Heat baking skates at home

[Shayno 1]

Im not endorsing this by any means.....but have seen alot of talk here lately regarding this......thought I would share?

Also...in this article it says to put both skates in oven at once....I would do one at a time.....by the way, I have not yet done this to my skates.

http://www.coloradoavalanchecares.com/colu...skates-at-home/

Cheers!

[Gummer12 134]

First of all..There have been many threads on this very topic, so please search, and post your thoughts there, so when someone else who joins the squad later will only have to search one thread rather than 50 various threads to get their questions answered. Second..It is the overwhelming consensus of the majority of MSH members that baking at home is NOT a viable way of Saving a few bucks over ruining a pair of skates. Third, them few bucks are what help LHS' survive in today's economy and Try and compete with the big Online retailers.

[SolarWind 23]

the instructions never mentions that a convection oven (with it's big fan forcing hot air inside of the skates ) is a MUST HAVE for that otherwise it WON'T WORK!

I did try a couple of years ago in my regular oven at home that according to instructions had 'natural convection built in' and skates came out barely warm. the hottest part was the holders :)

[joeyisfunny 0]

Ive baked 2 pairs of skates at home, and while I do it at a slightly lower temp than the directions say, it does work. Try 150F for 5-6 minutes (should work for most skates) with the laces very loose and the tongue pulled all the way back to open the skate up and allow the heat in. It works well enough, trust me. I flipped mine over halfway to stir up the air and in an attempt to even the heating out.

[SolarWind 23]

Ive baked 2 pairs of skates at home, and while I do it at a slightly lower temp than the directions say, it does work. Try 150F for 5-6 minutes (should work for most skates) with the laces very loose and the tongue pulled all the way back to open the skate up and allow the heat in. It works well enough, trust me. I flipped mine over halfway to stir up the air and in an attempt to even the heating out.

IMO not worth it - there're tons of places where it can be done properly.

besides I'm still skeptical - how do you know it actually did work? If the skate fits well out of the box the baking might not make much of a difference & so it's hard sometimes to say what happened?

[joeyisfunny 0]

IMO not worth it - there're tons of places where it can be done properly.

besides I'm still skeptical - how do you know it actually did work? If the skate fits well out of the box the baking might not make much of a difference & so it's hard sometimes to say what happened?

For clarification I put the skates on a towel-covered cookie sheet which was just below center in the oven so that the skates themselves were in the center.

Im basing my assumption that it worked on the fact the boot and the padding was fairly soft and hot and it just felt like it worked. Probably not quite as good as if I had done it in a shop, but does that extra 15-20% really make a difference? No. Thats like maybe 30 minutes of skate time... you arent going to really notice it!

[gerbe3:16 19]

besides I'm still skeptical - how do you know it actually did work? If the skate fits well out of the box the baking might not make much of a difference & so it's hard sometimes to say what happened?

Let me play devil's advocate... how do you know if it worked if you bring it to a skate shop with a baking oven? Maybe the skate fits well out of the box and the baking didn't help much...

I'm just sayin...

[Ivan 1]

http://www.missionhockey.com/Downloads/Ska...nstructions.pdf

[Ivan 1]

I don't use a Mission oven. I really find it or likes (w/CCM/Bauer logo (not the older Bauer model) to be crappy ovens.

There's a little more to heat molding skates than just throwing 'em in one at a time into an oven and following the above or other instructions.

My (convection) oven has a timer and digital temperature control. No need to turn it off as it never goes above the temperature I set it to. I do preheat it though. Then put skates in (one at a time) and set the timer. Works great.

Time to lock this thread though:)

[wrangler 157]

I kinda wondered when I took my skates to the shop, and they put them in the oven at the same time. I think if I ever do it again, and they look like they're not going to bake them one at a time, I'll just go elsewhere. It seemed to be there might be too much cooling of the second skate while I was lacing up the first one, but I trusted the shop (supposedly reputable) to train their employees properly, so that they know what they're doing.

[hunterphfr 12]

IMO not worth it - there're tons of places where it can be done properly.

besides I'm still skeptical - how do you know it actually did work? If the skate fits well out of the box the baking might not make much of a difference & so it's hard sometimes to say what happened?

Maybe a ton of places around your neck of the woods, here in Florida.....not so much.

[Wass 0]

I have always did in store bakes...but last yr I picked up a pair of xxx's in mint off the net and I asked around and some dude was telling about steaming them. I boiled hot water on the stove and I held the skates upside down by the holders with a towel drapped over them. I got someone to take the cover off the boiling water and held the skates above the water for 30 seconds. It softened up the boot alot and I took the skates into my room and laced them up pulling outwards no upwards. Left them on for a half hour and it worked perfect. It worked out for me, not sure if you wanna go out on a hunch and try it though. The skates were Bauer Vapor XXX model in mind shape.

[Gummer12 134]

Maybe a ton of places around your neck of the woods, here in Florida.....not so much.

You are in the Home State of the Master of Disaster of Skate Baking. How far are you from RDV?

[Tubesteak 1]

When I was a kid (back when Madonna had hairy pits) I would fill the washing machine up with hot water, dump the skates in for a bit and then lace em up tight. Worked pretty well but I wasnt buying my skates then either. I just bought a new pair of graf 707 (on closeout for 299 @monkey btw) and took them with me to work yesterday to get sharpened. I had to leave them in my car and by the time I got home they were pretty damn warm...not as warm as a bake but still toasty. I don't even bother baking skates anymore but since they were already effectively baked I laced em up for awhile. So maybe just leave em in your car for a bit

[Derek 0]

It worked for me, too. I baked the at 200 degrees for five and a half minutes, then wore them for 20. Don't be standing up in them while they're still warm, though.

[hunterphfr 12]

You are in the Home State of the Master of Disaster of Skate Baking. How far are you from RDV?

He moved back after I bought and baked my last 2 pairs.

BUT

Saving my pennies (getting close), working on a sob story and hoping to beg him to look at my Fred Flintsone feet sometime soon for a pair of customs.