How can I repair a hole on my shoe sole?

I used to have shoes resoled at a local cobbler. Cost a fraction of buying new shoes and made the old shoes feel brand new. But this site is called "i" fixit -- so here's a link from howstuffworks.com that describes how to resole shoes yourself: http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-men...

Another great for rebuilding the soles of your shoes is "Shoegoo Adhesive" which can be found at your local walmart, target, homedepot etc. It comes in a red foil tube and is made by Eclectic Products.

"I have noticed that even good brand shoes will start to separate their rubber or plastic sole for me at the toe. I use Shoe Goo and lots of clamps for 24 hours. Eventually it might start to pull away again, and I redo it. Not the greatest but extends the life well beyond normal, since all of my shoes come from thrift shops and are already pre-loved.

I don't think in this consumer age things are meant to last, so I override that in most cases because usually I am crazy about the design. Birkenstocks are the only product I usually don't have to mess with, but I have even glued one pair that was about 10 years old."

"Sounds like normal wear and tear, a simple solution would be to just replace the soles, as the rest of the shoe is fine.

As for repair- there are kits to repair soles, however usually they're meant for quick fixes and not to be lasting repair, some searches can show you a few:

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&sou...

however as stated before, these are usually just for quick crude fixes."

"if they are plastic / rubber soles

try a puncture repair kit from a bicycle shop"

"There is a product just for this purpose ! It was ""Bison Marathon"", it then became ""Bison Liquid Sole"", and I think its now called ""Bison Liquid Rubber"". (Don't they love confusing us ?)

It flexibly fills the hole, and extended the life of a pair of my particular favourite shoes for a couple of years. Make sure the worn part of your shoe sole is as clean as you can possibly make it before applying. If the hole is right through, duct tape the inside first. Their web address is www.bison.net

A similar product is ""Shoe Goo""

Try Googling these names for hardware stores in your area."