This is the definitive tube of the range: 3.7 ounces of clear, thick-bodied adhesive that has been rebuilding sneakers, boots and cleats since before most of them were designed. If you keep exactly one adhesive in the house, this is the argument for making it this one.
The formula that created the shoe-repair category in 1972 is still the reference point everything else is measured against. It was designed around the specific physics of footwear — constant flexing, abrasion, moisture — and that focus is why it endures.
This is not a runny superglue. The body is deliberately heavy so it stays where you put it, fills gaps and voids instead of draining out of them, and builds real thickness where a sole has worn away.
The formula holds ferociously to clean, dry, slightly roughened surfaces — and indifferently to dirt and old glue. Two minutes with alcohol and sandpaper before the bead is the difference between a repair that lasts a season and one that lasts years.
Surfaces bond within hours, careful handling is fine the next day, and maximum strength develops over 48 to 72 hours. Patience at the start pays back in months at the other end.
Specifications as published for this model.
The one-ounce tube that lives in gear bags and travel kits — a full repair’s worth of formula in a palm-size package.
The clear tube on weather duty — seal boot seams, waders and outdoor gear before the wet season starts.
