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Heat Molding Ski Boots at Home?

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Parker.
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Has anyone tried this before or have suggestions?

This guy suggests using rice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2n53yTQ4Qc

Also, i believe you can heat mold your boots multiple times.  Am I wrong?  I don't want to blow this process then be stuck with boots that maul my feet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
Dec 11 2009 4:07PM
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Slinger1x1
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what kind of boots?
i know that my boots (tecnica agent 110) are kind of heat moldable, not fully custom, and to mold them i just put in this heater thing we have at my shop, but a hair dryer would work just fine

if you have intuitions, its probably different
Dec 11 2009 4:54PM
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Parker.
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full tilt hot doggers.  so they have an intuition liner.  i've been googling and the general consensus seems to be just to bring it to a shop and get it done right
Dec 11 2009 5:01PM
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Slinger1x1
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now that i fully watched that video, that looks like a ehhh way to do it
you're better off going to a shop and getting it done or doing it a more legit way than heating up rice
Dec 11 2009 5:02PM
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PhuzzyWuzzy
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I'd just go to the shop so you know it will be done right. 
Dec 11 2009 11:35PM
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onenerdykid
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The rice trick won't really get your Hot Dogger liner hot enough to mold properly.  Shops have special heat stacks (don't use an oven on FT liners btw) that will heat them up to the proper temp without damaging them.  I also recommend getting a footbed too, that way you mold your foot in the correct position in the liner.
Dec 12 2009 9:02AM
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Scrambles
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oh, i used on oven on mine and they turned out good
Dec 12 2009 2:53PM
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I_Am_Mod
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i tought your post said "Meat Holding ski boots at home?"
then i realised it was "Heat Molding"...
Dec 12 2009 2:59PM
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PhuzzyWuzzy
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Come-on dude, get your mind out of the gutter. 
Dec 13 2009 10:31PM
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abelG
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bump!

I would also like to know if there is a way to heat mold FT liners.. Hot doggers to be precise . Unfortunately going to a shop is out of the question for me as i live in Dubai currently and the ski shop here has no heat-molding capabilities!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. +k!
Dec 14 2009 8:11AM
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onenerdykid
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On some Intuition liners you can heat them in an oven, but these you shouldn't.  Because of their special foam layup, they can delaminate if you over heat them.  A heat stack is the best way.
Dec 14 2009 8:47AM
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Parker.
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I ended up bringing them to a shop to get molded.  After doing it at the shop i'm glad i didn't try it at home.  It would be a pretty difficult process.  But if you happen to have the heat sticks at home it would be a breeze.

socks full of rice definitely wouldn't cut it.
Dec 14 2009 5:35PM
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