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Rubber rot on mountaineering boots - any ideas?

Capt_mulch
19-Aug-2015
3:49:55 PM
All, my La Sportiva boots have a strange case of rubber rot - the rubber in the heal (only on one boot!) is totally de-naturing - it's turning into rubber powder. They haven't been exposed to anything strange, just carted around the tropics for five years. Has anyone seen this before? Any ideas on getting them repaired?


pmonks
20-Aug-2015
2:39:21 AM
I just replaced a pair of 12yo Technica hiking boots that had exactly the same problem (in both boots). The side of the sole started flapping and when I looked underneath that cushioning rubber was crumbling. They'd mostly been used in dry climates (western US & North Africa) so it might not be related to moisture?

Capt_mulch
20-Aug-2015
8:37:22 AM
Highly unlikely dryness - I've just lived in the Solomon Islands for four years within a couple of hundred metres of the ocean most of the time - high temps and humidity - maybe salt?

wallwombat
20-Aug-2015
10:11:09 AM
Shoe Goo.
mike3091660
20-Aug-2015
3:25:16 PM
Had a similar case in hiking boots when I worked in an outdoor store a few years ago.

Turned out the guy was using them on a dairy and standing in cow shit all day, apparently the ammonia or something will chew out the foam/rubber over time.

DEET will also do it, along with whatever customs uses to dip dirty boots in as you come back into the country.
PDRM
20-Aug-2015
4:59:14 PM
On 20/08/2015 pmonks wrote:
>I just replaced a pair of 12yo Technica hiking boots that had exactly the
>same problem (in both boots). The side of the sole started flapping and
>when I looked underneath that cushioning rubber was crumbling. They'd
>mostly been used in dry climates (western US & North Africa) so it might
>not be related to moisture?

So according to Mike, stop pissing on your boots Peter

P

Capt_mulch
20-Aug-2015
5:16:16 PM
>So according to Mike, stop pissing on your boots Peter
>
Always piss facing downwind... Maybe it confirms my suspicion of salt being the culprit?
lacto
20-Aug-2015
5:55:46 PM
On 20/08/2015 mike3091660 wrote:
>>
>Turned out the guy was using them on a dairy and standing in cow shit
>all day, apparently the ammonia or something will chew out the foam/rubber
>over time.
>
Can not see this as being a reason to dissolve boots - cow shit doesn't contain ammonia , they wouldn't have any gut left .The urea in urine break down over time to ammonia , but yards and pits are washed out after every milking so highly unlikely . Pretty silly to be wearing hiking boots versus gum boots @ $80 a pair

IdratherbeclimbingM9
20-Aug-2015
7:28:10 PM
On 20/08/2015 wallwombat wrote:
>Shoe Goo.
+1

Caveat for Capt Mulch:
Certain types of foam/sponge deteriorate at an alarming rate anyway ... ??.
I don't know if this is due to UV light, age, or other factors, but do know that an old motorcycling helmet of mine effectively lost all its padded lining due to a similar event, and that item was stored in darkness, non-humid conditions, never came in contact with chemicals, etc.

The cynical side of my thinking says to me that it is a capitalist plot to ensure upgrade buying down the track...
;-)

Capt_mulch
21-Aug-2015
8:11:49 AM

>
>The cynical side of my thinking says to me that it is a capitalist plot
>to ensure upgrade buying down the track...
>;-)
That sounds more like it...

The rest of the boots are good, so I'm going to have to find an injectable fix - at least making a mold / form around the heals will be easy.

pmonks
22-Aug-2015
3:38:17 AM
On 20/08/2015 PDRM wrote:
>So according to Mike, stop pissing on your boots Peter

But I like the shiny look!
TimP
22-Aug-2015
9:35:27 AM
I've read about Sugru, never used it but it might do the job:

https://sugru.com

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