Kraft Tools HC177 Flexible Gunite Shoes, Pair of 2

These worked out perfectly while doing my resin floors! Works for everyone. They allow you to work in the resin so you can create really cool patterns and leaves no marks after it is all finished. It didn’t take long to “learn” how to walk in them!

The spiked shoes do a good job for: floating concrete floors or as an expensive means to irrate SodThe Plastic is of thick gauge, durable and the spikes are thick and durable as well. Make sure to tighten nuts that hold spike securely before usage- factory did not tighten enough. The Quality and Pricing make this A Value Purchase

I've been trying to decide how many stars I wanted to give these before I rated it.. I was torn for a few reasons .First, thankfully before I even used them, I had read all of the reviews for everyone(thank you to those who went into detail about them)and I seen alot of ppl were having issues with the nuts coming loose and falling off as well as the bolts coming up through the hole. To remedy this, I took off the nuts and put a flat washer as well as a lock washer aka spring washer on and then the nut. It takes 26 of each because there are 13 spikes (bolts)per side. I thankfully have a decent sized collected of flat washers, lock washers and lock nuts(except I am out of lock nuts for that size, which is 1/4 - 20) so I didnt have to run out and buy any. If you dont have the 26 1/4 flat washers and lock washers, or 1/4 -20 lock nuts, run out and pick you some up. Dont go and buy them at home depot as they charge you per piece(per washer or nut) and that adds up quick. Most farm supply stores sell that type of hardware but they sell it buy the pound which is way cheaper. Example is 1.99 for a pound of bolts. You could also just buy 26 lock nuts instead of doing it with the washers like I did. Choice is yours. If you have a tractor supply near you, they sell them that way. Anyway, once I got all of the washers and nuts back on, I used a 7/16 wrench and tightened them down snug. Dont over tighten them because you'll rip the spike through. It's only plastic.So I pre fit them onto my boots the day before we poured self leveling cement into our basement so when it was time, after I poured 2 buckets down, I could get them on really fast and get to it. This is where I found the biggest issue with these cleats, or spikes. I'm not sure if its because I have a small foot, or because they are too wide, but 2 or 3 times I almost fell because wearing these caused my ankle to roll when wearing them. I've noticed other ppl have commented this as well. It was especially hard trying to carry anything with weight in them. My wife was laughing like crazy watching me carry a bucket of self leveling cement over to where we needed it because she said I looked like a girl wearing heels for the first time lmao. I ended up taking them off less than halfway through the job because I kept rolling my ankles and would barely be able to recover. I'm not sure if it's because of the design of them, or if it's because you need practice with them like you do with say, drywall stilts. So that's the reason why I gave them a 3, not higher, not lower. Even though they didnt work that great for me, I'm happy they didnt cost a whole bunch of money, so I dont feel bad about my decision to buy them. Hell, I may try them again this summer trying to fix the backward slope that my garage floor has towards the drain floor. But hopefully the tip about adding a flat and lock washer or a lock nut will help someone out.

I know these spikes don't have the best of reviews, but I feel obligated to put a review in. First of all I weigh 180 lbs. This is important because the heavier you are, the more likely these won't work for you. Second, When I got these, I unbolted all the nuts, super-glued them and tightened them back together. Not one nut came off and not one spike pulled out while I was using this. Finally I only used these when I absolutely had to. I didn't want them to slow me down. Good luck.

Pros: They look like the picture Cons: I wear a size 9 1/2 men's shoe. And the spiked shoes were too small. The straps are way too big. I was laying an epoxy floor and it ruined my primer coat because the shoes are way to sharp. In the middle of the floor the spiked shoes came off and I had to hop out the room on one spiked shoe. Ruined my floor :(

I give these three stars because they worked just ok and one extra star because the price was right. Mine came assembled and the spiked studs seemed tight but about an hour into using them I started to stumble. I thought it was from walking from the even surface of my garage floor to the slightly uneven surface of my asphalt driveway but soon realized the spiked studs were coming loose and bending sideways causing me to roll my ankles. One of the nuts came off completely which I found later stuck to the epoxy coating on my garage floor. I've since used Locktite on all the nuts holding the studs on. One other issue is they are small. I wear a size 10.5 running shoe which measures exactly 12" long. These are only 11" long from the heal stop to the edge of the toe. So my running shoes hung over the tip 1 plus inches which make them even more unstable. If your shoe size is larger I would probably search for a larger spiked shoe. If you are questioning whether you need them at all to epoxy coat a floor the answer is no, you don't. However, I feel they are a necessity when laying down epoxy coatings IF you are using the colored flakes in your project. Its nice to be able to walk around on the wet floor which allows you to spread the flakes more evenly. The spikes do not affect the wet coating at all.

Wore down rather quickly.

Used for spreading Paint sprinkles on floors painted with cheap latex paint, works great. Cement, wood, sticky tile, it has one job and performances it adequately.