How to widen boots

Just_Passing_Bi

I suffer with bunions in both feet.

I have a pair of boots that I haven't worn for 12 months due to the tightness of them.

Is there anyway I can stretch them using a tool if need be, so the boots' don't "Crush" my feet

Velvet_Glove

I've used a method with slip on flats - you put 2 lots of thick socks on, then the shoes, then put a hairdryer on them for 5 minutes or so. But I don't know if boots would be too tough for that

theoretica

How good or expensive are they? Are they leather? How thick or soft? For thinnish or soft leather something like this is the traditional answer but for thicker you might want to ask a cobbler. http://www.coopersofstortford.co.uk/src/gbase/coopers-of-stortford-shoe-stretcher-prodd379i/?gclid=COa93LHZisUCFSEXwwodKL0ApA

Just_Passing_Bi

theoretica wrote: »

How good or expensive are they? Are they leather? How thick or soft?

These are vey similar.

I took them to Timpson's, but they said they couldn't do them

McKneff

Don't even go there, you will damage your feet, not now, not in a year but in time, squashing your joints up, you body will object, and pay you back with arthritis, bunions, painful burrs, etc. etc.


Give them to a charity shop and never ever buy shoes that do not feel right the minute you put them on.


Been there, done that. I remember when I was a teenager and wearing the winkle pickers, etc. Mam said 'you will ruin your feet' well, she was right.

Just_Passing_Bi

McKneff wrote: »

Give them to a charity shop and never ever buy shoes that do not feel right the minute you put them on

It's difficult buying safety boots with "Wide Fitting"

theoretica

If these are safety boots as in steel toecaps you are not going to be able to stretch them.

Just_Passing_Bi

theoretica wrote: »

If these are safety boots as in steel toecaps you are not going to be able to stretch them.

Sugar,

Well, charity shop I suppose it is then

jenniewb

Try taking them to a Timpsons or another cobbler, they will tell you if they can be stretched and will often do this for you (at a price). If they used to fit but have just become hardened then I'd say you should be fine but if they never have been able to fit comfortably it may be more of a struggle and you may get cracks in the leather which will not be able to be fixed if they happen.

pendragon_arther

I used to use the old method of rubbing tight leather shoes with raw potato and stuffing with newspaper to stretch them.

McKneff

jenniewb wrote: »

Try taking them to a Timpsons or another cobbler, they will tell you if they can be stretched and will often do this for you (at a price). If they used to fit but have just become hardened then I'd say you should be fine but if they never have been able to fit comfortably it may be more of a struggle and you may get cracks in the leather which will not be able to be fixed if they happen.

OP says that they took them to Timpsons and they couldn't do anyting with them.