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molding liners?
hey now,
I have in my possession a new pair of boots and they have moldable liners. Looking on the net I see general procedures on how to do this myself at home, but they are all the ones I found were for the hard boot crowd. So before I go turning my oven to 225 degrees and play betty crocker, have any of you guys done this yourself and what is the best procedure? I guess the tricky party is getting the liner back in the boot and then judging how tight to make the shell while it cools? TIA Mike |
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I have in my possession a new pair of boots and they have moldable liners.
Looking on the net I see general procedures on how to do this myself at home, but they are all the ones I found were for the hard boot crowd. Which liners? The instructions may or may not be the same. If they are Intuition liners, most everything from the hardbooters applies. So before I go turning my oven to 225 degrees and play betty crocker, have any of you guys done this yourself and what is the best procedure? I guess the tricky party is getting the liner back in the boot and then judging how tight to make the shell while it cools? Getting the liner back into the boot: Every want to wear panty-hose? Now is your chance! Only you won't be wearing them normally... just cut 'em off at the knees, and slide part from the foot up to the knee over the liner and then put it in the boot. This will make it slide in nice -n- easy and not get hung up. How tight? The tighter you crank down the laces while molding, the looser the fit when you're riding and vice versa. (Tight during molding compresses the liner more, leaving more room for later). I always crank the toes tight enough during molding to cause pain so that the toebox is nice and roomy while riding, and leave the upper part pretty loose during molding so that it's snug when riding (snug uppers = no shin bang - which is more of a problem in hard than soft, but I've still gotten shin bang in softies especially in the park) Hope that helps, Mike T ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Mike M. Miskulin wrote:
I have in my possession a new pair of boots and they have moldable liners. Looking on the net I see general procedures on how to do this myself at home, but they are all the ones I found were for the hard boot crowd. So before I go turning my oven to 225 degrees and play betty crocker, have any of you guys done this yourself and what is the best procedure? I guess the tricky party is getting the liner back in the boot and then judging how tight to make the shell while it cools? Most shops that sell boots have a machine that will heat the liners up to the proper temp so they can be fitted to four feet. Depending on the shop, they should provide this service for you, perhaps at a nominal charge, perhaps for free. I just had this done for a pair of ski boots that I bought second-hand, and the store didn't charge me for it. I did buy a couple of pairs of socks at the time, and I buy things there regularly so I don't know that they'd do this without a fee for just anybody. I think the regular boot fitting rate is something like $20/hr. Anyway, it's not exactly rocket science to heat and fit a thermofit liner, but going to someone who's done it before and who has the equipment designed for it is probably worth the $20 or so. My advice is to call around to the shops and see what they'll do for you. //Walt |
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Thanks Mike now I understand about the tightening.. kinda counter-
intuitive!. One more question - how long is 'long enough' to stay in the boots? 10 mins? 15? 15 minutes to be on the safe side. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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