Poster: A snowHead
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I've got a pair of Scarpa Denali touring boots which were originally expertly fitted by Backcountry UK in Ilkley (using my original foot-beds); I've not used them for a few years, in the meantime skiing in my Black Diamond Factors, mostly lift served with a bit of skinning.
I have new and better foot-beds and heel lifts (to compensate from limited movement after an old ankle fracture) which are fine in the Factors and have helped my skiing tremendously, but they take up too much room if I put them in the Denalis
So I need to expand the shells of my Denalis to accommodate the foot-beds and lifts, the liners still fit great.
Rather than make a long trip to the boot fitters (when they are booked up anyway), and considering the liners are fine, how simple/effective/stupid would it be to just put the shells in the kitchen oven at the appropriate temperature before putting my feet and liners into them with the foot-beds and lifts??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@On the rocks, I'm in no way an expert on the subject, but having watched many boots being fitted, all the shell modifications (on non-heat mod-able boots), are made at a single point. So for example bunion, ankle etc, not the whole boot. Also once the modification has been made with heat/pressure, the boot was then cooled as quickly as possible in ice water. You don't mention how many years a few years is, as I believe some plastics degrade badly.
I would have thought the biggest risk with heating the whole boot in the oven is changing the alignment of the boot sole, which is very critical if you are using tech pin bindings.
Having said that, I'm sure someone will be along to say it is fine
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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it's old pebax, it will get burned without proper tools, dump them, it would cost 50 bucks at the boot fitters, worth more than the shoes
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