How to carry shoes that presses at home?

All of us have repeatedly made purchases in shoe stores and so many times have faced the question of how to carry shoes that are shackled at home? It seems that they bought their own size, and carefully measured it, but at home they put it on tightly. What if the shoes are tight? In this article you will find time-tested tips for stretching shoes made from different materials.

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How to carry new shoes from genuine leather?

Leather is the most environmentally friendly and practical material. It is fairly well worn. There are several ways to quickly distribute new shoes at home.

Daily toe

You can try to wear a shoe at home every day a little. This option is good, if a new pair of shoes to wear is not to the hurry, it gives a 100% result. You just need to put on new shoes for a tight toe, terry whenever possible, and walk them an hour or two a day. It is possible and longer. In a week's time, the shoes will become wider and will not crush.

Shoe repair workshop

In the shoe shop you will be stretched any shoes with special tools and pads. You can also buy a shoe-extension shoe in a specialized store and try it yourself.

Alcohol

If you press the shoes from the skin, you can try the old way of stretching the material with alcohol-containing liquid.

Procedure:

1. Wipe shoes from inside with alcohol or vodka.
2. Put tight socks on your feet and put on your shoes.
3. Walk a couple of hours around the apartment.

This method will help to stretch a new pair of shoes at a time. After treatment with alcohol, the skin becomes very malleable and well stretched.

Vinegar

Table vinegar also softens the skin well.

Procedure:

1. Clean the problem areas with vinegar.
2. After processing, put on your shoes on tight socks and walk in it for half an hour.

Glycerin or shoe cream

It's a well-known fact that glycerin has a beneficial effect on the skin, making it softer, more elastic and pleasant to the touch. This property is also applicable to footwear products if the tool is used as follows:

1. It is necessary to lubricate the skin with glycerin or a suitable shoe cream and give 15-20 minutes for the material to soak up.
2. Put the shoes on your toe and walk for a couple of hours.

Stretching with ice

Quite unusual, but perhaps the most effective way:

1. Find two strong plastic bags, preferably with fasteners.
2. Place the bags inside the shoes and pour water in them. Water must fill the entire interior of the shoe.
3. Bind( fasten) the packages. Check that the water does not oozed.
4. Put the shoe in the freezer for 10-12 hours, you can overnight.
5. After the specified time, take off the shoes, wait half an hour to allow the water to thaw slightly and take out the bags from the shoes.

Now they are not guaranteed to be reaped.

Boiling water

Also very radical, but giving an excellent result, the method:

1. It is necessary to boil the water in the kettle and pass the internal surface of the footwear with boiling water.
2. Immediately drain the boiling water from the shoes.

Important! Do not forget to remove the insoles before the procedure, otherwise they may become deformed.

1. Next, you must immediately put on shoes on a thick sock and walk in them for at least 1 hour. Shoes will take the shape of your foot and will not crush.

Important! If you are afraid to use boiling water, you can simply hold your shoes over the steam and immediately put them on tight socks.

Hair dryer

Another "hot" way of stretching shoes. He also works well.

Procedure:

1. It is necessary to put on shoes on thick socks and blow them hot with hot air with a hair dryer.
2. When the shoes are warm enough, turn off the hairdryer and walk in it until the skin is completely cool.
3. Then try to measure your shoes without socks. If the shoes do not stretch enough, repeat the procedure.

Important! Do not overdo it with hot air, otherwise spoil the skin.

Special foam and spray

Similar products are sold in shoe stores. This method is suitable for those who do not trust people's councils and are afraid to experiment with their new clothes.

Need:

1. Apply spray or foam inside the boot entirely or on problem areas.
2. Wear shoes on toe and wear until dry.

Important! Try to buy stretch funds of well-proven manufacturers, so as not to spoil your purchase.

Water

Moisture also softens the skin well. But it is not necessary to wet a lot of leather shoes or shoes, otherwise the skin may become deformed and lose its texture, spots and stains may appear on it. Also, shoes can simply get unstuck. Therefore, you need to act carefully to carry shoes that shake, at home:

1. If the skin is thin, delicate, then simply wrap a wet, well-wrung towel box with shoes and leave it overnight.
2. In the morning, put the shoes on your toe and walk around the apartment until completely dry.
3. If the skin of the shoes is more rough, you can put them on a wet toe and walk in them until the shoes stretch.

Grain

This is an old way of real cowboys. If you are sure of the quality of your shoes - you can experiment, otherwise we do not recommend using this method:

1. In close boots, pour the grain and fill it with water.
2. Wait a day until the grain swells and thereby stretches the shoes.

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How to spread suede shoes quickly at home?

Suede - this is the same skin, only treated differently. It stretches very well, so it should be worn with care. What if the shoes are tight? How to carry shoes from suede? Use one of the following methods.

Foam-stretcher

Foam is a special tool for stretching suede shoes. You can buy it in a shoe store or workshop.

Procedure:

1. Apply foam from the inside to problematic areas.
2. Put your shoes on a tight toe.
3. Walk like this for an hour and get an excellent result.

Vodka or alcohol:

1. Pour a little vodka or diluted alcohol on a cotton pad and wipe the shoes from the wrong side. Pay special attention to those places where it most presses.
2. Put your new thing on your toe and walk a little until you feel that the shoes are no longer cramped.

Important! If you use alcohol, then dilute it with water in a ratio of 2: 1.

Daily toe

If there is no rush, then just put a new pair on your socks and wear it a little every day until the result is achieved.

Beer

Bold and efficient method:

1. Dunk the cotton pad into the beer and lubricate the inner surface of the cramped suede shoes.
2. Put the shoes on your toe and walk until the beer dries.
3. After you have achieved the desired result, remove the smell of hops with soda. To do this, put a couple of tablespoons of soda in a handkerchief and put it on your shoes for the night.

Important! Such use of soda will help in the future to get rid of the unpleasant smell in the used shoes.

Hair dryer

As in the case of leather shoes, the hair dryer will help to stretch and suede. Suede from the action of heat will become more elastic and stretch on the foot:

1. Put on a new dress on a terry toe and blow it with hot air until the whole surface of the shoes is warmed up properly.
2. Walk in this shoe until the material cools.

Important! Suede, although it refers to the skin, but unlike it reacts poorly to moisture, cream and fatty compounds.

You can not risk and give your new pair of suede shoes to the workshop. Professionals know what to do in this case.

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How to stretch lacquered shoes at home?

With lacquered shoes it is necessary to handle very carefully, although it is often more often and harsh, especially if it is varnished with leatherette. Stretch the patent shoes at home for 1 size will not work. Therefore, when buying such a pair, be especially careful when choosing. If you make a mistake with the size and then you will diligently stretch the shoes, the varnish will simply crack. It is better to immediately return them to the store.

Important! This kind of footwear can not stretch more than a couple of millimeters.

If very little shoes are shacked, then you can try one of the following.

Vaseline or castor oil

Spread lacquer shoes, which presses, at home help castor oil or petroleum jelly. Especially effective these products help if rubs the back of the shoes:

1. One of these substances can lubricate the patent leather shoes inside and out.
2. Allow to soak for 1-2 hours.
3. Remove the cotton disc from excess fat and put the shoes on a tight toe.
4. Wear shoes at home until they stop squeezing.

Vodka

With the careful use of vodka, it will be able to stretch the shoes a little from the lacquered material:

1. . Drink a little vodka on the cotton pad and wipe down those places that most press.

Important! Act carefully, try not to get on the varnish.

1. Put your shoes on your toe and walk around the house for a couple of hours.

Important! Since the patent leather shoes are quite specific, it is better to give it to the masters.

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How to carry shoes from artificial leather at home?

Similar shoes can be stretched too. For this, the following methods exist.

Ice

You can try boots with leatherette with ice:

1. Insert strong packages into shoes and fill them with water so that it fills the entire interior.
2. Put your shoes in the freezer for the night( as we remember from the physics lessons - the water expands upon freezing).
3. In the morning take out the shoe, wait a bit and get the bags. Shoes should be wider.

Shoe cream or Vaseline

Similar fatty substances soften the material from which the shoes are made and, thus, to some extent can help stretch the shoes.

Procedure:

1. Generously grease shoes from leatherette cream or petroleum jelly and put on thick socks.
2. Walk around the house for a couple of hours.
3. Remove the remains of the cream with a sponge and measure on a thin toe.
4. If the result is not felt - try another method.

Vodka

The procedure for using this fluid for stretching shoes from leatherette is the same as for stretching leather shoes. Follow the instructions already given, and you will be able to quickly distribute shoes at home.

Wet socks

In the warm season, you can try to soak socks in water and use them to spread tight shoes of artificial material:

1. Try to put tight shoes on wet socks.
2. Wear until dry.

Should help.

Wet Newspapers

This method is still known to our grandmothers. But it can be used if you are sure of the quality of your shoes and leatherette rather tight.

Procedure:

1. It is necessary to moisten newspapers in warm water, squeeze well and stuff tightly into shoes.
2. Wait until the paper is completely dry.

Important! Wait for a long time, maybe even 2-3 days.

1. Take out the newspapers.

Important! Sometimes after such procedures, whitish stains on shoes may appear, they can easily be painted over with cream. But before using this method, try all the others.

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Summer fabric shoes are small. How to stretch shoes out of cloth and oilcloth?

This type of footwear should not be stretched. The fabric does not stretch, and the oilcloth can simply tear if you try to stretch it. Therefore, it is better to buy such shoes clearly in size. And if you are not sure of the correctness of the choice, then it is better to pay attention to the model of leather or leatherette, since such shoes can be stretched at least a little.

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If you press shoes, what should you do? Tips:

1. If the shoes are the size, but the hard back rubs, then take paraffin or a hard soap and rub it well on the inside.
2. For accuracy, glue the patch to the place on the foot where the corn is likely to appear. Then in the evening, coming home from work, you will not tear off the new shoes from the foot "with meat."
3. Even if you are at home carrying a new pair of shoes with a thick toe, do not rush to dress it all at once for the whole day. Walk in a new thing first a little.

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How to choose the right footwear?

In conclusion, several tips for selecting a new pair of shoes. If you approach this case with the mind, then most likely you will not need the ways how quickly to distribute new shoes at home. In order not to be disappointed in buying, try to follow these rules when choosing a pair of "whiskers":

1. . Go for a purchase of new shoes in the afternoon, when the leg is slightly swollen. Then there is more chance to not lose with the convenience of the new pair.
2. If you are looking for winter boots or boots, always try them on a tight sock.
3. If there is even the slightest doubt in the amount, do not take it, look again. Then you do not have to suffer from a different shoe.
4. If you bought a pair of shoes in a hurry "by eye," and it turned out to be small in size or more - do not try to stretch it, it can be a waste of time. You better return her to the store right away. Shoes can stretch out in breadth, but to become longer - hardly, except for a little.
5. The heel should be comfortable and stable, especially if it's shoes for the winter season.
6. If you have a large full leg, then take a bigger shoe.
7. Inspect the new pair carefully for any flaws so that you do not have to return it in the near future. Pay special attention to the seams, heel, sole.
8. Try to buy shoes from natural materials. It is more durable and the legs "breathe" in it.
9. Shoes should not be heavy. Legs and so for a day get tired, and from excess weight will become tired twice.
10. When choosing new shoes, first of all evaluate their convenience, not beauty. You, of course, will look impressive on high heels, but your legs will not say "thank you" to you in the evening.

Using the useful information in this article, you will not only be able to pick up an excellent comfortable shoe, but also stretch it in case of need. Simple and proven ways will help you with this.