Shoes should be not only stylish and beautiful, but also comfortable, which is very important for healthy legs. Choose shoes or shoes in the store slowly, always trying them on both legs and walking around the fitting room. And only after making sure that the shoes are perfect in size, you can proceed to payment. And, of course, under no circumstances should you buy shoes that are small, even if they are dream shoes.
However, it also happens that in the store the shoes seemed comfortable and not cramped, and then in the process of wearing it turned out that they were tight. This happens when summer shoes were bought in the winter or in the morning, when the legs have not yet swollen. How to distribute shoes in this case?
If the shoes are made of genuine leather or suede, there is a chance that after a short period of time it is carried by itself as a result of daily wear, since the natural material stretches well. But if this does not happen, then you will have to move on to more decisive action.
Craftsmen have come up with many simple ways to wear leather shoes that are available at home. How to distribute shoes with folk methods?
One of the most famous and popular ways to stretch leather shoes or shoes is to use alcohol, vodka or cologne. You need to thoroughly moisten or even pour liquid into the shoes and put them on your feet with thick socks. Go around the house until the alcohol dries. One session is enough for someone to wear shoes, and someone will have to repeat the action for several days.
Stretching with alcohol is not suitable for textile or suede shoes. How to carry suede shoes? In this case, it is advised to replace alcohol with beer and wear shoes for several days. Only the inner surface needs to be wetted so as not to spoil the outer part.
There is another very simple way to wear shoes at home. You can pour boiling water into leather shoes and immediately put them on your feet with a tight toe. Hot water will stretch the shoe skin and it will take the form of a foot.
The people often use another affordable and effective way to stretch shoes - using regular newspapers. To do this, you need to take quite a few newspapers, wet them and pick. Then fill the newspapers with shoes or shoes, trying to fit them inside as much as possible, and dry in natural conditions. Do not dry shoes with newspapers on a battery or near another heat source.
To stretch and soften shoes made of genuine leather, you can lubricate it with liquid paraffin or castor oil and put on with tight socks. After completion of the wearing process, thoroughly wipe the oil from the surface of the shoe.
Nowadays, more civilized methods of wearing shoes are also offered. How to distribute new shoes in a professional way? For example, you can take shoes or boots to a shoe workshop, where the shoemaker will stretch them using special equipment and special means without damaging the skin.
Today in any shoe store you can buy special sprays that should be sprayed onto the inside and outside of the shoe. Then you need to put on boots or boots on your feet with a thick toe and walk around the apartment until they are completely dry. Repeat several times until the desired result is obtained. The finished product quickly and effectively stretches the shoes, makes them softer and more comfortable, does not spoil the skin.
With the wearing of leatherette shoes, the situation is more complicated. Not every artificial material can stretch well. How to distribute synthetic leather shoes?
At home, they recommend using kerosene. To do this, leather shoes are moistened with water, then kerosene. The disadvantage of this method is the pungent odor of the product.
You can try to soften the nose and heel with vinegar, which will help to shape the footwear made of artificial leather . It is necessary to apply the product on the inner surface of the shoes. Hard leather backs can be rubbed with paraffin or treated with liquid soap.
With the modern choice of shoes on the market, you can always buy a pair that is ideal in style, color and size. And then the question of how to distribute shoes that are tight will disappear by itself.