SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Nike sneakers restorations by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently restored a customer’s Nike sneakers.

Nike Sneaker Tear Repair

Brand

Nike logo

Service

Sneaker tear repair

Customer location

Mickleham in Melbourne, Victoria

One of the lace tabs on these Nike Dunk Low Panda sneaker had been chewed on by a dog, leaving the leather heavily torn. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to repaired the leather, using a thin leather patch to seal up the tear and reinforce the leather against further damage.

Tear repair

We began by carefully slicing off the loose leather left by the tear. We then selected a suitable leather like the existing and cut to size a piece that fit the tear. We carefully shaped the leather patch by skiving (i.e. thinning) and burnishing (i.e. smoothing) the edges and also punching a hole (based on the location of the original hole on the torn lace tab). We then adhered and stitched the patch into place, following the original stitching lines.

Have a pair of Nike sneakers needing repair or restoration?

Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including RM Williams and NET-A-PORTER) with the repair and restoration of sneakers since 1955. If you have a beloved pair of Nike sneakers 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 sneakers and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the sneakers need based on the photos.

SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:

  1. Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.

  2. Send your sneakers: Drop your sneakers off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.

  3. We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your sneakers.

  4. We return: We'll deliver your repaired sneakers to you, wherever you are in Australia.

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