust the cobbler.
which grit sand paper u say ?
I would use a very fine sandpaper
I was expecting you to overfill the hole and then sand it back to a smooth finish using very fine sand paper. Tricky to execute but that would achieve a smoother surface.
Very helpful. Thanks Kirby!
You can still see the damage on the shoe
Yes lol
This is a hoax...
not fond of the "finger" method, its pretty sloppy. I use a toothpick, its a much better and controlled application. I sometimes mix colours together. in this case i would have mix an iota of black with the brown to make it less red and match the colour wash of the leather. Just an opinion. thank you for the instructional video.
U think this would work on vamp cracking?
I like to maintain my shoes this video was really helpful. Is it wax or cream which was applied to maintain the shoes.
Why not use a syringe to apply the filler?
Now that I saw the intro for the nth time, I got a flashback from Flash(a pun :P). He says: I am Barry Allen.... the same way you do :D
I agree with bacon a Q-tip or toothpick might focus better on the crack.
i love all your videos but the videos that you shine shoes are just amazing, i find them so relaxing; sometime i shine along with you or i just watch the video but in every form is magnificent.
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them! We will continue to make them. Also please check out the livestream shoe shines we will be doing for the next few weeks
Well done
Any ideas for cut in suede shoes or boots? Thank you in advance.
Beautiful & thank you.
Is it Loake 1880 Strand?
One of my favourite.
Excellent video, Kirby. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did a pair of shoes with wood stain and it turned out good 🤷🏾♀️ lol
I have a pair of tennis shoes where the leather on one toe is smooth and the other is wrinkly... is there anything I can do to make that wrinkly leather smooth out a bit?
I know this is off topic but i would like to find out what you would use to codition oily nubuk after washing them because i don't think that saphir oily cream is good on oily nunuk(i think is just for smooth oil leather)
A pointed cotton swab would be superb for this application! But great work nonetheless.
If you have a scratch that peels up a "flap" of leather, and that "flap" is still attached to the shoe on one side, can this Saphir Renovating Cream be used to "glue" the flap of leather back down?
1 year late so how is it ? mine have flap on its scratch, do i need to cut it ?
Great job!
Can you recommend anything for soft leather shoes?
Can i use this method to repair a champagne colour shoe?
WOW!
Noticed no high grit sanding prior to repair creme.
The shoe looks terrible. You can still see the scratch. I would’ve used a fine sandpaper filled it sanded it, and polished it. Graded from 10 being GREAT and 1 TERRIBLE I’d give you a 4.5.
First Acaton, sand it, fill it, leave it, sand it again slightly to even, then color again then shine them...... This is how you actually do it... Is this a professional service? Ps. Next time get the repair creme in a correct color , or make it in the correct color like use two type of repair creme or put a tiny bit of brown acrillic paint in them.. so that it match and plans more. And always sand a bit before and after while using leather balm
the crack is perfectly visible!
A reasonable repair but I hate the dark toe caps on those shoes after the polish. They make the shoes look as if they belong to a 1930s gangster.
Can you use it on leather sneakers?
What did they use to strip them?
all gear no idea.
Gratuitous before shots, and a fleeting after shot with glare over the area of interest... 2/10 for informative cinamatography.
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A beautiful, well crafted shoe that was in my opinion, ruined by the toe cap treatment. A little dark and too uniform for my taste. I realize that that’s not the point of this video but a wonderful shoe was turned into something a clown would wear.
Shoes = Ruined!
Forget the shoe repair, let's enjoy a fine digestif from your bar in the back.
Very poor repair, I would not pay for that. I have jus watched much bigger cracks repaired "How $1,000 Gucci Mules Are Restored From Bite Marks" and "How A Ferrari's Leather Car Seat Is Professionally Restored". At least now I realized that I have to ask company how they are going to repair my shoes before I give them my shoes
If I had shoes that expensive I'd take them to a professional.
What do you think kirby alliso is ? Cottage cheese
@@useradmin2881 a salesman who only has a limited knowledge of his products, and almost no hands on applied experience.
I want to like, but its currently at 666 likes...
Next up... I’ll show you how to rotate your tyres in a tuxedo...
Totally disagree with your "may have thrown away" comment. In Europe we wear our quality shoes until they crack or even worse, and then for a few years beyond that. It is totally normal to have cuts and nicks in the leather, and live with that. Heaven forbid.
I once went to a memorial service at Westminster Abbey for a deceased member of the House of Lords. A very distinguished peer, who is also now dead, was wearing extremely old John Lobbs that had a hole in the vamp of one shoe! The Prince of Wales has his holes patched!!
Neh don't waste your money you can see the damage
nothing worse than using your finger!
So much tak about …nothing. Just put the damn thing in and shut up
Not a good repair at all!