How much bigger can you make a boot?

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MagicMan12

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I have this retarted foot and it grew two sizes bigger than the other one and i bought my boots last year i think like 11.5 and now my foot is a 12.5. i know there is a way to make the boot a little bigger by taking some of the toe box and liner out but will it make it that much bigger?
 
Um I think you need to buy a new boot for the opposite foot. Thats going to be a real nightmare with getting your bindings right and all that. + Vibes man hope it works out.
 
When you have two different foot sizes, you fit properly to the smaller foot, and work on the second boot to make it bigger. Depending on the boot, most can be stretched and ground to at least a shell size bigger before you start to risk warping the boot sole.
 
A good bootfitting shop will have the tools to stretch some length into a boot shell - but they cannot do a lot - maybe 1 size. Not a good situation

They heat the toe and use a pressure stretcher to stretch out the (length) of the toebox until it cools. Normally they would do the width... They maybe able to put some room / length into the heel. I saw a pair of Lange's done...maybe 1/2 size.

Then there is grinding out the toe....but it is had to get the grinding ball right in there.

See what the shop says - what tools they have...

U cannot do much because as mentioned it may eventually interfere with the binding mount / release.

The boot sole remains the same / untouched. They got to do a little at a time so as not to warp the whole boot.

The liner will still need to be stretched or cut or the just cut the stitches to release it. - or u may need to buy the next size up...or it maybe compressed and maybe u can deal with it.

A bigger foot usually means longer and wider so u may need more than expected work...

This year's Solomon's have a boot pillow / crash bag in the toe - check it out. good luck
 
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