New trainers too tight

PudseyDB

If theyre rubbing because they're too stiff - dad used to put paper on the back door step, shoe on top, and hammer the heel from the inside!!! Don't know how wise that is, but seemed to do the trick.

rosie383

I have looked through all the links you put for me Zip, but I can't find my answer. Most of the tips are for leather shoes. The problem with his boots are that they angle in towards the heel at the top of the ankle, IYKWIM. They are a bit high at the back, and stick inwards a bit.
I will see about getting Blisterstick as I think that if I put something on the heel itself, it will dig in to him even more.

caroline78

Instead of putting the plaster on you OH, put the plaster on the boot. I know it doesn't solve the problem but it helps if like me you hate the pain of removing a plaster....xx

triticale

When I played I would always wear thin ankle socks underneath the normal thick football socks. This meant that the heel rubbed the outer sock against the inner sock, rather than against the skin.

If there are blisters already, forget normal plasters and invest in a pack of Compeed blister plasters (about a fiver, from Boots etc). They have some sort of gel inside and they stay stuck to the skin until the blister is completely healed.

They were a godsend and I would heartily recommend them.

tryingtobethrifty

When I use to dance and wear tap dancing like shoes we'd all get awful blisters. We use to rub vaseline into them to soften them but I think they may have been leather and I don't know where they are to check.
Don't do what I did though - I painted them to make them "patent" looking, then panicked that my mum would shout so heated them with a lighter to scrap the paint off - they shrunk! Although I'd panic if your hubby was painting his football boots to make them patent looking hehe.......

Maybe just sitting playing with the bit that bends in the way would help to soften it and then you might be able to bend it out a bit more.

Sorry I can't be more help.

pretz_2

when i buy a new pair of pointes they are really stiff and give really bad blisters i usually stuff the toes with paper and hammer them out and that always works, have you tried good old soap thats suppose to work well on stiff heels but by the sounds of it the heels on the boots are made to high and they probably will rub for a long time however the compeed blister plasters are fab and if he's really brave use iodine it hurts like hell but really works i use it alot and probably keep my chemist in business with the amount i buy however be careful it stains anything it come in touch with.

cyclingyorkie

PudseyDB wrote: »

If theyre rubbing because they're too stiff - dad used to put paper on the back door step, shoe on top, and hammer the heel from the inside!!! Don't know how wise that is, but seemed to do the trick.

We did that too!

Lensa

We use a rolling pin, just put it in the shoe and firmly wiggle it about against the heel part that is rubbing, it's like a wooden ankle that can do the breaking in for you.