Baking True Skates At Home

Turn the oven off before placing the skates inside.

Baking true skates at home. By the time the skate is ready you should be able to smell a faint plastic scent and the shoe will be soft. Having them baked professionally at your local pro shop will generally not void. Set a timer so that you don t lose track of time. 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.

Preheat the oven to 175. These are instructions for how to bake your hockey skates in your household conventional oven. But don t try this at home. Close it and let it bake for about six to eight minutes.

Some hockey players choose to heat mold their skates at home in the oven and others take them to a pro shop. The increased airflow will ensure there are no hot or cold spots that could affect the baking process. 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. While the oven is preheating prepare the skates by loosening the laces all the way down to the end of the boot.

The heat from the oven softens the materials in the skate s boot. Slightly pull the tongue out and leave the top eyelet empty on both sides. Bake the skate for 6 8 minutes. 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.

Published on aug 29 2016 please be sure that you will not void the warranty on your new skates baking them at home. Using your oven s convection feature is also important. If your skates don t come with specific baking instructions 210f should work well. Set oven to 20f above the skate s recommended baking temperature on convection mode this extra heat will make up for the later steps where the oven cools off before the skate goes in.

Take the shoe out immediately and begin the molding process. You can ruin your skates or worse.