At Home Skate Bake?

[ChloroFiend]

Is it possible to do this? I heard that if you remove the laces and wheels from your skates, set your oven to 200, and bake them for 10 minutes, it would be the same as taking your skates into a pro shop and having them skate baked? Is this true? Is there anything special i need to do after baking them?

Thanks,



-Jon Gucinski #16
-<A HREF="http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/rollerhockey" target="_new">Iowa State Roller Hockey</A>

[showstoppr67]

I just recently bought a pair of the CCM 1152's at my shop and had them baked/custom-fitted. First of all, they were ice skates and the guy said that it was better to get them baked as ice skates before turning them into inlines. The basic method of baking skates is putting them "in the oven" at about 150 degrees for 6-7 minutes. Then when you take them out, lace them up as in a game situation, and sit in a chair with knees bent as close to 90 degrees as possible for about 10 minutes to allow them to cool. Done.
Now at the shop where I went, after they baked them I put my feet into a CCM F.I.T. machine which is kinda like a blood pressure thingy. It put tons of pressure around my tightened skates to ensure a perfect imprint of my anklebones. Personally, I like the way my skates feel. Break-in time was drastically reduced.
But don't totally take my word for it. Get some other opinions, and good luck!

[Eccinline19]

I put my Wicked Lights in my oven and they did just fine...........I set it to 275 and put em in for 5 min

[bullyx2]

my son's proto vi's were hurting him a bit. i used a heat gun for about 5 minutes on them, had him put them on, then blew the heat gun on them for a few more minutes. he sat in them for about 30 minutes after that and he hasn'r complained since.