At a Yet to be time and place, Boise Curling Club will be having a DIY Curling Shoes workshop. Prior to getting started on the project, some supplies will need to be gathered.

Supply List:

• Thick Slider Material (From Steve’s Curling Supplies) – $24
• Gripper – choose your Fav. - The Molded BalancePlus Antislider seems to work well – $16
• *Optional – if you want to have a gripper on your non-slider foot; either order another gripper (they are right or left foot specific) or you can also order the Clear Gripper material

Tools Needed:

• Belt sander (one will be brought for the workshop, but two sanders would be better than one!) – Part 1
• Contact cement – Part 1
• Utility scissors and dremel tool for shaping and beveling the slider – Part 2

 

The Process

1. Find the shoes thet you think would make the best, or at least the coolest curling shoes
2. Remove the tread lugs with the belt sander – or at least sand them till the surface will be enough for the contact cement to bind the slider material to.
3. Coat the sanded shoe bottom with contact cement – let dry for 5-10 minutes as recomended by cement manufacturer
4. Coat the slider (on correct side!) with contact cement and let dry as well (letting both contact cement surfaces dry then binding creates a more permanent bond)
5. Once dried, adhere the slider to the shoe sole. Be sure you place it correctly the first time. Once they are touched down, they are stuck.
6. Let cement cure for 24 hours
7. Trim slider material to shape

**As progress is made, additional information will be added to be used as a reference for curlers everywhere who would like to make their own curling shoes.