Baking my Mission LT's at home

[Sav25 1]

Hi all

Have decided to bake my lt's at home as after much research, there seems to be no Mission Skate Bake ovens in the UK (England)

I found this guide, along with a lot of comments from people advising against it. It is a risk, but i need to get a better fit on my skates, i have bleding ankles right now!

So here it is:

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Heat Molding Your Skates at Home

When heat molding your skates, you must be extremely careful about a few things on'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.

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

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Heat only 1 skate at a time.

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Remove the wheels from Roller Hockey skates before heating.

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

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Let the boots cool fully before standing up in them.

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

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.

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What do you guys think? Any comments on this method?

Rich

[numberthirteen 0]

There is a Mission skate bake oven at Virtual Ice, Rotherham.

[spor 13 0]

I baked my LT's at home because I didn't want to pay $40 at a store to bake them. The Mission skate bake ovens are basically small electric convection ovens. I have an oven at home that's able to do convection baking so that made the choice to do it at home a little easier. Also, I used the same method to bake my Kor Shift 1's a couple months earlier. Here's what I did:

1. Pre-heat convection oven to 185 degrees F
   
2. Remove wheels (I don't think you really have to do this with Mission skates, but I was being cautious)
   
3. Put both skates in oven on a piece of cardboard or something (I just cut up the Mission skate box)
   
4. The Mission boxes say 6 minutes or something like that -- I set my timer for 10 minutes
   
5. While waiting, set up a chair in front of the oven and some sort of flooring (cardboard or whatever) so you don't ruin your kitchen tiles
   
6. Once time's up, take out ONE skate and leave the other one in the oven -- turn the oven off
   
7. Put on skate and make sure your heel is all the way back by tapping your skate on the heel (this is where the flooring comes in -- tiles don't get broken lol)
   
8. Lace it up tightly keeping your leg at a 90 degree angle so your heel stays at the back of the skate
   
9. Once that's done, take out the other skate and repeat
   
10. This is optional -- Turn your oven back on, in case something screws up for some reason. You can just put the skate back in
    
11. Sit for 10-15 minutes or so until skates cool off. Try to keep legs in a 90 degree angle.
    
12. Once skate is cooled off a bit, you can stand up but don't do forward flexions
    

I ended up re-baking them after the first time, as I got huge blisters on my arches and both my inside and outside ankles. After re-baking though, they were very comfortable.

[steve66 45]

Puck stop have an oven you can use.

[Officer Dangle 0]

Remove the wheels for sure. Heating up the bearings can't be good for them.

[numberthirteen 0]

Puck stop have an oven you can use.

Grrrrrr

[Sav25 1]

Well i has a baking session round my girlfriends mums house today. All went well, no damage but got really hot which is good.

Il let you all know if i feel any improvements