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How to lengthen leather shoes without failing

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Leather shoes are very fine, elegant and practical footwear, both for women and men.

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But when they are newly acquired and when they are first put on the feet, they can cause foot pain. AS lengthen them so that it doesn’t happen?

If it is not a synthetic production, animal leather is produced through the tanning process, which involves several stages and many days be able to work on it.

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Leather shoes.  Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.Leather shoes. Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.

Once the shoe is made, the leather is ready to be used different clothes. Generally in shoemaking, leather is used that resists daily use.

The first few times you wear a new leather shoe can cause pain in one or both feet, causingblisters or uncomfortable chafing in the bony prominences. Let’s remember that not all feet are the same.

Likewise, over time, the skin tends to change “surrender” and “conform” on your feet, making those discomforts disappear. But the ideal is to help prevent this from happening.

How to stretch leather shoes

Many shoemakers claim that widening or lengthening a leather shoe is only a mythwhile others assure that it is possible.

The truth is that, as mentioned, the leather stretches with use and, therefore, you can try to soften it before use.

Doing this carefully and in advance before having to wear shoes all night can be a great help in avoiding pain.

Leather shoes.  Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.Leather shoes. Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.

If you surf the Internet, various methods are described, some of which seem reckless and dangerous for the product.

The ideal is to consult the employees of the store where the shoe was purchased, so as to proceed Instructions by the manufacturers or sellers themselves.

Within the range of options, the most harmless is to use them at home with a thick sock. You should wear sports or winter socks and walk in new shoes for short periods of time.

Leather shoes.  Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.Leather shoes. Photo: Martín Bonetto / Archive.

Another god methods what does not pose greater risks to the shoes is filling them with newspaper and pressing the toe, so that it stretches.

You can put the humerus diary in a bag inside the shoe, taking care that moisture does not pass to the insole.

More tricks

  • Heat: Many recommend wearing shoes with a thick sock and blowing heat on them with a hairdryer. This must be in permanent motion, not at maximum (can damage the skin) and from a distance.
  • Cold: Many recommend using an airtight bag of water, placing it in your shoes and freezing it for a few hours. Then remove it and wait for it to dissolve.
  • Specific products: There are some creams or sprays that are sold in shoe stores to spray the inside of the shoe and then walk with them for a few minutes.
  • Wooden spoon: after having spread the moisturizing cream, with a wooden spoon and very carefully, pass it on the hardest parts of the shoe, applying pressure as a “lever”, gently loosening it.

Source: Clarin

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