When the heel comes off of your boot, your first instinct might be to chuck the boots entirely. Instead, try reattaching the heel with a air jordan 13 navy flint grey few specialty tools available at your local shoe repair. If you don’t already own things like shoe glue, shoe nails and a tack hammer, they’ll come in handy for future shoe repairs and small household craft projects. As me as an example, I always unwilling to throw my high heel boots whose heel come off. I often take them to the shoe repair. Most of the time, they can work for a long time again.

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Repairing a high heeled shoe can save you time and money. Not only will you not have to buy a new pair of shoes, you will not have to take the time to find that perfect pair. When the heel breaks off a shoe, it can be fixed and with proper care will look and perform like it did new. The cheapest way to repair your shoe is to reuse the original nails assuming you did not lose them when your shoe broke.

Up to now, I have fixed up several pairs of high heels. in general, I often ask for some original nails from the seller when I buy new shoes. At the same time, I collect some bottles of special shoes glue and sandpaper. Therefore, when the shoes of my family and me are broken, I can repair them very well. It not only save some money and time for me, but also make me happy to see the shoes I repair by myself.