Heat Molding Ski Boot Liners
You ll do one foot at a time.
Heat molding ski boot liners. Enough of all those details. For some liners this can be done at home by baking the liners in your oven but it is too easy to ruin your liners this way so it is best to take it to a shop that does boot fitting. Molding intuition boot liners was not excepted. Then all you need to do is stand in your boots for the next 10 minutes to achieve nice new shape to your liners.
I usually like to compare. If you mold the shell right off the bat then the boot will become a little looser than you may want as the boot liner packs down. If you want more space in your boots use thicker weight socks. They re heat moldable but the difference between them and a foam based liner is that they re constantly in flux meaning the compound is malleable and shifts according to the shape of your foot.
After reading and viewing intuition scarpa svst and diy techniques and ideas we set out to experiment with new intuition pro tour liners from scarpa maestrale rs at boots to discover and illustrate the pitfalls of home oven backing vs heat gun hot air approaches. When it comes to most any footwear and especially ski boots and hockey skates nothing is better than a custom foot bed. It just so happens i have a pair of liners that need molding so i ll walk you through the steps of how to do it. Zip fit liners use a proprietary and unique cork composite that fine tunes the fit of your ski boot.
5 reasons why i won t ski anything but intuition liners. If you do try to mold the liner use acrylic polyester or some sort of thin non cotton sock as moisture can transfer a lot of heat. Whether it s ski or snowboard mountaineering inline skate or water ski boots there is an intuition liner that can enhance comfort and performance as each liner is custom designed. They typically run.
Let s get down to business with how to properly heat up your salomon boots at home and mold them to your feet. Heat molding at boot liners is a simple process if you take your time and think about what your are doing. Its best to leave the foot in for a while so it cools into position. Every pair of liners comes with a home fit kit and it s super easy to do.
You re going to crank yours to 350 and let it get up to heat. Step one is to make sure you ordered the right size liner. The other procedure is to fill a ski sock with rice. Intuition offers the best premium boot liners in the world launching new innovations in moldable liner technology and setting unparalleled industry standards.
You can do this one boot at a time or both at once with 2 socks and. Molding salomon custom shell boots at home time required.