It also fails to provide you with a good posture and balance which are quite important to maintain a proper work life. Leather will not shrink over time if not exposed to the following factors that contribute to the shrinking of the leather:.
That said, when you expose your leather boots to cold weather over a prolonged period of time, it will stop the stretching process of the leather, but will not shrink in that way. But when the stretching process stops over time, you might feel that your boots are shrinking in size. When you expose your boots to extreme heat day after day, it will make the leather brittle in texture and you will feel that your boots are shrinking.
We are all aware that certain cloth materials tend to shrink after washing. Leather too falls in the same line, and if they are not treated with a good conditioner after the washing process, they will get hardened and stiff and as a result you will experience shrinking of the boots. Actually, it is not the wet texture of the leather that shrinks it, but continuous drying of the boots after getting wet tends to make the leather hard and as a result shrink.
If you do not wear your boots for long, the break-in process reverses and then your boots will be back to the stiff form once again and you will feel that they have shrunk. There is actually no way to just shrink just the shaft of your cowboy boots except taking them to a professional to get it done. Still, you can try the process that is used to shrink the cowboy boots:. You can choose one of the following ways to make your cowboy boots tighter around the calf:.
Use warm water to shrink the boots: Fill in a bucket of warm water and immerse your boots in it for an hour. Do the same with your pair of socks. Now wear the socks and the boots while still wet and let them dry on your feet by sitting in the sun. Your boots will shrink and the calf will become tighter anyway.
Wear thick pair of stockings: Wearing thick pair of stockings will make the circumference of your calf area larger and as a result when you wear the boots, the calf area will become tighter. Adding a belt will make the calf area tighter: You can add a belt around the calf area over the boots and this will help to tighten the area without much effort. Use a hair dryer to shrink the boots: Drying wet boots with the highest heat setting of the hair dryer might help in shrinking the boots.
So, if your concerned area is the calf, apply direct heat on the calf area. You can also carry out the process by inserting wet tissue or a wet cloth inside the suede boots. You can stretch your work boots by following our awesome tricks on how to stretch work boots fast. I have told you earlier as well, before investing in a pair of boots a sufficient amount of research can help you in many ways. But if you ever face such situations you know how to get out of them, right?
Just try these recommended methods and save yourself from throwing your boots in the trash. We all want right protective gear for job! The Work Gearz is dedicated for your safety at workplace. From hard hat to work boots, from tools to safety tips, we have all covered! Use Water to Shrink Boots Our work boots generally use leather as their construction material. Fill a tub of water and soak your boots in it Fill the tub enough so that your boots can sink in it. Soak a thick pair of socks as well By following this step, your damp socks will help your boots shrink to the proper size and will avoid the pain your feet might feel by shrinking.
Put on the wet boots over your damped socks Try to follow this step as soon as possible because your boots will start to shrink right after you take them out of the tub. To sum it up, your boots should fit snuggly. Are they too long? Is the instep too high? Is the heel cup too round? Which part of the boot is too big will determine how and if you can get a too-big boot to fit your foot. Speaking as someone who has fit hundreds of boots for people, including mountaineers and ultramarathon runners, there are a few tried and tested ways to get a pair of slightly too small boots to fit better.
People have differently shaped feet. A pair of boots might fit well in the length, but your narrow foot swims inside the boot.
Or you may have collapsed arches with way too much space between the top of your foot and boot. Both problems occur because the boots have too much volume. The simplest way to fill up the extra volume in a pair of boots is to wear them with a thick pair of socks.
This is effective because the socks will fill up the extra space between your foot and the boots. They will only help if the boot is only a bit too big — say, half a size. You can also buy inexpensive tongue pads. The tongue of the shoe is that the part of the of the boot immediately beneath the laces.
A tongue pad is a pad that is self-adherent and is placed on the undersurface of the tongue of the boot. They can easily be doubled in most boot for an improved fit. You can also add an arch cookie. An arch cookie is a type of arch support shaped like a fortune cookie or human ear. It is glued in your boot at the arch area. It fills the space in the instep of your boot and helps keep your foot from sliding forward.
This is a great solution if the boot fits pretty well in other places but the heel is slipping a lot, which can cause a shearing motion in the heel that can cause blisters. Leather and gel heel backs or heel counters can be made of various thicknesses of leather and other materials — depending on how loose the boots are you can add two on top of each other. Scholls makes a comfortable gel version. If you want to fill the extra volume in your boot, you can buy a pair of insoles.
It can take up a considerable portion of the day. You have already added rubbing alcohol to the water to speed up the drying process. Using the hairdryer at minimum heat and at least 6 inches away with constant movement, you can speed up the drying process further. After the boots dry out completely, you should take them off and then apply a leather conditioner. This will repair any surface damage caused by shrinking and by the water.
Allow the conditioner to dry naturally. Shrinking your boots to make them conform to the shape of your foot is perhaps the ideal way to make them a more comfortable fit for your feet. We do understand that a lot of people might not be comfortable using a method that will keep their feet wet for hours as the tough leather tightens around their feet. It is essential to be careful and follow the instructions correctly so you can shrink the boots to the right fit. There are other methods to make your boots fit you better, and they do not involve soaking the leather or your feet.
This is a straightforward way to get your leather boots to fit your feet better. Ideally, it works well if you have boots made of thin leather. You should use this method if you are handy with a needle and thread. You need only a few things to make this work:. Take a thick elastic band that can make a difference when you insert it into the heel counter of the shoe the rear inner section where your heel rests in the boot. You can buy one of these easily from a craft shop.
Keep the patch a little larger than you will need. This makes the process of stitching easier. When you have the cutout piece of the elastic band, insert it into the heel counter where you will need it. Use a couple of hairpins to hold the elastic band in place to align it with the heel area.
Using a thick thread and curved leatherworking needle, sew the piece with the boots. The curved needle is suitable because it makes it easier to puncture the leather and sew the patch. Once the elastic band is attached in the heel counter, remove the pins you inserted to hold the elastic band in place and cut out the excess elastic band from the sides of the stitching. You can simply try wearing inserts. When the size of the boots is slightly larger, using inserts is a simple way to make them fit.
Custom orthotics are the best inserts that can fit into the shoe, fill up the extra space, and provide you with the supportive fit you need. Buy a thick shoe insert that is the same size as the shoe you have and insert it over the inner sole already in there. Sometimes, that is all you need to do to make your slightly larger boots fit your feet well.
When buying a pair of shoes, it pays off to do a decent amount of research on them. It is easier to go to a physical shoe store to buy your boots since you can try out different sizes. Buying leather boots online poses a problem since you cannot try different sizes before ordering them. Adding another step to your research can eliminate that problem. Make sure that you read online reviews of people who already use those shoes. Be on the lookout for anything related to whether the size runs true with standard shoes.
If the size runs too small or too large, you might be better off ordering a size larger or smaller, based on the reviews. Remember to read the instructions all the way before you follow them and follow them to the letter. This way, you can be sure that your new boots will have the perfect fit. Why You Should Wear Boots That Fit The most apparent reason why you should wear perfectly fitting boots is that they are going to be more comfortable.
What to do if Your Boots are too Big The first thing we recommend, and probably the first thing you will think of is to get a replacement, so you can get the right size.
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