SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Salvatore Ferragamo shoe repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Salvatore Ferragamo shoes.
The shoes
These Salvatore Ferragamo Bermuda Jelly shoes were looking good — except for the discoloured gold buckles on the toes. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to recolour the buckles’ gold colour.
Hardware restoration
We began by cleaning and polishing the buckles throughly to ensure the surfaces were free of completely smooth and free of any impurities (as these can disrupt an even finish when recolouring hardware). We then carefully hand-painted the buckle gold with a gold metallic paint specifically formulated for proper adhesion to the type of plastic used to manufacture these buckles.
A complete restoration of the buckles’ original chrome finish was not possible here, as the buckles are made from a plastic rather than a metal that can be polished and re-plated. However, recolouring the buckles with a metallic paint allowed us to achieve a clean, consistent finish in restoring a gold colour to the buckles.
Have a pair of Salvatore Ferragamo shoes needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Gucci, Versace and Canali) with the repair and restoration of luxury shoes since 1955. If you have a beloved pair of Salvatore Ferragamo 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 shoes 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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