Every new winter, we buy attractive new shoes and face the same problem: shoes slip. What to do? Of course, a grooved sole will not cause problems, but often the shoes that we buy are chosen not by the quality of the sole, which would ideally stand in the snow, but by appearance. So, slippery sole. What to do?
You can still, when buying another pair of fashionable shoes, pay attention to the material from which the sole is made. It should be a thermoplastic elastomer. You can also consider the option of a sole made of polyurethane, but it slides in the snow much more than the first material, especially if there are severe frosts on the street.
If the choice fell on the most beautiful boots on the window and they, as luck would have it, the sole is not made of thermoplastic elastomer at all, but very smooth, then the surest option is to take the shoes to repair, where you will be given rubber prophylaxis with pleasure for a little money. It is reliable, aesthetically pleasing (no one will notice that something is wrong on your foot), plus this will be a long time, because thanks to the rubber prophylaxis, boots will last far from one season.
Suppose this option is not suitable for you either. The boots are still slipping. What to do? There are several reliable "home" options that allow you to solve this problem and forget forever that there is a slippery sole, what to do with it and where to go.
1) In any hardware store you can now find epoxy glue, which includes a resin that begins to harden at the moment when both components are mixed in a tube. The result is something remotely resembling plastic. Before applying the composition to the sole, it must be degreased. The glue is mixed and quickly spread on the sole, after which it must be sprinkled with a layer of sand. Of course, it all depends on the material the sole is made of: the closer its material is close to the composition of the adhesive, the better it will hold.
2) The same manipulations as in the first paragraph can be done with the ordinary moment glue.
3) An option in which you do not need to get dirty with glue: stick an ordinary adhesive plaster on the sole. A fabric one, the one that is sold in a store in a wide white roll, is best suited. The effect of adhesion of the sole to the road will be stronger, the coarser the patch fabric. A small minus of the option is its high cost, because the adhesive plasters will need to be changed every 2-3 days, because they will not last long on the sole.
4) Anti-slippers are sold in the same stores. Outwardly, they resemble rubber clamps on the sole with built-in screws, one elastic band is located in a circle of the sole, and the other two with spikes - across. But here we need advice from sellers, which antislippers will suit your boots, as they come in several forms. Some will fly off their feet, and with others it will be possible to at least gallop down the rink.
Well, are you already trying to put on antislippers on brand new shoes? The problem “Slippery sole. What to do?". Spinning? Then continue.
5) In specialized stores you can find the footsteps, which are made of polyurethane and have small spikes. Shoes are worn with thin clamps. The disadvantage of this option can be called the fact that the shoes are quite loudly clatter in the rooms.
6) You can cut a sticker from the old felt boots along the contour of the sole and glue it with superglue.
Remember, in winter at pedestrian crossings, and not only, it is very dangerous to walk in shoes with smooth soles. Ice, rolled snow - everywhere in danger. You can no longer think about how slippery the sole is, what to do with it, and so on. You can use the tips from this article, or initially buy shoes on grooved soles.