Heat mold your skates!

[carnage51 0]

I recently bought some grafs and i want to get them heat molded but my pro shop wants 50 bucks.I think this is ridiculous.A teammate of mine told me you cand do it in an oven at 180 degrees,racks removed on some kind of jig.Sounds stupid to me but is it possible.Or perhaps using a blow dryer?

[jcp2 2]

Why don't you just have them done where you bought the skates from?

[Fredrik 0]

http://www.modsquadhockey.com/index.php?showtopic=10325&hl=

[carnage51 0]

bought em from hockey monkey. i live in NJ

[bainsstatic 0]

I dunno mate, I wouldn't stick my feet in my oven

[hapamatt122 0]

try going somewhere else, I've gotten mine done for about $20 at a shop.

[sogaduch 0]

heating is about 15-25bucks at some shops just because that money goes to maintaing the oven since most fans are convection. the fan or dial sometimes go on them. but u can do it at home just not really reccomended

[Quintin 16]

I dunno mate, I wouldn't stick my feet in my oven

Why would you stick your feet in your oven?

[Megamandan 0]

I recently bought some grafs and i want to get them heat molded but my pro shop wants 50 bucks.I think this is ridiculous.A teammate of mine told me you cand do it in an oven at 180 degrees,racks removed on some kind of jig.Sounds stupid to me but is it possible.Or perhaps using a blow dryer?

They want $50 because they know you didn't buy them there. It's just a way of making you pay them for not shopping there. Either pay the money, or break em' in the old fashioned way. You can do it in your home oven, but the last time I knew someone did that they burnt their new Vapor XX's.

[BK 0]

bought em from hockey monkey. i live in NJ

ROFL... :lol:

Saved a bit of money getting them online huh?... you got what you paid for. If I were the shop owner and you said you got them off of hockeymonkey, I would charge you twice that for ordering them online :)

[hockeysew 0]

:D One thing that I have done is to put them in a cardboard box about 18" square-cut a hole large enough to put the nozzle of a blow dryer-put in the skates and crank up the dryer-check them often-5 to 8 minutes should be plenty-you may want to move the skates around in the box to ensure even heating-put them on and just SIT with them laced up for 15-20 minutes till they cool down-dont skate in them for 24 hrs so they cool really well

Doing the box thing is the same as the skate shops convection oven

Just be careful not to burn the skates or the house down!!

[devilsrule711 0]

since on the topic of home baking skates...

I got some MIssion 7500's from stock07 and the box says they can be baked any ideas?

[evor1 6]

180 degrees is 180 degrees regardless of the source of the heat. id put a rod through the holder that way the skate will be elevated and one side will nto be laying on any surface so youll get even heating. i forgot what my vapor 30s were...i think 175 degrees for 30 seconds or maybe it was 2 minutes.

[kovalchuk71 212]

I  recently bought some grafs and i want to get them heat molded but my pro shop wants 50 bucks.I think this is ridiculous.A teammate of mine told me you cand do it in an oven at 180 degrees,racks removed on some kind of jig.Sounds stupid to me but is it possible.Or perhaps using a blow dryer?

They want $50 because they know you didn't buy them there. It's just a way of making you pay them for not shopping there. Either pay the money, or break em' in the old fashioned way. You can do it in your home oven, but the last time I knew someone did that they burnt their new Vapor XX's.

Thats why its nice to know people at your LHS :D

[Quintin 16]

What I did with my Flexlites was to preheat my oven at 185 degrees and wait 12 minutes. I switched the heat off, put my skates in and left them in there for 6-10 minutes. All nice and soft, I took laced them up and left them to stiffen up again. Voila!

[BK 0]

Nobody ever mentions this.. but makes sure to NOT place them on the rack.. It gets too hot and will melt through the meltable parts of your skate.. Something my buddy suggested is to take out all the racks except the bottom one (because most ovens have upper heaters that get really really close to your skates). Put them on a pizzabox (on the lid where it isnt soiled).

[ShaneyB 0]

search on epuck. they have instructions for home baking.

[carnage51 0]

Thanks for all the suggestions.This forum ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

[Fredrik 0]

search on epuck. they have instructions for home baking.

Heat Molding Your Skates at Home

When heat molding your skates, you must be extremely careful about a few things:Don't overheat the boot. Be sure that your oven temperature gauge is accurate and be sure to place the boots as far from the heating elements as possible. Be aware that you can discolor or burn the boot if the heating elements are too close or too hot.

Lace your skates very loosely before putting them in the oven.

Heat only 1 skate at a time.

Remove the wheels from Roller Hockey skates before heating.

When tightening the laces on a heated boot, be sure to pull ?out? and not ?up? against the eyelets.

Let the boots cool fully before standing up in them.

Don?t lean the back of your calf against the tendon guard of the boot while it is hot.

Follow this procedure when heat molding:

1) Preheat the oven to 185 degrees.

2) Place the first boot in and turn the oven off while the boots are in. The oven will still have enough heat to soften the boots, and this will keep the possibility of burning your skate to a minimum. Don?t forget - Be sure to lace the skates up very loosely before putting in the oven. Check your boots every 5-6 minutes to be sure that they are ok and becoming soft. At about the 10-12 minute mark, the boot should be sufficiently soft for molding.

3) Lace the boots up snugly, starting at the very bottom eyelet, and working your way to the top. When lacing a heated boot, pull the laces "out", not "up" against the eyelets. The object is to not stress the eyelets while the boot is warm.

4) Once the boots are laced, stay seated and let the boots cool. Keep your legs in front of you with the blade or chassis flat on the floor. Keep your calf vertical to the floor, and try not to flex the front, back or sides of the boot. Be sure the boots are totally cooled off before removing them from your feet. This normally takes 15-20 minutes. After boot has cooled, remove the boot and allow it to set for 24 hours before skating in them for optimal results.

Heat molding can be a blessing to your feet during the initial break in of a pair of skates. Done correctly, you can get a pretty good mold on the boot at home.

[gavin 0]

LOL I bought a few of my brothers and sisters Vector 3.0s from Canadian Tire for a Boxing Day gift a couple years ago. My brother wanted his baked just like his big brother. So I baked them in my mom's oven. I wound up doing all their skates and they turned out fine. I wasn't too nervous as I had only spent like 80 bucks on a pair. I would be MUCH more fearful about doing it with a skate that cost me several hundred :)