SHOE LACE AGLETS

We have here available a supply of transparent aglets (shoe lace tips). They are perfect for making your own shoe laces or repairing laces that have lost their tips. 

The end of the lace is inserted into the aglet which has an inbuilt shrinking action when heat is applied. Hair straighteners or boiling water are the ideal heat applications to shrink them although full details will be sent with your order. The aglets will typically shrink down to about half their initial size. This initial (unshrunk) size is 2.4 mm diameter with a length of about 20 mm. The aglets are sold in lots of 8 and are just £2.10 per lot. Unless you advise us to the contrary, your order will be dispatched in a single length based on the ordered quantity multiplied by 20 mm. This will minimise wastage by enabling you to cut the aglet to the exact size you require as laces differ greatly in actual aglet length. Please note that the stated diameter size is the internal measurement and this size is typically suitable for very narrow laces. For standard or medium laces we would recommend 3.2 mm or 4.8 mm aglets. For thick ribbons and heavy duty laces we would recommend 6.4 mm diameter aglets and all these other sizes are available in a separate listing among our other items. Please in any event note that it is important to try and buy the smallest unshrunk diameter that you think will accept the end of your lace or ribbon. This will give the best, neatest and tightest fitting end result. If you are still unsure, we have a listing which allows you to buy a combination of the different sizes. It is Ebay item number 153350127683 and if you copy and paste this number into the Ebay search box, it will direct you straight there. 

You should perhaps be aware that the aglets on commercially produced laces, such as those that come with new shoes, are produced using ultrasonic heating or plastic moulding machines that cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. It is consequently unlikely that your home produced laces/aglets will have a similar professional quality but the use of this heat shrink method is however universally accepted as a safe and, to most people, reasonable alternative.

Please read the comments of many satisfied buyers in our feedback profile and buy with confidence. Do not hesitate to contact us however if you have any queries.  As well as accepting payment by Paypal or personal cheques (from UK only) we are happy to accept alternative payments in Euros, US Dollars or Pound Sterling by prior agreement.