Lavinia,

Totally agreed re: boots/booting.  That's why I was thinking some type of glue-on, that could be removed every week or 10 days to work on trim.  I am not daunted by the process or time or costs involved but only in feasibility of doing so & best product to use. 

But I guess where there's a will, there's a way!

Thanks so much for your help,

Kerry