3 Unexpected Ways to Insulate Winter Shoes: Protect from Hypothermia and Colds

18.01.2024 17:41

Poorly chosen winter footwear can lead to sick leave. Therefore, it would be useful to learn how to insulate boots.

It is interesting that improvised means available in any home will help in this regard. In extreme cases, you can look into a drugstore or shoe store.

Professional products

If you are disappointed with your winter shoes, don't rush to buy a new pair. Try buying foil insoles first.

They can also be made from insulation or by gluing foil onto existing insoles and placing them with the reflective side down.

Folk methods

Look in your home medicine chest or at the pharmacy. You will need mustard or pepper plaster.

Boots
Photo: © Belnovosti

If you don’t have mustard plasters, put on one sock, and pour mustard powder into the second sock and put it on over the first sock.

We do the same with the pepper plaster. We stick it not on the skin, but on the sock. Then we put on the second pair.

Newspapers

This is a last resort option when you have nothing at hand. Any thick dry paper will do.

Wrap your feet in paper or newspaper, put on warm socks and you're ready to hit the road.

A simple method, but it allows you to keep warm – time-tested.

Earlier we talked about why housewives place plates of rice around the house.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor

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