Shoe Sole Repair Kit

Do you have a comfortable old pair of shoes that you just don't want to get rid of, but the soles are too worn out? Are your kids chewing through the soles of their shoes?

Print these patches out, glue them on and you're good to go.

NOTE: These patches provide structure for repairing the sole of your shoe. The traction they provide and the surface they create (Combined with the materials you use) may not be as good as the original tread. Especially in slippery conditions. YMMV

Print Files

• Sectioned Parts (Folder)
  These are all the parts that have been grouped together based on sections that are commonly replaced. Each section is held together with tabs.
   
• Shoe Sole Repair - Sectioned Parts.3mf
  All the sectioned parts with pre-configured print settings
   
• Individual Parts (Folder)
  These are all the separated parts for patching small sub sections
   
• Shoe Sole Repair - Individual Parts.3mf
  All the Individual parts with pre-configured print settings

Using These Patches

I've had the best success with Shoe Goo and E6000.

Put down a thick layer of glue and then press the patch into that.
Make sure that you've put down enough glue to fill in the grid

Sizing

These were based off of an 11&½ Men's US shoe size. You will need to scale the X&Y to fit your shoes. If you've found the correct scaling for your size, let me know in the comments.

Men's

Woman's

Kids

Print Settings

Set the top and bottom layers to zero and change the infill to 20% Honeycomb.
The 3mf files are already set up with that configuration.

I recommend TPU 95A for its flexibility and strength, and Honeycomb infill, but let me know if another materials and infills work for you.

PLA and PETg work as well, but they seem to deteriorate faster.