Eli5: why do shoes disintegrate when left unworn (for extended period of time) and frequently wearing them actually prevents/delays disintegration?
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Thats a great question! I recently bought some booties on Posh app (they were brand new, never worn -forgotten in someones closet , i assume!) then when i wore them for the first time , the inside lining pretty much fell apart all over my socks! Ugh (cant tell anything wrong from the outside , but bcuz they were a lil too narrow on my wide toe base-was considering re-poshing them!) prolly cant now bcuz of it! Guess i will try and stretch them out , super cute!
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I doubt it actually does delay disintegration, you just wear them out usefully before the materials themselves fail, as opposed to not using them and the materials failing in a similar timestamp.
I’ve noticed that Blundstone’s boots have this problem. If used fairly regularly, they just last and last. but if left alone for a couple years the rubber/PU sole ends up crumbling off of the upper.
I went to a shoe repair shop, and was told that the nature of these soles they can’t repair them, even though the leather upper was still in mint condition. He said that, when stored, the oils in the sole end up leaching out, but with regular use the oils get redistributed in the rubber.
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