HOW TO REPLACE A SPOILT SLIPPERS UPPER WITH A NEW ONE

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I Hope this meet you well and in good faith, today I'll love to show you how I change the upper of a Slippers of a client that got damage, and instead of throwing it away, he brought it to me for replacement of a new upper. The initiative material use for the upper that got spoilt was rubber and I believe this is one of the main reason it got thorn easily, so I'll be taking your through the process of how I removed and replace it with a new upper material and a logo design. https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/vickoly/23swpjpNVGZ91nyGX1VCkLsweCXzixeu5btbR5b4ca4Snxc9Awkc969icMEBsjBuY3epX.png

MATERIAL USED

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• Leather material
• BB Logo
• Linning
• Super Glue
• Gum
• Brown thread

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MAKING PROCESS

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• Since it's only the upper of the slippers that got spoilt, that mean I'll still be using the old sole, so with that In mind, I cut out the former upper.

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• Then I placed the former upper on a leather material to cut out the same shape and size for the new upper, after which I place the new upper on a linning material to cut out the same shape as well.

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• Once that was joined together by applying gum on both back part and placing on each other, I attached the BB Logo on the upper.

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• Once the logo was firmly attached to the upper, I sew around the upper with my sewing machine so it could stick together firmly and as well look attractive.

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• Getting to stay it all up gradually, I grind the edges of the upper with a grinder, and the apply gum on it both edge's, after which I apply gum and supper glue on the edge of the sole where the upper will be attached, then I let it dry off for few seconds.

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• Finally I join both the upper and the sole together and tested the shape out with a shoe last.

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• Here is how our slippers now looks like after all process as been accomplished.

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If the above procedure, are thoroughly followed, I believe you should be able to replace your spoilt slippers upper when ever you feel like without having to spend much in taking it to a cobbler.

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