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Those are sweet looking skates. I like the all black touch. If those skates had any stiffness to them I would have bought them myself.

I tried those on and they're plenty stiff. I wore Graf 707s for 6-7 years and now have Bauer 8090s and Nike Flexlites...Go figure...I guess I like the toecap room since I have some jacked up feet.

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Those are sweet looking skates. I like the all black touch. If those skates had any stiffness to them I would have bought them myself.

I tried those on and they're plenty stiff. I wore Graf 707s for 6-7 years and now have Bauer 8090s and Nike Flexlites...Go figure...I guess I like the toecap room since I have some jacked up feet.

My feet are jacked as well, my other pair are Flexlites...Had the toes punched on the G70's

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Those are sweet looking skates. I like the all black touch. If those skates had any stiffness to them I would have bought them myself.

I tried those on and they're plenty stiff. I wore Graf 707s for 6-7 years and now have Bauer 8090s and Nike Flexlites...Go figure...I guess I like the toecap room since I have some jacked up feet.

as you can see from my user picture i tried dying mine black but they turned out maroon. how much rit did you use and how long did you do it for

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Those are sweet looking skates. I like the all black touch. If those skates had any stiffness to them I would have bought them myself.

I tried those on and they're plenty stiff. I wore Graf 707s for 6-7 years and now have Bauer 8090s and Nike Flexlites...Go figure...I guess I like the toecap room since I have some jacked up feet.

as you can see from my user picture i tried dying mine black but they turned out maroon. how much rit did you use and how long did you do it for

1 bottle.... heat the water to a simmer dump the dye in, dump the holders in. The longer you keep the holders in, the deeper the color will be. 15 minutes should be plenty. Just did a pair of golden yellow tonight and I left them in too long and they ended up too dark!!

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Love it, love it, love it! :)

I'm going to have to try this RIT-dye thing some day. I'm still paranoid about it coming off on the underside of my pads, but I'd love to do that LAX-head fade-dye by dipping the cowlings in the dye, in-and-out for a few hours.

For now, I continue to look desperately for 8090s in my size... :(

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Love it, love it, love it! :)

I'm going to have to try this RIT-dye thing some day. I'm still paranoid about it coming off on the underside of my pads, but I'd love to do that LAX-head fade-dye by dipping the cowlings in the dye, in-and-out for a few hours.

For now, I continue to look desperately for 8090s in my size... :(

LG,

It's sort of become a hobby of mine. Did the kid's team as well. It will chip off a bit, but I get some auto touch up brush on stuff and it looks fine. RitDye is cheap also..under $5

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Nothing to drastic...mostly all "golden yellow" with a couple of black mixed in...I'll post my kid's tonight, they turned out well.

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I've tried it with mixed results...You have to really heat the water up and soak them for a long time (1/2 hour +) to really get any color to stick. I tried going red on a pair and the best I could get was a light orangeish/pinkish color. Just for shits and giggles I ordered a pair of "colored" LS2 powers off of Total Hockey in red and they sent me a pair that looked EXACTLY like the color I had done...Sent them back...On a side note, what got me doing my own was the ridiculous cost they charge on their website ($90) for something that costs less than $5 to do at home (yes I know they include the cost of the holders in that price..no steel though).

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Done over 20 pair...Never had a problem. Not arguing with anyone, not offering anything...just sharing pics.

I wouldn't call it "hot" water, I'd say lukewarm...

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I am not sure about that because its not pure plastic.

ZYTEL. I would simply say that ABS reinforced with nylon is what makes them strong.

I did mine Blue and i soaked it 12 minute in hot but not boiled water.And they dont have any damage.

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hot water + plastic = bad.

Yah, sure, I can understand that. But, some plastics are much more heat resistant than others and I was curious as to how warm (not hot, I think that's what was meant)+time affects the holders. Curiosity only on my part...although it's likely I'd have to understand much more materials science than I'm prepared to :)

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