How to stretch leather shoes?

If you bought shoes, and it turned out to be a little cramped, very tight or narrow, what should I do? In the store it may seem that everything is sitting perfectly, well, or almost fit your foot. Only here at the first appearance it becomes clear that the new shoes are a bit out of size or too stiff. It is difficult to walk in it, legs start to hurt, there are burrs and calluses. In this case, you can give the shoes back to the seller or stretch it.

How to stretch new shoes?

This can be done in a specialized workshop, where a specialist will make shoes suitable for your size. But you can achieve this yourself. You can try to wear more often new things. However, this method is suitable only for those cases when the shoes are not too small. Beat in a new thing a few hours 2-3 days, and wait for the material to stretch. However, if the shoes are too small and tight, then do not torture yourself, it is better to use one of the following methods. In addition, it is important to consider that you can stretch only natural materials: nubuck, suede, leather. The thing is that synthetics do not last long.

How to stretch nubuck and leather shoes?

To do this you will need:

• stretcher-sprays;
• any alcohol-containing liquid.

Wet the stretcher shoes from the inside, put the shoes on warm socks and resemble it.

For the skin and suede, you can use the same methods as for nubuck, plus:

1. Frozen - put in shoes bags with water, filled with a third, freeze. Give shoes to sleep in the freezer, pull out shoes in the morning, and in 20-30 minutes packs. If the shoes are still tight, the procedure is repeated;
2. Tight socks plus heat - we put on shoes for warm socks, heat tight places for 20-30 seconds with a hair dryer, then we go in shoes until it cools down. The procedure is repeated if the shoes are still small;
3. Wet newspaper - we moisten the clumps of the newspaper, we put them in the shoes to keep the form, and wait for the paper to dry;
4. Groats - the shoes are filled with croup and water, after which the groats swell, we wait until the morning.
5. Potatoes are added to our shoes and left overnight.

How to stretch shoes from leatherette?

For shoes from leatherette stretching will be difficult. The surest way for non-natural materials is the method with newspapers. Repeat the procedure for about a month. If this method does not help, then even specialists from the workshop will not help you, since you already tried to stretch your shoes at home several times.

How to stretch winter shoes?

Winter shoes should be noted separately. The fact is that usually it also has an inner lining of fur. Winter boots or boots can be stretched by the method of freezing. In this case, it is necessary to poke the bag to the end in the sock, then pour the water into it. If the boot is too small only in the foot, then you can unlace and unbutton it, but if it is small in the boot, then it is necessary to pour water along its entire length. After that, the boot with the knotted package is put in the freezer or on the street, when the water is frozen and turned into ice, you can put shoes on and after a few hours get a bag. This method is used, since the ice expands and slowly stretches the shoes.

As you could see, you can stretch almost any shoes: leather, suede, nubuck or fur. In addition, stretching is necessary not only for new shoes, but also after shoes or shoes for a long time no one was wearing. The most important thing to remember is that stretching more than one size does not work, the materials simply do not have such properties. Shoes can only be made a little freer.