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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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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Stuff newspaper in them
- 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.
- Anonymous1 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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- oldhippypaulLv 61 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.
- Anonymous1 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
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A good shoe repair store will have something.