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How can you stretch out boots in the calf area?

I have several pairs of boots that are either leather or a synthetic material that will not zip all the way up my calf. I have come to the conclusion that boots, as well as clothing, were not made for real people. So how do I stretch out the calf on the boots so that they will zip all the way up? It's not like I have HUGE calves or anything like that, but it just seems as if the shaft of the boot is made for someone that is petite....

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Stuff newspaper in them

  • domann
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Boot Calf Stretcher

  • 4 years ago

    you honestly might desire to attempt them directly to renowned for valuable. I measured for a pair of 0.5 chaps and offered the corresponding length and that they've been way too small. New leather-based placed on ought to be a tiny bit snug, as all leather-based will stretch slightly with conditioning and breaking in, yet stable leather-based can no longer stretch adequate to pass up an entire length, so in the event that they're greater effective than basically a splash snug, you prefer a bigger length. in case you are able to no longer attempt them on by way of going to a tack save, the shopper provider reps may be waiting to help slightly--on the bigger companies, they're in lots of cases somewhat knowledgeable and could be waiting to tell you if the boots run enormous or small. make valuable they have a competent substitute coverage. Worse is composed of worse, you are able to continually substitute them.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can take them to a shoe repair shop and tell them to put an elastic band to stretch the calf area. They usually put them where the zipper is.

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  • 1 decade ago

    My mother used to stretch boot calves with clean sand. She filled it loose in the bottom and then packed it tight in the area she wanted bigger.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It may be uncomfortable, but try wearing them wet on a saturday or a day you dont have to do to much, its worked for me

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A good shoe repair store will have something.

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