SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Church’s shoe repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Church’s shoes.
The shoes
The Church's Oslo Gibson shoes are a premium pair with leather soles and quarter leather heels supported by a Goodyear welted construction designed for comfort and longevity. However, even the most durable leather soles and heels rarely last long — and certainly do not last anywhere near as long as quality rubber soles and heels. In this case, the leather soles had worn through entirely to the cork / welt.
When this customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, noting his desire to ensure longevity, we offered to re-heel the shoes and perform a half re-sole with leather half soles and protective rubber soles over the top of them.
Rubber re-sole and re-heel
We started off by cutting away the old leather soles back to about an inch or two from the heels and we used a cork filler to fill those areas where the corking underneath the soles had been worn through.
When then installed a new pair of premium leather half soles in place of the old soles we had removed and glued a pair of thin protective Topy rubber soles over the top — offering the wearer far greater traction and longevity than the naked leather soles alone, without affecting the shape of the shoes (these soles are about as thin as a 10¢ coin).
Both the leather and rubber soles were sliced at the ends to ensure they sat flush with the rest of the original leather soles further back and both were carefully sanded down around the sides to match the shape of the shoes.
Have a pair of Church's shoes needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Versace and Canali) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer shoes since 1955. If you have a beloved pair of Church's shoes in need of repair or restoration, ask us for a free diagnosis/quote by completing our online order form — where you can upload photos of the shoes and let us know exactly what you would like done to them, or let us advise you on what the shoes needs based on the photos.
SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:
Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.
Send your shoes: Drop your item off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced cobblers will carefully repair your shoes.
We return: We'll deliver your repaired shoes to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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