APX Baking Procedure

[SteveM 5]

Can someone please outline the baking procedure for the APX skates? I'm going to try a pair on in the next few days and if they fit like I'm hoping then I'll pick up a pair but I want to make sure my LHS knows what they are doing. Please be as specific as possible, thanks guys.

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Probably same as TO - 2.5 min in a preheated oven, stand for a minute, sit the rest.

[raganblink 82]

bauer recommends three for to and one100, one at a time, I'd assume that procedure bc of the alive composite.

[JGraz15 53]

Can you use a CCM fit machine to make the fit better?

[Chadd 916]

Can you use a CCM fit machine to make the fit better?

FIT machine is great for taking skates that don't fit and making them not fit any better.

[Tondog 12]

FIT machine is great for taking skates that don't fit and making them not fit any better.

LOL...too funny.

[JGraz15 53]

FIT machine is great for taking skates that don't fit and making them not fit any better.

Maybe I should have been more clear...the fit of a skate will clearly not change; however I was curious if the mold of the Alive material could be assisted by the FIT machine? I was a strong supporter of the FIT system when I was working in a shop during my college years as I found the pressure applied via the bladders following a skate bake provided a much better mold.

[twiztidwrista10 3]

Probably same as TO - 2.5 min in a preheated oven, stand for a minute, sit the rest.

What temp for the APX's JR, 175* F?

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

200. Pretty much every oven out there is set at that.

[jimmy 194]

FIT machine is great for taking skates that don't fit and making them not fit any better.

Sorry Chadd, you are wrong on this one. The Fit machine does an excellent job. It is especially good at rolling over the stiff sidewalls, something that can't be done unless the laces are pulled very tight, which is a no-no. Did you have one at the store you use to work at? If so, you would have seen the transformation on every skate, ones that fit great and ones that don't fit great. Granted, a bad fitting skate will still be bad, but it will be better coming out of the Fit. I recommend the Fit on every skate, it does nothing to hurt the skate at all.

[Chadd 916]

Why do you say that? In theory it should work better then using your hands, but I have no experience with this machine. Is there a way to control the amount of pressure and the location of pressure on the two bladders?

Cheers

With skates like Kor, Total ones or APX, they will work. For traditional style skates, they didn't do anything to improve the fit of a skate. You also can't make a skate smaller. If you push in material on the sidewalls, it doesn't change the shape of the sole or how it was made and that extra material has to go somewhere. Not to mention the vast majority of traditional skates would just compress the padding temporarily before returning to shape shortly.

[twiztidwrista10 3]

Hey guys I just did my APX's at 200* for 2.5 minutes at home, but they didn't seem to become to soft or supple at all. I don't know if my oven just sucks or what but it's not to old at all. Could I go longer than 2.5 minutes to get the boot to soften up a little more? Also, I turned the oven OFF after it preheated to 200* and kept it this way while the skates were baking, this is correct right? Thanks.

[raganblink 82]

I know normal baking procesdure (using a shop's) is 3 minutes @ 200 degrees, one skate at a time. temperature is constant 200* (no cool off).

[twiztidwrista10 3]

I know normal baking procesdure (using a shop's) is 3 minutes @ 200 degrees, one skate at a time. temperature is constant 200* (no cool off).

I see, I did both skates at the same time lying how they would in a box, except just on a cookie sheet with a moist towel on top. I was wondering if the oven would cool off myself, so when I rotated the skates half way through (1.25-1.5 minutes) I preheated the oven again to 200* and the buzzer went off immediately... so I don't think the oven really lost any heat over the 3 or so minutes. Should I preheat the oven and then just leave it on once it reaches 200*? Maybe I'll try one skate at a time as well.

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Realize a skate oven is smaller than a home oven.

[elmeri88 0]

Hi, i didin't want to start new topic so asking my question here. I rebaked my apx skates at home because after my first skate on them i feel really bad pain on the outside of my feets and i thought that they needed rebake, first bake was at shop where i buy them. When i rebake skates my oven was preheated 80 C (176 Fahrenheit) skates was in oven 5min, both skates same time (i also forget to remove insoles when i put skates to oven), then sit down skates on my feet 10min. I also put three pair of socks to my feets because i want little more width. Couple of days after that rebake i skate with them, the fit was much better, they felt really good on my feet and good stifness and responsive. So my question is am i done wrong baking using this instruction and can it affect negative to skates? Because as i said when i skate them, they felt really good.

[jere26 5]

Hi, i didin't want to start new topic so asking my question here. I rebaked my apx skates at home because after my first skate on them i feel really bad pain on the outside of my feets and i thought that they needed rebake, first bake was at shop where i buy them. When i rebake skates my oven was preheated 80 C (176 Fahrenheit) skates was in oven 5min, both skates same time (i also forget to remove insoles when i put skates to oven), then sit down skates on my feet 10min. I also put three pair of socks to my feets because i want little more width. Couple of days after that rebake i skate with them, the fit was much better, they felt really good on my feet and good stifness and responsive. So my question is am i done wrong baking using this instruction and can it affect negative to skates? Because as i said when i skate them, they felt really good.

They feel really good now? Sounds like you did it right!