Hastily tried on, later it turned out that the shoes are small. Almost everyone faced this situation. Leave a fashionable couple gathering dust in a closet or try to stretch it? It is better to choose the second option, especially since there are many ways to increase the size of shoes.
Determine the material of shoes
Before you start stretching your shoes, you need to determine what material it is made of. What means can be used to increase the size of shoes depends on this. Moreover, the wearing ability of each model is individual and depends on the softness, elasticity of the material, storage conditions for shoes. For the shoes to take the right size, you need to spend several days.
Fabric shoes
Enlarging sneakers, slip-on shoes or ballet shoes made from textiles is the easiest. It is necessary to put on shoes and treat them with water using a spray bottle. Walking in wet shoes will take a long time until it is completely dry. If you remove a couple from your feet earlier, then the fabric will take its original shape.
Natural and faux suede
Suede shoes always look elegant, but require special care from the owner. Advantage - the material lends itself well to stretching. Many try to spread suede shoes by irrigating them with water. This causes permanent damage to the product. It is impossible to wet such shoes.
Instruction manual
- Put on tight socks and boots covered with anthers.
- Turn on the hair dryer. Direct the flow of warm air to the stretch object. To sustain no more than 20 minutes.
- After the procedure is completed, it is not necessary to remove shoes immediately. It should cool.
- After 1 hour, repeat the heating of the shoes.
- The same is recommended to be done in a day.
This way you can make suede boots one size larger.
There is a simpler option - to fill a damp newspaper in the shoes, leave them there for the night.
Genuine and artificial leather
You can stretch the shoes with heat treatment, however, if the skin is thin, the risk of damage to the product is high. It will be safer to give preference to specialized tools. They all act the same. A foot stretcher is applied to shoes worn on the foot. The chemical composition gradually increases the elasticity of the material.
There are folk ways.
Instruction manual
- Peel fresh potatoes, rinse with water.
- Put the vegetable in the boot as deep and tight as possible.
- After 10 hours, remove the potatoes from the shoes.
- Remove traces of starch inside the boot using a damp sponge.
