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    Boot/Shoe Break-In Advice?

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    • Finn666F
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      @injunjack:

      not for the faint hearted.

      Pee in them…

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      • D97x7D
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        I tend to wear them until my feet are sore, then leave off to allow my feet to heel, the next time you put them on they feel great. If any stiff/rough bits are still giving me grief I smear a bit of petroleum jelly on the spot on the inside, works for me!

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        • ChrisC
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          @injunjack:

          not for the faint hearted.

          Pee in them, or ask your buddy to do it if you can't. Let them soak a while, pour excess out, put them on, go for a 5 mile walk. Let them dry to your feet.

          very old trick, but works yhere is something in urea that makes leather softer.

          If you can't stand peeing in your boots, go and buy some urea, mix it with water and use that. Rest is same procedure.

          Have fun breaking in your 500$ boots

          So do your boots smell like urine after that?  Think I'd rather have blisters.

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          • injunjackI
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            well, fresh urine (the colorless one, not that one you give when you wake up in the morning) is pretty much odorless.

            Or as I said use urea powder mixed with water. Ofcourse there is some smell, but it goes away.

            BTW, I've yet to have boots that stiff that they would have needed this treatment. The ones I got from VO, German military boots nearly made me do it…

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            • SeulS
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              Can't imagine meself pissing in me Tricker's, but I'd def make a video and post on SuFu to collect the sickest neg rep post ever!..  😉

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              • DougNgD
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                Obenaufs can soften up shoes/boots as well. You just have to use a blowdryer to heat them up enough that the wax will turn into a liquid and soak in

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                • O
                  Omega Man
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                  Obenaufs LP, I think. 
                  Wear them for a couple of hours each day for a few days, it should work.

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                  • rocketR
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                    @Seul:

                    Can't imagine meself pissing in me Tricker's, but I'd def make a video and post on SuFu to collect the sickest neg rep post ever!..  😉

                    😉

                    rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                    It's all humbug, like everywhere
                    R.I.P. Geo

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                    • MoonshineM
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                      Thanks for all the replies!  I think I'll skip the pissing thing and just wear them a while every day or so.  I wore them around the house for a couple of hours (not much movement, just watching TV) and they relaxed way more than I would have anticipated in just that short while.  They have already been treated with a heavy application of LP (I did know they would be stiff in the beginning!), so I guess that helped too.

                      They're already pretty comfortable in the soles but the toe box seems to be very close to my toes and is creating a tight spot.  These are the 2nd pair of boots that I have bought recently that are the lace-to-toe design, (I also got some White's Outdoorsman boots in the last month), so I guess I'd better get used to them!

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                      • atm23A
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                        You can fill them with warm water and wear them around. I like to coat the inside with a leather balm and heat them up with a heat gun, then slip them on and wear them for a few hours.

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