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I just went to a london based outdoor shop to have my Lange XC 120 (2016) boots punched out (not my best decision ever) and instead they stuck them in an oven, and my liners (foam injected) on some sort of heater.
Not only do i think it was totally ineffective, but as far as i can tell from some researching, the boots aren't heat mouldable. I'm worried now that the boots and liners might be compromised/unsafe.
Is my concern warranted?
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@vandarle, putting a shell in an oven id not generally going to cause a problem, it is fine to "contour" a shell but it won't give you a precise stretch of any size in a given area, (it will do that on certain shell plastics but on everything)
unless melted it is not likely to compromise safety, but on certain older plastics has been known to cause flex differences
as for warming the liners, again unlikely to cause damage but will give a sensation of creating general space, unlikely to get much change at all in an injected liner especially after having been skied in
ovens are useful in boot fitting but they are not a substitute for assessment, correct shell selection, adequate foot support, tools and knowledge, unfortuneatley there is a new breed of shops where all they have is an oven and maybe a basic stretcher..... what you have experienced is plain good old fashioned lazy boot "fitting" and a lot of the reason people think that boot fitters don't have any idea about what they are doing
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We put around 70% of our boots in the oven, due to Nylon 12's low working temperature being 85°, not sure that makes us a "new breed of shop" though. Super effective tool and process in our opinion.
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CH2O wrote: |
We put around 70% of our boots in the oven, due to Nylon 12's low working temperature being 85°, not sure that makes us a "new breed of shop" though. Super effective tool and process in our opinion. |
nope, sorry you are still old school you have the tools to make the manual adjustments as well, its the stores that only have an oven that are the ones i worry about (well i don't worry about them as they can't finish the job)
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@geoffers, good work
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CEM wrote: |
CH2O wrote: |
We put around 70% of our boots in the oven, due to Nylon 12's low working temperature being 85°, not sure that makes us a "new breed of shop" though. Super effective tool and process in our opinion. |
nope, sorry you are still old school you have the tools to make the manual adjustments as well, its the stores that only have an oven that are the ones i worry about (well i don't worry about them as they can't finish the job) |
we're strictly "New school" we've got a laser beam, somewhere.........
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@geoffers, nice work but will you now ski like Hoji?
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CH2O wrote: |
CEM wrote: |
CH2O wrote: |
We put around 70% of our boots in the oven, due to Nylon 12's low working temperature being 85°, not sure that makes us a "new breed of shop" though. Super effective tool and process in our opinion. |
nope, sorry you are still old school you have the tools to make the manual adjustments as well, its the stores that only have an oven that are the ones i worry about (well i don't worry about them as they can't finish the job) |
we're strictly "New school" we've got a laser beam, somewhere......... |
geeze, did you buy into that laser stuff
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