Self baking SE16's

[fedorov#91 0]

Can i bake my se16s at home, using the instructions thats floating about the net?

[goaliemanshark 6]

You can but I wouldn't do it. I would never put a 500 dollar pair of skates into my oven. If you do it at the store they should know what they are doing. Also the store ovens will heat the skate more evenly then your home oven.

Question: If the LHS messes up your skates while baking are they liable?

[VakarLajos 5]

you can bake any skate at home. you can also do your own root canal at home.

[boipinoi604 0]

you can bake any skate at home. you can also do your own root canal at home.

How about a brain surgery?

Unless it's a cheaper skates, I wouldn't jeopardize a $500 skates.

[fedorov#91 0]

Only problem is..my LHS doesnt have an oven, thats why im asking about baking at home.

[sebseb 0]

break them in the old fashion way in that case

[fedorov#91 0]

Yeah, suppose i should..

[1stLiner91 0]

yo could try a heat gun or a hair dryer. just throwin it out there

[cptjeff 0]

I would try to find another shop in a nearby city then. Skate in them unbaked for a while, it's not critical with Eastons. Then next time you're over in a city with a good shop bake them there.

I've baked skates at home before, but I would not trust myself with skates that nice. If you screw those up, Easton's not going to cover them and you're out 500 bucks.

[Leafsrule16 5]

I never heat my skates, i heated my vapor xxx's and they fell apart within warranty, break in is nothing with new skates anyways.

[fedorov#91 0]

thanks for the help guys, ill just man up and wear them

[t1tan 19]

I'm with cptjeff, find another shop.

Otherwise the only time I personally would bake skates at home is if you're home oven was a convection oven, then simply follow baking instructions as per the make/model, to the same effect as a shop. Provided you have the means to use the oven as effectively as a real skate oven.

[fedorov#91 0]

well, in my country (northern ireland) we have one shop, yes one and its the tinyest shop ever. The nearest one is down south in the republic and i highly doubt they have one either. Hockey really needs to get big over here!

[t1tan 19]

Didn't bother checking out your location, totally understandable in that case.

[ZINC 8]

Honestly, I think it can be done, and isn't as big of an issue as most are making it to be. Just turn it on the lowest setting and figure out a way to prop the skates up. It's not like these skate ovens (for the most part) are technological wonders, they are a box than can convect hot air around.

[cptjeff 0]

Just laying them on a wood board works to keep them from getting screwed up by the racks.

[hunterphfr 12]

I live in Florida and have similar issues with regards to local shops.

Breaking them in the old fashioned way depends on your feet. If you have circus clown/duck feet like mine you will NEVER be able to break in a pair of skates with a carbon boot. No amount of skating or wearing them while watching TV is going to displace the carbon in the boot to help them form around pressure points.

The temperature recommended by most manufacturers for baking is actually quite low. In Florida in July and August it can actually get hotter inside a closed parked car in some cases. Heat your oven up to the recommended temp have a feel see for yourself. If you have an old pair of skates that you no longer wear, throw them in there for the recommended time and see what happens and just how warm they get. I can assure you even non-bakeable skates will not melt or burst into flames most of the damage to non-bakeable skates would be invisible to the naked eye and occur within the glues and bonding materials. I have successfully baked several pairs at home in a CONVECTION (that is probably the most important part) oven without problems. Skates that I could not possibly have skated in for an entire game no longer hurt my feet. For the first time since I was 12 I can skate relatively pain free. Could I have caused them to risk breaking down at a faster rate, it's a risk I'm willing to take.

[stuie7 6]

I've did my Grafs at 80 celsius/180 fahrenheit for 7 minutes, 1 skate at a time and I put cardboard on the grill bit.

No problems.

[Spanky 0]

I recently purchased a new pair xxxx's. filled up some ziplock baggies with close to boiling water and set them in the boot. after 5 min they were plenty hot and softened right up. i also poured some of the water on to the worst pressure points. getting it wet helped alot.

[Krev 86]

Find another shop, or use a blowdryer at home.

[Buzz_LightBeer 974]

Some one once told me to boil water and let the steam gather in the skate.

On the flip side, I've broken in 2 pairs of one90's and currently a pair of one95's completely oven free. If the skate is reasonably comfortable, go without. If not, perhaps you bought the wrong skate to begin with.

[Kezetto 0]

If your really up for it come over to cardiff , we have an oven in a shop over here, aha

I have a pair of Vapor 40's the first time i went to the shop and coughed up 30 pounds for them to be baked but then i decided to do it myself so save money. i have done it around 3 times and my skates are perfecly fine! so i wouldnt worry.

But anyway somebody said earlyer it will be really hard to brake in a carbon skate so i'll go ahead and tell you how i did it.

First I preheated my oven to around 100-75 celcious (frist time i did it on 75 second and third time on 100). once the oven was heated i turned it off so it was even, the heat. Then i placed one skate in for 10 minutes and then took it out and felt it then laced it up tightly. Once that was done i wore them for 20 minutes then took it off. After that i repeated it again with the other skate and it was as easy as that! I can appreciate you are nercious about doing them for yourself because of the price, my 40's costed me £460 from demonxtreme, but i over came the nerves and just did it and i did a good job too skates feel good and to be honest i think i did a better job than the shop because the guy heated both up then as i laced one up the other one was left standing for 5-10 minutes while i laced the skate up and then it was able to cool down, so i didnt have as good as a fit! Doing it home alowed me to give the chance to concentrate on each skate idividually on its own to give me a better fit.

[duch 0]

I heated my Reebok 9K's in my home oven (regular oven not convectional ) at 180' F (80' C) for 7 minutes. I stood them up on a baking sheet and covered my blades with my kevlar blade covers. Toke out the insoles while baking. After baking I put the insoles back in, put the skates on and sat in them for 15 minutes while I watched a Vancouver/Chicago playoff game. Had them tied snug and just sat with my knees bent on the edge of a chair, didn't walk or stretch in them. They;ve come out very nicely moulded to my feet and don't feel boxy anymore. No issues with the pumps to date.

[joeyisfunny 0]

Bake them in your home oven for the recommended amount of time, but do it at a lower temperature. That way you dont risk overheating them, but you still get the benefit of a good heating. For example, if it lists 175F for 5 minutes, do it at 140-150F for 5 minutes. This will be more than enough to start the break in and after a couple skates you should be fine.

[southpaw59er 0]

You can definately bake your skates at home. I did so with my Easton S11's by following the instructions on the box -4min @200 degrees. worked great no problems at all.

Here are the steps I followed

1) Heat oven to 200 degrees

2) Place skates on baking sheet and insert in oven

3) VERY IMPORTANT- SHUT OFF OVEN!!

4) Bake for 4 minutes

5) Remove from oven and laces skates up the same way as if you were skating. Pull out and not up on the laces so you don't damage the eyelets

6) Sit for 15 minutes, no walking or flexing, if you need a little width its ok to stand but no walking

7) Remove skates, re lace skates and stand them upright for 24 hrs before use.

I have also baked Graf's and CCM vectors at home with no problems at all, you just need to follow the baking instructions that come with each skate as they tend to vary by model.