Breaking in boots

[KevinWH16]

i purchased a pair of AZT90II K today for 60 bucks ,wicked good deal, now i have to break them in, any ideas?

[Mexico Kid]

Try sticking some 5 Pound wieghts in them! If that doesnt work, than you could probably stick them in the oven (With the weights still in 'em)... :thumbsup:

[KevinWH16]

thanks but no thanks i dont wanna risk burnt shoes, thanks anyways tho
:worried:

[Rema]

i purchased a pair of AZT90II K today for 60 bucks ,wicked good deal, now i have to break them in, any ideas?

Wear them, play in them, walk around in 'em? Thought these were obvious things :p.

[Link]

Just buying your boots and then playing in them is dangerous for your boots because some areas in the boot will have more pressure exerted on it when ever your foot bends, these spots are usualy called "folds". Folds are most commonly found around where your toes will bend one the boot. The best thing to do before actually playing or practicing in a boot is to with your hands try to stretch out the material on the boot, this means bending the boot a little bit more than your foot would, twisting it, and pulling at the leather with your thumbs. After you ahve done this, you should use perroleum jelly (Vascilene) And work it into the material on your boot, making sure you work it in deep. After you have worked it in, you want to pull att he leather and move the boot whaile the vascilene is still freshly applied. It shouldn't be gooped on, but the materia; should be slightly dampened byt he vascilene It is also VITAL than the outsole bends easily, make sure you are working the outsole so it moves easy. After this, you should probably let the boots sit over night. The next day, put the boots on, wear them in hot water, and soak them good. Then go watch your favorite soccer game whaile your boots dry to yoru feet. You can't take them off till they are dry! well, not liek totaly dry, just don;t take them off whaile they are soaked.
You should be good to go after doing this break in process.

For good boot maintainance, it is important to keep the leather on the boots in good condition. I clean mine after every use, and spply vascilene to them once a week. this will keep your leather unbeileveably nice, and they will last longer. If you notice any folds on the boot, then it is a good idea to rub vascilene on the area, or repeat this entire process.

[Rema]

Good post link... I never knew about the vaseline thing. I usually bent mine and stretched mine before going out with them, but haven't tried the vaseline.

[Link]

Good post link... I never knew about the vaseline thing. I usually bent mine and stretched mine before going out with them, but haven't tried the vaseline.

Yeah, vascilene is really good for softening up the leather, and when thre vascilene dries, the leather will stay in the way it's was formed. It's good to sue it weekly.

[todo07]

do u know any tips for caring for synthetic material. becuz i have a pair of azt90II and i wanna b able to play for them for a long time becuz my folks make me buy my own boots

[AstonVillaFan 2]

vaseline on leather i suggest against that becuz if your boot forms the wrong way it could be disasterous... 2 make your boots last well i dunno just take good care of them you your old crappy boots if you honestly have 2 during practice but i would not suggest it.

[Link]

vaseline on leather i suggest against that becuz if your boot forms the wrong way it could be disasterous... 2 make your boots last well i dunno just take good care of them you your old crappy boots if you honestly have 2 during practice but i would not suggest it.

If you wear the boots in warm water for a couple minutes, your boot will be able to become reformed again. in which case you would just vascilene them again. It's something you shoudl do bi-weekly, espically when you have a new pair of boots, because the leather will be stretching. Once they are nice and broken in, it's good to do it monthly.

For synthetic leather you can use vascilene too, it's really important to keep the material hydrated, MAke sure you break them in really good, this will also protect the boot.

[CasertanaF.C]

Will this work on the Origional blue Mercurial Vapors? also do u apply vasseline on the inside and sole also? and does the water have to be so hot that the skin on ur feet peel??

[Chel]

whats the outsole? and do you think the Vasciline would stain white shoes? (Im assuming it wont but I dont know)

[Link]

whats the outsole? and do you think the Vasciline would stain white shoes? (Im assuming it wont but I dont know)

No, just use vascilene on the outside of the boot. It should work well with nay boot, it seems to work better with grain leather because it can penetrate better, so I don't know how well it will work on the vapors, but definitly hot water will form them by itself. Not wicked hot water, warm water.

No, vascileve will actually help takeout stains in white shoes if you use it right. Before doing a vascilene treatment, it is important to make sure the boot is clean too, you don't have to like soak them in water, just wipe any visable dirt off the outside.

[AstonVillaFan 2]

I never new that link THANKS however this is prolly my last year.

[DrPhil1013]

So, what you're saying is, take the shoes, rub vaseline on the outside leather part, then while wearing them, soak it in warm water? Wow ive never heard of this. Hmmm....if the above statement is true, can i do it with shoes thats been used for like a month or two? or does it have to be brand new?

[Link]

So, what you're saying is, take the shoes, rub vaseline on the outside leather part, then while wearing them, soak it in warm water? Wow ive never heard of this. Hmmm....if the above statement is true, can i do it with shoes thats been used for like a month or two? or does it have to be brand new?


Noononono, you soak then, and then you vascileve them. Make sure you don't use a whole lot of vascilene, you want to thoroughly work it into the material. yeah, you can use them on boots, no matter how old they are, but before you use vascilene, I recomend that you soak them first, then let them dry, the apply vascilene.

[Chel]

ok so is it vasciline first then water or the other way around because in the first post you said vasciline then water :confused:

and is the vasciline supposed to just dry on the shoes or should you like rinse it off or something?

thanks.

[Link]

ok so is it vasciline first then water or the other way around because in the first post you said vasciline then water :confused:

and is the vasciline supposed to just dry on the shoes or should you like rinse it off or something?

thanks.


Haha sorry for the confusion there, Only vascilene the boots first if they are new boots, and havent been worn before. If they are old, before you vascilene them, you want to wear them in water.

[RaulMadrid7]

Let me try to make it clear:

New Boots
1.vasilene while wearing them
2.?

Old Boots
1.) Rinse in water while wearing them
2.)Apply vasilene while wearing them

And can you explain what the vaselene does exactly to your boots like shrink them to your feet or something?

[Link]

Let me try to make it clear:

New Boots
1.vasilene while wearing them
2.?

Old Boots
1.) Rinse in water while wearing them
2.)Apply vasilene while wearing them

And can you explain what the vaselene does exactly to your boots like shrink them to your feet or something?


New boots: Vascilene without wearing them, just to work the material, you want to pull at it and work it with your fingers, as good as you can.
After that, you should let them sit over night. then the next day, wear them in water, and then vascilene them again, just rub the vascilene into the material, don;t be pullign it and stretching it this time, just rub the vascilene in good.

Old boots: if you want to just rinse the boot, you can, I recomend just wearing them in water again, then let them dry, then take them off, and vascilene them again.


Vascilene will saturate the leather and make it a lot more flexable. When you work it into the leather, the boot will mold to your foot a lot better.
When you wear them in water, the material will stretchout, and then if you leave them on whaile you let them dry, the material will stay in the general shape of yoru foot.

[DrPhil1013]

im sorry if im annoying you, but i want to get this right. When applying vaseline after getting it soaked in water, do you just rub it on the outside? Or do you have to "massage" the outside WITH the vaseline?


P.S: if this doesnt work, and totally screws me over...im going to hunt you down... :rolling: j/p ^_^

[Link]

im sorry if im annoying you, but i want to get this right. When applying vaseline after getting it soaked in water, do you just rub it on the outside? Or do you have to "massage" the outside WITH the vaseline?


P.S: if this doesnt work, and totally screws me over...im going to hunt you down... :rolling: j/p ^_^

Lol, you want to massage the vascilene in deep to the leather, You'll know when it's good because there wont be anymore vasilene on the outside of the boot, it will all be soaked into the material.

Lol, don;t worry about it working, I do it all the time, and I have most of my soccer friends do it. It's also very commonly used on workboots too.

[Chel]

Sorry to bring this back up but I have a few quick questions.

1. When soaking the shoes should I just get them all wet and once there wet take them out and let them dry on my feet? or soak em in water for a certain amount of time?

2. and while soaking should I have my socks on or does that not really matter?

oh and I have a wee little problem... Im buying my shoes tomorrow (around 3 oclock) and I need to have them ready by Monday. So how do you think I should go about doing this? I cant soak them Monday because they wont dry in time, so Im thinking of doing this tomorrow but I dont know how long I should let the vasiline sit to dry.

[Link]

Sorry to bring this back up but I have a few quick questions.

1. When soaking the shoes should I just get them all wet and once there wet take them out and let them dry on my feet? or soak em in water for a certain amount of time?

2. and while soaking should I have my socks on or does that not really matter?

oh and I have a wee little problem... Im buying my shoes tomorrow (around 3 oclock) and I need to have them ready by Monday. So how do you think I should go about doing this? I cant soak them Monday because they wont dry in time, so Im thinking of doing this tomorrow but I dont know how long I should let the vasiline sit to dry.


I'd soak them for about 2-3 minutes, whaile you're wearing them. Then step out of the water, and let them dry on your feet.

Ummmm, I usualy use bare feet when I have them dry on my feet, just because the wet socks are just another thing to have dry, you know?

If you're going to be using them on monday, then once you get them, vascilene the outside of the boot, and make sure you stretch out the material with your hands, you want to move the boot a lot whaile it's got the vascilene on it, bend it, pull at the leather, rub the vascilene in really good. The vascilene should not take more than a half hour to be soaked into the boot. Remember, you're not glooping it on there, you're putting enough on so the material will soak it in, you don;t want any left over vascilene on the boot, you want the material to be damp with vascilene. Once you ahve vascilened the boots, put them on, and wear them for the rest of the day. After doing this, you will be fine to play in them on monday.

You're gonna eventually want to soak them, and then vascilene them again.
If you have any further questions, feel free to ask :D

[KevinWH16]

who eevr asked if it would work with there vapors it probaly wont just because nike uses nike skin on vapors. nike skin is a light foam platicy material , its not like leather so i dont think it will do much,

but keep tennis balls in the heels, it bend the heel counter so it fits to your foot

[love2play]

wow link you are putting in the time on this one. my situation however, is most important to me. haha, anyway, i have some really tight copas i've had for a few months and i've been standing in the bathtub before games and using saddlesoap and the oven and im scared the d*** things might just be too small. problem is they are german made copas and haven't even seen a full season. suggestions??? i think they are seven and a halfs and i weat a nine and a half running shoe. this is because my shoes always, always get stretched too much and there ends up being too much room up front. so i went extreme and my big toes are paying for it. what would you do?

[love2play]

wow link you are putting in the time on this one. my situation however, is most important to me. haha, anyway, i have some really tight copas i've had for a few months and i've been standing in the bathtub before games and using saddlesoap and the oven and im scared the d*** things might just be too small. problem is they are german made copas and haven't even seen a full season. suggestions??? i think they are seven and a halfs and i weat a nine and a half running shoe. this is because my shoes always, always get stretched too much and there ends up being too much room up front. so i went extreme and my big toes are paying for it. what would you do?


is there anyone f*****g anyone helpful out there??????

[Willio]

wow i neva knew u had to break in ur shoes... anyway i wanted to know what the AZT90 III's where made out off? anyone know? coz im going to buy them without the studs coz its for indoor football... will it be the same when i try to break them in? thanks

[Dizzee Wahil]

With that pair of Copas...

A coach I had once, he was a pro in Yugoslavia and the way they broke their boots in was really interesting. They would buy Copa Mundials that were way too small for the players. Players in the youth team with the right size feet would wear the boots to break them in and each night they'd apply milk (yeah Milk, I aint sure what it does) to the leather for treatment. After they'd bin worn in the First team players would get them and... I'm guessing they would fit really well.

Actually today I'm receiving a pair of Copa Mundials which I got over EBay for $50US. And these are 8.5s and I'm not sure whether they'll be too tight or not. But I'm going to try and get a friend with smaller feet to wear them in for me... Hope it works :thumbsup:

[Rema]

Not a bad idea Dizzee... but would the boots not mold more to the other players feet instead of the first teams feet?


On a side note, can someone (Link?) make a step by step "how-to" with breaking in boots? I just got a new pair of Nike Legends today, K-leather, and have a game this coming sunday. I'd love to wear the new pair because my other pair are SO worn out right now that they're actually giving me blisters (which I rarely ever get). The leather at the front is also coming away from the sole quite a bit!

[rebirth No15]

You know it sounds weird but I had a friend who was really good and to break in his boots he would launch them at walls and the ground and "supposedly" he said it worked other than that I don't really know besides, take a light jog in them.

[Link]

Breaking in yoru boots should be a very very percise process, Idk about putting milk on my shoes, that might make them smell real bad, but I broke mine in and have been maintaining them ever since I got them, and the leather is still beautiful on them, and I've had them for about a year of very frequent playing.

[soccerperson]

Well i did the Vascilene thing, and i have Adidas Pulsado TRX, and they are about 6 months old, so i soaked them in the water for 3 minutes or so. then i let them to dry. After that i add the jelly around the boots and i did that really throughly and tdidnt leave any petroleum.

I saw that the leather got a little softer, but thats probably wats not supposed to happen. I wanted to KNOW what exactly is supposed to happen.

I was wearing the shoes when soaked in water then i let them dry, then put them back on my feet and put jelly on it.

SO please let me know what happens.

thanks

[Dizzee Wahil]

yeah Link, the milk thing I dont really get myself. I'm guessing it does have some effect on the leather tho. Any scientists here?

And Rema, I think the boots are still so small that, even when the youth player has broken them in, they are still quite tight on the senior player and mold to the foot.

I'll keep yas posted on what happens with the Copas - shud be interesting

BTW, Link, how many times a week do you consider to be a very frequent playing?

[soccerperson]

Hello guys,

I di the Vsciline thing, and I have Adidas Pulsado TRX, and so i did the water thing for 3 minutes then the vascilene after it dried. And today i actually see that it worked and formed to my feet, because i have a bump on the top of my foot and that is on my shoe now, there is a bump;.

So i guess this is what this vascilene is for? What else is supposed to happen, and how long will this STAY?

thanks

[Link]

I play every day with them.

Umm, the leather is souposed to be nice and soft, you want it to feel nice on your foot, that's the most important thing. But you're souposed to have nice healthy looking hydrated leather, not dry cracked rough surfaced leather.

The milk might have soemthing in it, certain acid that might loosen up the leather, now that I thiunk of it, I used to har about putting it on leather baseball gloves too. But try the vascilene treatment, it really works well, you'll feel great in them, and it will maintain them.

[Link]

Hello guys,

I di the Vsciline thing, and I have Adidas Pulsado TRX, and so i did the water thing for 3 minutes then the vascilene after it dried. And today i actually see that it worked and formed to my feet, because i have a bump on the top of my foot and that is on my shoe now, there is a bump;.

So i guess this is what this vascilene is for? What else is supposed to happen, and how long will this STAY?

thanks

Yeah, the vascilene will allow the boots material to expand where there is tention, so any tight spots in the boot will stretvh to you foot, and when the vascilene sets, it will stay that way. You're going to want to maintain them probably once a month. To do this, stand in warm water for about 10-15 minutes, whaile wearing the boots. Whaile you're standing there, kidna use a scrubing motion wioth your hands over the leather (Kinda liek you're washing your feet) and that will get any old vascilene out of there so the boot can re mold without any problems. You need to re mold the boot because the material will stretch with use. After soaking them, let them dry on your feet. I usualy do not wear socks whaile doing this, but you can do what you want. Once they are almost completely dry (still a little damp) re apply vascilene, liek you did the first tiem, working it deep into the leather, then wear them again for a while. (the longer the better)

[Dizzee Wahil]

Hey Link, dont know if you got my private message. But have you heard of 'Dubbin' before? Because before I talked to you, all I heard about was of people using Dubbin to treat the leather on their soccer boots. I was reading about both Vaseline and Dubbin, and they both seem quite different but I dont know, maybe they do the same thing...