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minus-squarerbos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago10 years without being oiled, i guess. The leather would dessicate, maybe? My soles have a cork layer that seems like it would crumble even if well treated.
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoMost likely they were stored in a warm and humid place. Polyurethane foam can get something called hydrolysis, where moisture breaks down the polymers in the foam.
minus-squarefribbtastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThe leather was fine. The part between the rubber sole and the leather shoe (I think it is called midsole?) just disintegrated. The were stored in my shoe rack. I wouldn’t say that it is particularly humid there but it would be warm-ish (depending on the weather). I wasn’t particularly shocked by this since they were simply lying around for that long. Maybe active use would have extended their life a bit more. But maybe I can give them to someone that can add a new midsole so that they can be used again.
10 years without being oiled, i guess. The leather would dessicate, maybe?
My soles have a cork layer that seems like it would crumble even if well treated.
Most likely they were stored in a warm and humid place. Polyurethane foam can get something called hydrolysis, where moisture breaks down the polymers in the foam.
The leather was fine. The part between the rubber sole and the leather shoe (I think it is called midsole?) just disintegrated.
The were stored in my shoe rack. I wouldn’t say that it is particularly humid there but it would be warm-ish (depending on the weather).
I wasn’t particularly shocked by this since they were simply lying around for that long. Maybe active use would have extended their life a bit more.
But maybe I can give them to someone that can add a new midsole so that they can be used again.