How to Jet Glue Your Pointe Shoes | (Make Your Pointe Shoes Last Longer)

[@BrocheBallet]

I hope these tips are helpful to squeese just a little more life out of a dying pair of shoes! Have you tried anything else to save dead shoes? Shellac, paint, glue? Let me know!

[@annipounds3031]

Thank you! We are spending a ton on Pointe shoes for my 16yr old.

[@ElizabethStuckey-i4k]

Does this work on Pointe shoes that are made with synthetics? Not paper mache? Thank you!

[@heike1570]

I did try to glue the wings with the Bloch glue but it created such a hard buildup, I had to hone it down with a tool file because it would really scratch and hurt my feet. Maybe I used too much but I'm scared now to ever try that again.

[@BrocheBallet]

It does sound like too much! You just want enough to wet the material. It's very little needed. Hold the bottle nearly parallel with the ground and just let a little come out of the nozzle. Drag the bottle side to side over the area you're glueing, just letting a little tiny bit out! You can also try gluing on the outside (though less visually appealing). You might practice on a dead pair of shoes that you don't care if you mess them up!

[@mariskalewandowski3529]

This is what happened my first time gluing shoes, I used bloch brand and after I glued my shoes, I let them dry for a day. Literally every time I wore them after that it burned my feet, even through my tights!! So now I’m just scared to glue my shoes at all even with jet brand😂 but I don’t have another option so here we go!!

[@heike1570]

@@mariskalewandowski3529 I heard some pros glue from the outside….

[@phyllojoe5346]

Wow! I don't think I can make it to this year's festival, but 2023........

[@BrocheBallet]

Hope to see you there next summer!