Treating soles of Blochs

[JiveLad]

Hi

Does anyone treat/clean the soles of their Blochs in any way - in order to make them more slippy?

I know we had a thread about people using gaffa tape.......which I tried but it looked naff/I could not get this to work......

Any experiences/advice?

(The other option I know, is to invest in some other shoes - maybe that is another thread).

[StokeBloke]

Hi

Does anyone treat/clean the soles of their Blochs in any way - in order to make them more slippy?

I know we had a thread about people using gaffa tape.......which I tried but it looked naff/I could not get this to work......

Any experiences/advice?

(The other option I know, is to invest in some other shoes - maybe that is another thread).

Best treatment for Blochs is half a cup of petrol and a lighter

[Brian Doolan]

Best treatment for Blochs is half a cup of petrol and a lighter

I found Blochs to be useless for Jive and MJ (too much grip for spins and slides) and I only ever use mine now when I'm out on my mountain bike, they're light and very comfortable for biking in

[Lee Bartholomew]

Blocks make you bounce. They are fine for weekender workshops etc but I wouldn't want to dance proper in them.

[Astro]

I had suede soles put onto mine.

It cost $25, but that was a good cobblers in Holborn.

It makes them much more slidy.

What did you think of the physics of them at Utopia Stoke Bloke?

[ducasi]

Unlike some others above, I can spin, slide and not bounce in my Blochs.

I've never done anything special to make them any better, though I wonder if the floor I normally dance on (unfinished wood), and the way I dance on them (lots of slides), helps make them a bit smoother and faster.