^Crepe Flambe?
Fantastic.
Permission to reprint on The Weejun?
I guess it makes absolute sense as crepe is just natural latex and heat softens it.
^ Bien sûr.
Perhaps I'll edit it a bit and add some pics? I have a pair of Dessies coming my way that may need the treatment.
Last edited by 1966 (2009-03-29 09:13:50)
Last edited by 1966 (2009-03-29 10:02:28)
What a great post. I'm liking this!
If only they came in #8 Shell...
Well, as per the post in Qualities of Crepe, am gonna have to try this!
Maybe a mix of the oven and the hot knife technique inside the cracks could cure them? Worth a go. I'm just not sure that Trickers have the ability to rebuild those goodyear welted playboy soles these days. We'll see.
i used the oven technique on a couple of pairs of deadstock Clarks, probably 5 yrs old, that had gone rock solid. required much longer than stated in the thread, and hotter - at least 'the lowest setting' presumably refers to a gas oven? 50C on an electric oven didn't do anything, think i had it up to about 100 or 120 before they softened (although i don't have an over thermometer, the dial could be way off at the low end)
^ Yeah mine's a gas oven. I was being careful in that tutorial, I have tried more heat myself with good results. Just be careful not to toast the leather.
I wonder if an electric heat gun as used for stripping varnish from wood etc. would work - perhaps using tin foil as a heat shield?
Thank you for the tip, 66. We've got one of these fan ovens that just about takes your head off at high temperatures.
Keep it low. They might need a bit longer than the 3 minutes I mentioned.
tinfoil i dont think would be a particularly good heat shield. conducts the heat too much. might even be counterproductive. the best heat shield ive found, as good as industrial ones or better, is drywall (dunno what its called there. plasterboard? wallboard?) Just dont cook the gypsum dust into the sole.
If Talk Ivy had a Greatest Hits album, this would be track one, side one.
Pure gold...
im shocked this hasnt been on the inane post of the day at least once.