Bought a pair of leather shoes that were too small?
It happens when you fall for the pair of shoes of your dreams, especially during the sales!
We will now have to find a solution to enlarge your shoes that are too small or too narrow for your foot.
Luckily, you don't have to leave your shoes in the closet or suffer all day.
Here are 12 simple and effective tips to make your shoes a little bigger, loosen the leather that is too tight and soften new shoes. Watch:
Nothing really revolutionary! But, it is proven. The more you wear your shoes, the better they will fit. And the less you will hurt.
At home, make the effort to put on a pair of thick socks and keep your shoes on until they get a little done.
To make it more effective, treat the leather to soften it with a good quality shoe polish. Be careful that the leather does not rub off on your socks!
If you have alcohol at 70° at home, you are saved!
You will be able to soften the leather of your shoes.
All you need to do is take a clean cloth and soak it in alcohol...
...then run the laundry over all of your shoes and leave to dry.
Once your shoes are dry, put them on, taking care to put on a big pair of socks.
Does it still hurt a little?
So, repeat the operation several times. Discover the trick in n°2.
The process is identical, but with glycerin this time. With a clean cloth, apply a thin layer of glycerine on your shoes.
Then you have 2 possibilities. Either put your shoes on with a pair of thick socks.
Either you use a wooden shoe tree to widen them. I advise you to choose shoe trees that can be adjusted in length and width thanks to screws and springs.
Very oily, castor oil will also help soften the leather. Put it on your hands and massage the leather of your shoes.
Once this is done, fill the inside of your shoe with newspaper. Put a lot to force a little on the leather. Or, use a shoe tree.
This trick works great for softening the leather, but the oil will tend to darken it a bit. Best used on black or dark leather.
Just put several coats of Vaseline on your shoes and wait for it to dry.
Then you put on your heaviest pair of socks and put on your shoes.
It might get stuck a little, so you have to force it! Be careful, here too, the fat of the Vaseline may darken the leather of your shoes. So, do a test on a small, non-visible part first.
Your hair dryer will be of great use to you for this trick.
To do this, take a shoe and direct the hot air from your hair dryer on the shoe.
When the leather is warm, put on your shoe or use a shoe tree to widen it. Do the same with the other foot.
Your shoes are now entitled to a good nourishing polish and will relax naturally.
Here it is the reverse. We use the cold to relax the leather of your shoes. And the freezer is your best ally.
To do this, start by taking waterproof bags and filling them with water. Close them well and slip them into stubborn shoes.
The bags should fill the entire space inside your shoe. Now place your shoes in the freezer for 30-60 min.
The water in the bags must freeze completely. By freezing, the bags of water will then put pressure on the walls of the shoes.
Last step, take your shoes out of the freezer. Put on your thick socks and slip your feet into your icy shoes, instead of bags. It's a bit cold! But quickly, the heat of your feet will warm your shoes which will form on your foot. Check out the trick here.
This time, we're going to put our shoes directly in the freezer.
We slip them into a bag and put them in the freezer for 30 to 60 min.
This tip is great for strappy pumps or sneakers. Check out the trick here.
Dampen rags and stuff the inside of shoes with it. Your shoes will eventually get wet as well.
When this is the case, take out your nice mountain socks and put on your shoes. Let them dry like this. You will see that they will tighten you less.
As in the previous tip, we use humidity to enlarge shoes that are too small. But here, we take newsprint.
Wet some newspaper and put it in your shoes. When they are very wet, put them on with your big socks and wait for them to dry. Check out the trick here.
When we have leather shoes with straps, which is common with pumps or sandals, it is not uncommon for the straps to hurt us. Especially when your feet swell from the heat.
To avoid this, rub the straps with rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) and put your shoes on right away.
Not easy to find leather boots that are exactly his size. They are often too narrow.
To widen them at the level of the foot or the calf, put 1 or 2 pairs of socks on top of each other and put on a plastic bag.
This funny outfit will help you slide your foot into the boot. Walk like this for 5 min. When this time is up (it may seem long to you), remove the bag and add another pair of socks.
And walk for another 5 minutes, even if it hurts a little. After 5 min, take everything off and try on your boots:they will be much more comfortable!
There you go, you now know how to make your shoes bigger quickly :-)
You will be able to win a half size easily!
Very practical when you have one foot stronger than the other.
Your shoes are now the size of your feet. They don't hurt you anymore!
After using one of these tricks, give your shoes a good shine!
These tricks work to relax all types of shoes:sneakers, loafers, boots, ballerinas, pumps. But it has to be leather.
Use alcohol, hot or cold sparingly if your shoes are fragile or you paid a fortune for them. In this case, it is better to leave it to a shoemaker.
