How to stretch sneakers?

You bought new sneakers, but when you got home, they found that they were a bit small. And you have a question: is it possible to somehow stretch the sneakers in length at least one size, or do you need to take it back. Do not rush to return them to the store. Using our tips, you can stretch and wear shoes with pleasure.

Ways of stretching sneakers

There are several options for stretching sneakers:

  1. You can use wet newspapers. To do this, they must be crumpled, wet and fully filled with sneakers. Shoes in this case is not deformed. Sneakers should dry up in this form, only then you can pull out the newspapers and try on shoes.
  2. Another option: to freeze sneakers with a packet of water. It is necessary to fill a small package or a ball with water, firmly tie it and put it into the sneakers. Put the shoes in the freezer and hold it there until the water in the bags freezes. Frozen water will expand your shoes. Now you can get the sneakers from the freezer and let them stand with the packages for another 20 minutes before the water can be removed. Try on sneakers. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated.
  3. Use alcohol. Spread the alcohol in half with water, pour the solution into a bottle and spray it on the sneakers. In addition, you can put a little alcohol in the most rough places on the shoes. Now quickly put them on and walk around the room for about twenty minutes - the sneakers should stretch out.
  4. Another use of alcohol. Saturate their cotton socks with alcohol, put on sneakers with socks. Walk until the socks dry. If it does not work out once, the procedure can be repeated.
  5. As a rule, leather sneakers can be stretched the same way as those made from leatherette. In addition, for the stretching of natural leather sneakers, you can buy in the store a special spray, which is applied to the sneakers and kept until they dry completely.
  6. Leather sneakers can be stretched on a special wooden stretch, which is adjustable both in width and length. Therefore, she can stretch the shoes exactly in the place where necessary.
  7. In the event that all these methods do not help, you can include running shoes for the shoe master who will help you solve this problem on a professional level.