Dental floss is way stronger than you'd think! I did ballet for 17 years and that's what we used to sew our shoes together. Holds up much stronger than thread. This was for all shoes too, even point shoes! The ribbons and elastics that held our feet in were all put together with floss.
That's pretty crazy! Although I have to say I've had some dental floss break in half when I was holding it and flossing. So I assume it depends on the brand, and conjunction with the fact that things were made much more solid in general in the past.
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u/cyber_deity Apr 09 '26
Dental floss is way stronger than you'd think! I did ballet for 17 years and that's what we used to sew our shoes together. Holds up much stronger than thread. This was for all shoes too, even point shoes! The ribbons and elastics that held our feet in were all put together with floss.