You can bring shoes to a repair shop to have these services done or talk with a cobbler who can provide you with the right products and guidance to do some things on your own at home. Some shoe ...

As more consumers choose to replace rather than repair, some Mainers are preserving the craft of fixing what’s broken.

And there’s no miracle product to prevent that, says Eduard Shimunov of Financial District shoe-repair store Cobbler Express — “unless you put a bag over them,” he says. “Dirt is dirt.