Tip 1: How to make felt boots more
Tip 1: How to make felt boots more
Reliability and warmth of felt boots in conditions of Russianwinters have been tested for centuries. But made from natural wool, felted products have an unpleasant property of sitting down in length. To make this shoe larger in size, there are several ways. Some of them are known to many generations of Russians, others are invented by inquisitive minds of consumers today.
You will need
- -air balloons;
- -high shoe according to the size of the foot;
- -metal plate;
- - a bolt with a nut M8 or M10;
- -oliph;
- -content boards;
- -The wooden kiyank.
Instructions
1
First of all, remember that you should not try to wear felt boots on their own feet and, even more so, go out into the streets for long distances. Stretch the shoes will not succeed, but you will have time to hurt your legs.
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If you are not sure about the result of stretching ordo not want to do it yourself, look for a shoe shop or individual masters who specialize in felting such shoes. They will be able to perform this work more skillfully.
3
Try to use this advice: fill the water with a double inflatable ball and place it in a dry felt boots. Then take them out to the frost. After freezing the water, return the shoes to a warm room. Several such freeze-defrosting procedures can stretch the felt a little, and increase the size of the felt boots.
4
So that after getting into the wet environment, the felt boots do not cringe when they are wet, place plastic bottles of the appropriate size in the toe and bootleg. And in this form, dry them.
5
If you often use felt boots andperiodically moisturize them, then, in order to keep them fit and not cringe, make a sliding block made of softwood. The size of the shoe and its shape should fully correspond to the size of the foot. The shoe is made of two parts, fastened with a metal plate, in which are drilled elongated holes-grooves. In these grooves, the heel part of the shoe must move freely. In the process of stretching, you must move it.
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In the fore part of the shoe a simplenut with a bolt, for example, M8 or M10. To do this, drill a hole along the diameter of the bolt (towards the nose). Drill the hole to the size of the nut. Then screw the nut onto the bolt and screw the bolt with the nut into the hole. When you begin to stretch the felt boots, then with a wrench you will extend the bolt and gradually expand the distance between both parts of the shoe.
7
Pads soak with linseed oil and wrap inpolyethylene. Insert them into the felt boots. In the boot tops, to prevent their shrinkage, insert spacers (their width should correspond to the width of the shaft). In order not to deform the felt boots, the edges of the spacer boards are rounded.
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Wet the stems in warm water for 3or 4 hours. Then gently knock them with a mallet in the places that are less adjacent to the pads, and leave them to dry. Then again soak them for at least half an hour in warm water and knock off. This procedure is better to repeat several times. Unpack and stretch felt shoes should be gradually. Then, leaving in the felt boots a construction of pads and spacers, dry them in a warm room (but not next to hot batteries) for a week.
Tip 2: How to make felt boots softer
For a long time the Russians felt boots They were considered shoes for children and village dwellers. Now, the "boots" and "boots" that have been woven from sheep's wool are becoming more and more relevant in the city, especially during severe frosts. Products from felt felt even on the catwalks of fashion designers. It is important to choose a quality pair and carry it out to make felt boots softer.
You will need
- Cotton and wool socks
- Newspapers
- Hot steam
- Rubber hammer (board, rolling pin)
Instructions
1
Pay attention to the material of manufactureboots. If you pay attention to the purchase, then you will not have to worry about the rough "pads" for a long time and painfully. It is recommended to stop the choice of medium hardness products - too soft felt boots quickly lose shape. Keep in mind that factory models are always tougher than self-made ones. The most comfortable felt boots are products made of fine wool of the highest quality - cassanka.
2
Relax hard felt boots, until they take the shape of a leg. If you choose not too rough felt shoes, then it is enough to put it on a cotton and thick woolen socks and walk daily in the frost and even on wet snow. With time felt boots become softer. Note that at the same time they sit a little in length, while in width they expand.
3
Try to steam off the felt shoes. This is the fastest way to do it. felt boots milder in emergencies, when the time andYou do not have the opportunity to wear them. Keep the boots loaded over hot steam until the felt becomes wet and soft. Then tightly fill them with old newspapers; cover with a piece of cloth and beat with a rubber mallet, rolling pin or edge of the board: lifting, socks and the entire foot area.
Tip 3: How to make felt boots
They appeared in the beginning of the XVIII century, steelmade in the industrial way in the XIX century, and in the twentieth century received the status of cult footwear. Today in Russia, as before, in small factories they are felted to make felt boots out of it. This is a difficult and time-consuming process. However, a souvenir version of miniature valenochek can be done at home with their own hands.
You will need
- - wool for felting
- - a dense oilcloth
- - liquid soap (shower gel, dishwashing liquid)
- - atomizer
Instructions
1
From the dense oilcloth cut two patterns of future valenochek. Wool nip off, lay it on each pattern.
2
Pour the soap solution into the atomizer. Spray them with wool. Screw the wool into the template. Do the same with the other side of the felt boots.
3
Add wool as needed. Felt valenochki hands between the palm.
4
Pull out the felt boots from the template. Insert a thick marker into each boot so that the felt boots keep the shape. Dry it.
5
These valenochki can be beaded. And also - to attach ribbons, to which they can be hung in any place. In the same form, these boots can be presented for the New Year or, putting inside the candy, for any other holiday.
