Do it yourself heat molded liner?

Hey all,

I have a new heat molded liner, but there are no shops in the area that do the fitting. Anybody ever pop one of these in the oven or microwave and do it yourself? This is a liner for Garmont Randonee boots.

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There's a good video here:  www.telemarktips.com/DrTelemark.html

Download the "Cooking with Big Tim" video.

Related thread here:  www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php...9383de204e446063603e

And here on TAY:  www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboardi...ex.php?topic=16190.0

Also WildSnow: www.wildsnow.com/72/bootfitting-for-backcountry-skiing/

I've done it twice - once with my boots, once with my wife's. Guess which ones I screwed up on? Very important not to get that temperature too high and I'm a big fan of the pre-heat, then turn off the oven and put the boots in plan...

Muchas Gracias. That 1st video is super cute.

I've had good luck doing it myself using the temperatures listed on Wildsnow (which Marcus linked to) even though they are slightly different from the recommendations on some of the liners.  I used a thermometer in my oven to correct the temperature, which was off by about 20 degrees.

I would suggest doing a few practice runs where you put everything together and get the foot + toecaps + liner into the boot quickly.  That way you will be comfortable with it, as the stress level rises a little bit when the liner is hot. 

If you follow all the steps, it's pretty easy to get great results.  Good luck.

The oven baking method has worked for me with Intuition and pre-Intuition Scapra liners, but be careful because oven baking is a no no for some new liners (e.g., Dynafit TLT5) which are molded with a hot air thingy in a ski shop.

Here is my method broken down to the basics. I've done this many times and it always works out.

1. Tape insoles or footbeds to the bottom of your foot with masking tape.

2. Cut the front 3-4 inches of an old pair of socks (or two depending on preferred wiggle room) put them over your toes, and tape on.

3. Put your ski sock on over insole and toe caps.

4. Heat Oven to 275 (I actually use 300) and turn off when heat is achieved. Put liner in on cold cookie sheet (if you are confident do both liners at once.)

5. When liner looks like a marshmallow put in on your foot, pull tight, do your best to get the creases out, and step in your boot. Lightly kick toe and heel to fill out the shell.

6. Very lightly buckle your boots (you’ll have plenty of time to pack them out later, why do it now.)

7. I usually stand for a minute or so only then just sit down for 7 or 8 minutes.

8. Pull it all apart, put the insoles in the liner, put your sock back on and try your boot on.

9. Make cookies to get rid of the reek in your kitchen.

Hope this is helpful.