Baking Skates At Home

Place one skate on a standard baking sheet and just insert it into the oven about the center of the rack.

Baking skates at home. You can ruin your skates or worse. Follow the time. The heat from the oven softens the materials in the skate s boot. Take the shoe out immediately and begin the molding process.

Lay them sideways on the baking sheet. Bake until golden brown. But don t try this at home. Doing this will help the foot slide into the boot quickly and easily.

You should keep a close eye on it so it is not getting too hot or you see any of the material separating because that s going to be a sign that s been in there too long. Close it and let it bake for about six to eight minutes. Having them baked professionally at your local pro shop will generally not void. Published on aug 29 2016 please be sure that you will not void the warranty on your new skates baking them at home.

Don t put your skates directly on the rack. Turn the oven off before placing the skates inside. Some hockey players choose to heat mold their skates at home in the oven and others take them to a pro shop. You will be putting on a warm skate and lacing it up so that it may form around your foot for a truly personalized fit.

Preheat the oven to 175. Slightly pull the tongue out and leave the top eyelet empty on both sides. At this point start your timer. Skates on the baking sheet.

Your skates should come with directions on how long they should be baked. By the time the skate is ready you should be able to smell a faint plastic scent and the shoe will be soft. Usually they do this in the store for you but the skates were mailed to us and we thought we would. While the oven is preheating prepare the skates by loosening the laces all the way down to the end of the boot.

Carter and hockey mom baking his brand new ccm takes in the oven to help mold them to his feet. If you can t fit them both at the same time just do one at a time but don t cut any corners the second time around. Baking also known as heat molding reduces break in time and provides a very custom fit around your foot. Put the baking sheet on the center rack and make sure the skates aren t touching anything except that sheet.

Set a timer so that you don t lose track of time.