Bootfitting by myself

Post by **joemzl** » Friday 22 January 2010, 12:32

My Suzukas make my right big toe feel pain.

So I plan to heaten the shell.
Question is now: will I have to cool down quick or slow? Does it matter?

Some time ago a shop did some heating at an older boot and placed it afterwards into the snow.
So, what is better

Post by **skywalker** » Friday 22 January 2010, 15:00

Post by **starikashka** » Friday 22 January 2010, 20:08

do not to overheat - this would be better. You can put some snow nearby

Post by **joemzl** » Wednesday 17 February 2010, 22:45

I did the fitting and everything is fine now.

Cooling down fast or slow wasn´t the problem.
But to widen the shell, even if the plastic is very hot -
man I can tell you .... it was hard work.

Post by **Transistor Rhythm** » Thursday 18 February 2010, 8:40

Nice job! What kind of tools did you use to widen the shell?

Post by **joemzl** » Thursday 18 February 2010, 10:17

well, it wasn´t very professional, but ......ok.
At that place where I wanted to widen the shell, I used the handle of a screwdriver.

It was big and small enough to make enough place for the toe.
I prevented my hand of the tip from the screwdriver with a greater metal piece to have enough force for pressing.
But even with hardest pressing I had to overheaten the plastic a bit.

Or it wouldn´t have worked.

Btw: a normal hairdrier gives not enough heat.
I used a semi professional hot air drier.
(used par example for removing varnish from wood)