What if I creak my shoes?

It is best to change such defective shoes immediately from the seller. But sometimes it is impossible to do it for various reasons. If you bought it not in a boutique, but in the market or a purchase occurred in another city, then you have to solve this problem differently. Also sometimes it happens that the creaking does not begin immediately, but only after some time after acquiring the desired pair of shoes. What can cause this nasty sound and how to cope with it?

Why are new shoes creaking?

Most often, wine is an industrial marriage. Sometimes a foreign particle gets between the seams, and in other cases the poor-quality material from which the product is made is to blame. You need to try to determine - the sole or skin on the shoes creaks. For this it is worth to walk on different surfaces - asphalt, concrete tile or wooden floor. Sometimes a scratch occurs only when walking on a certain surface, and in other cases it does not. In this way it is easier to determine the place where our defect is located. Only then can we safely proceed with the elimination of the squeak.

The creak emits a sole

  1. If this part is made of genuine leather, then it should be impregnated with a normal heated linseed oil. But do not overdo it. In this case, only a few drops of varnish can help. After impregnation, you need to stand shoes for 24 hours and not to shoe. You can also try rubbing the sole with vegetable or castor oil.
  2. In some cases, heating this part with a household hairdryer helps. Only after heat treatment will need five minutes or ten of it a little crumpled.
  3. In some cases, the shoes creak when walking because they have not been carried yet. It helps if wrapped in a wet cloth for the night.
  4. Examine carefully the heel, if it is badly fixed, it can also make different sounds. It is better in this case to take the defective couple to the workshop, where the master will eliminate the breakdown.

The skin of the leather shoes creaks

  1. You can try to survive the material by treating it with melted fat or goose fat. It is better to mix it with natural wax (one piece of wax for three parts of fat). The resulting mixture should be melt and apply this composition evenly to leather shoes .
  2. It is also worth trying to soak castor oil or wax all the seams on your creaking shoes.

Quite often after buying new shoes people complain about an unpleasant creak. Observe how everyone turns around when you approach, rather unpleasant. Good and quality made shoes or boots should not creak - this will tell you every master. Therefore, try to always examine your purchase well, and it is best to buy shoes in the store so that you can make a claim if a marriage is discovered. Firm stores always make an exchange, so as not to cause unnecessary scandal, and you do not have to repair in this case, wasting your strength and nerves.