Thread: Polyurethane shoe sole disintigrating

I bought a pair of Florsheim shoes a few years ago to wear to weddings and funerals etc. For me that is about once a year or so. They HAD Polyurethane soles. Today I went to a wedding and took them out of the box from under my bed. After driving 50 miles to the town the wedding was in I stopped at a gas station and when I got out something was wrong with my right shoe. I was leaving chunks/crumbs on the tar as I walked across the parking lot. The sole was just falling apart. OMG at the rate I have worn them I figured I could be buried in them.

Thank goodness it was mostly an outside wedding and reception but by the end of the evening there was nothing left of the soles on either shoe. The uppers were in perfect shape!

When I got home I looked into it on the net and I found out that the polyurethane soles have a shelf life of 4 - 5 years and storing them without use arguably shortens their lifespan.

Has anyone else had this issue? If not a heads up!