Adding felt to your own skates

[adam14 182]

I saw a couple pics of guys who did this, tried searching, and since i couldnt rememeber who posted them, i havent been able to find the pics again, specifically the U+ skates.

What i want to know is when you put on the felt, how far down the tongue do you go? all the way? only whats visible? Im thinking of adding a layer of white felt onto my RBK tongues, but im worried that if I go down to far, it will give me lace bite. so if i could get an explanation of how far down the tongue you guys went that would be great! thanks. :lol:

[Monty22 835]

It sounds like you are adding felt for cosmetic reasons, so just the visible area would be fine. Extra padding will not cause lace bite.

[aal 3]

I'd like to get a more snug fit of my skates across the top of my feet. Would adding a layer of felt to the tounge work? It seems like it would. Is there any special place to buy just the felt, and not the entire tongue? Maybe just a local shoe shop would carry felt.

[themooseisloose 0]

You can pick up felt at any craft store or a larger store that carries crafts supplies, for example a Walmart.

[RetiredTender 0]

I did it to my skates. I just got some white felt at a local fabric/crafts store. Really inexpensive. I then cut out a piece of felt for each tongue that covered as far down the tongue as I could get without taking it off the skate. I used a fabric glue to get it on first and then used a needle and thread and stitched it on. For a DYI job it looks good.

As far as the question about the fit changing: I can hardly tell the difference since it is such a thin layer of felt. I'm sure if you found a thicker felt, or did multiple layers it could help?

[doogie24 0]

same for me... just put the felt about halfway down the tongue.

[adam14 182]

i was actually plannig on cutting the felt a touch longer, since then it will give the tounges a touch more flop, how ling does it usually last? I plane on adding it to 07 9k's tounge, if that matters.

[adam14 182]

on another note, for those of you that did this successfully, how thick was the felt you added?

[woody15 0]

Any pics of finished results?

[RetiredTender 0]

Crappy Blackberry photo is all I have

http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00200nr2.jpg

[woody15 0]

Crappy Blackberry photo is all I have

http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00200nr2.jpg

Looks like it turned out well.