Snapcat

I was thinking of using the heat gun I use to change out my stick blades. I don't know why I just had an idea to try it instead of paying a shop to bake them. Would I need to heat both the inside and the outside or would just the inside be enough? Has anyone tried it?

KyleKeenan

It might work, but it probably wouldnt work too well, as its hard to distrubute heat evenly with a heat gun. Id say for the sake of comfort while playing, just pay a shop to bake them.

zamdriverj

I HIGHLY recommend against it. I totally reiterate whar Kyle said, it's Impossible to heat everything evenly and you won't get no where near a proper form. You risk ruining the skates, and to me, a bake job is a lot less than a pair of new skates.

GSHL99

The entire point of the oven is to heat the skates evenly, allowing the leather to form to your foot and decrease break in time. A heat gun wouldn't do that. I'm not a fan of baking skates either, from what I've seen it takes a lot of life span out of them.

Snapcat

Thanks for the advice.:0pouce:

Edit, I did a search on the forums and found a reference to this epuck.com artical. I tried it out and at first it seemed like 185 degrees wouldn't be hot enough since you turn off the oven before you put the skates in. After the 12 minutes in the oven I straped them on and they weren't really warm like how when you pull your socks from the dryer, they were just regular warm. I haven't skated on them yet so I can't really tell if they molded at all. But, it was really easy to do.

flamesfan906

i just got a new pair of one90's and i went to a shop to get them baked the guy at the shop had some funny stories about how people have come in to see if they could repair the damage they had done to their skates in most cases it was not repairable. the shop also does a really good job and its worth the small cost

Fuzi0n

The ovens that pro shops use are designed to use a relativity low temperatures compared to a heat gun. I think the ovens use a temperature of 190*. If you HAVE to bake your skate at home, and if your oven goes that low, then put your skates in there for a few minutes (no more than 10) and see how that works. If you mess up the skate yourself, you will probably void warranty, and your stuck with a messed up pair of $300+ skates. So i would suggest a Pro shop. Hope this helps
-Brian

longshot

Heat Molding
http://www.epuck.com/webapp/wcs/stor...at_molding.htm

check out that link, if it workd

Snapcat

Yep, that's the same link I posted above. I followed the instructions in the article, although I think they were being conservative in the temperature. I used 185, I think you could go to 200 and be safe.