# How do you fix a part of your shoe that sticks out and rubs you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978 "2006-04-24T13:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/1 "2006-04-24T13:21:42Z")
I’m wearing these new cute adorable shoes, which rub my toe and give me a blister of course (but I know what to do about that). What I want to know is, there’s also a part on the strap of the right one where two pieces of leather come together, and either it’s a piece of stitching or the leather edge, or something, but it rubs the skin there. I’ve got a Band-Aid Brand Bandage there now, but I’d rather fix the shoe instead of me! (Plus, I can’t keep raiding the supply cabinet and creating disproportionate Band-Aid distribution, people will talk. Can’t have them rat me out about my violation of the One Healthy Plant rule.) I don’t want to damage the shoe, of course. Is there some sort of coating I could apply? Something like that? I dunno, give me suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/2 "2006-04-24T13:27:21Z")
Put the bandaid on the shoe. Tris ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/3 "2006-04-24T14:27:45Z")
Moleskin ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/4 "2006-04-24T14:45:12Z")
If it’s the leather edge, as in the corner of a strip of leather, you might be able to trim it. Work carefully with single-edged razor blade or Exacto knife and see if you can cut diagonally to remove the corner and smooth it out. You might also be able to put a small strip of tape over the offending part, either instead of or in addition to trimming it. The trick there would be finding a type of tape that will stay on. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/5 "2006-04-24T15:00:16Z")
Do you have an attendant or butler who helps you dress? I believe that they are the one to discuss this situation with the cobbler and see to its resolution. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/6 "2006-04-24T15:44:12Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > Moleskin Yeah, I’d use [moleskin](http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=14287&catid=10579&brand=9446&trx=PLST-0-BRAND&trxp1=10579&trxp2=14287&trxp3=1&trxp4=0&btrx=BUY-PLST-0-BRAND&cmbProdBrandFilter=9446) and stick it directly on the shoe. I’d also see if anything was sticking out that I could trim off like **Gary T** suggested. Eventually, you may develop a callus that will prevent blisters. But I do have a coup;le of pairs of shoes that I’ve never been able to make comfortable and I’ve just had to stop wearing them. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/7 "2006-04-24T16:02:30Z")
there is an inexpensive little item called a [SHOE STRETCHER (LINK)](http://froogle.google.com/froogle_cluster?q=%22shoe+stretcher%22&pid=2318401390676938942&oid=1323886121628805794&btnG=Search+Froogle&addr=&scoring=mrd&hl=en) that everybody should own. They come in Men’s, too. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/8 "2006-04-24T16:22:11Z")
so… these shoes don’t fit :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-fix-a-part-of-your-shoe-that-sticks-out-and-rubs-you/353978/9 "2006-04-25T18:56:35Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Do you have an attendant or butler who helps you dress? I believe that they are the one to discuss this situation with the cobbler and see to its resolution. I laugh. hh