Baking Skates At Home

Bake the skate for 6 8 minutes.

Baking skates at home. Take the shoe out immediately and begin the molding process. The heat from the oven softens the materials in the skate s boot. Bake until golden brown. Turn the oven off before placing the skates inside.

Slightly pull the tongue out and leave the top eyelet empty on both sides. Set a timer so that you don t lose track of time. Usually they do this in the store for you but the skates were mailed to us and we thought we would. 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.

Put the baking sheet on the center rack and make sure the skates aren t touching anything except that sheet. Having them baked professionally at your local pro shop will generally not void. Some hockey players choose to heat mold their skates at home in the oven and others take them to a pro shop. Preheat the oven to 175.

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. Doing this will help the foot slide into the boot quickly and easily. 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. Close it and let it bake for about six to eight minutes.

Your skates should come with directions on how long they should be baked. Skates on the baking sheet. You can ruin your skates or worse. Carter and hockey mom baking his brand new ccm takes in the oven to help mold them to his feet.

While the oven is preheating prepare the skates by loosening the laces all the way down to the end of the boot. 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. Follow the time.

At this point start your timer. Baking also known as heat molding reduces break in time and provides a very custom fit around your foot. These are instructions for how to bake your hockey skates in your household conventional oven. Lay them sideways on the baking sheet.

Heat molding or baking your new hockey skates is a way to help break them in faster so they ll hurt less and fit your foot better.