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Problem with new walking boots

BarryH · 2012-07-19 21:21:06

Last week I bought a new pair of walking boots from one of the Mountain Warehouse stores. The first time I wore the boots I found them to be very slippery when walking, having little or no grip. It felt similar to walking on ice. I queried this with the company who have been most unhelpful. They say the boots are made for…

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mostly_harmless Posts: 25 Forumite

21 July 2012 at 3:53PM

Another thing to consider is when rubber soles are manufactured the mould is sprayed with mould release so they can get it out. This will make the rubber slippy until it's worn off. The same thing happens with bicycle tyres, they can be very slippery for the first 20-30 miles until the mould release has worn off. You could very lightly sand the soles with some fine sandpaper to rough them up a bit.

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