We've glued felt onto hip boots and wading shoes that already had felts. The hip boots required grinding off the rubber. Some of the cheaper boots (w/ cheaper rubber) didn't hold the felts but the LaCrosse Industrial boots worked real well. We ground off all the tread with a bench grinder. We use "goop" for the glue. The secret is to tape the glued felts onto the boot real tight. On wading shoes we leave some of the old felt on and also use goop. In the past I've used barge cement, contact cement and another 3-M product no longer made. The goop works good as long as you tape it (scotch tape).About 1 tube per pair of boots.Before felts came along, shag rug was used and worked o.k. If the felt is one long piece, you'll need to cut it almost all the way thru a couple of inches in front of the heel where it flexes. This will help it to stay on better. If the heel is a seperate piece, taper the end of the sole closest to the heel, this area also tends pull off. It helps to fill the boot up with newspaper to make it firm for taping. Hope some of this is useful, good luck.

[This message has been edited by potter (edited 06-24-2000).]

[This message has been edited by potter (edited 06-24-2000).]