Molding Your Liners

The "Do It yourself and Pray" Version for Deeluxe liners

 

The liners need to be heated to form to your feet. Your body heat alone will not work!

We strongly suggest taking your liners and boots to a professional! This could be a ski shop, boot fitter, or anyone who has a special Thermo Flex liner oven. Reason: the oven is specially designed to only heat to a certain degree, and it has a timer so as to not over heat the liners. Also, there are certain other things that the professional will put on your foot in order to make your liners fit as best as possible.

Usually, a ski shop will either not charge the customer or for a very nominal fee they will mold your liners for you. We highly recommended this option. Of course, if you buy your liners from us and come to our shop, we will mold them for free!

Do-It-Yourself Liners

NOTE: This only applies to the Deeluxe liners. For info on molding other liners, please email us.

If you want to take your chance with destiny and mold your own liners, here are some specifications we have heard of people using:

1. Pre Heat your oven to 225 Deg F.

2. Put your liners in for 12 minutes. Set a timer!

3. Prepare the shells - run a line of duct tape from the bottom (where your heel would go) over the top rear of the boot (by your calf) on the inside of the shell. This holds the shell parts in place and allows for easier sliding of the liner.

	4. Prepare your feet -first put on any orthodics or footbeds you may have. On top of this, put the toe cap you have made over the toes (see tips). Over all of this, put a very thin sock to hold everything in place. We recommend a sock liner or dress sock instead of the wool/cotton/synthetic sock you wear on the snow.

5. After the timer goes off, take out one liner, wrap it around your foot making sure you are not twisting the liner, and put your foot STRAIGHT into the shell. DO NOT Twist your foot or the liner. Buckle the boot, only closing the buckles to a medium tension (you don't want to crank down the buckles). Once you have all the buckles closed, pretend you are chipping ice with your heel to set the liner in the shell.

6. Repeat proces with second foot.

7. Wait 15 minutes.

8. Pull the liners out of the shell. Look for folds or twists in the liner. If this happens, start over.

TIPS

TOES:

If you would like to have a bit of extra toe room in your boot, find a very thick sock or a wet suit bootie and cut the toe off (to just about where your toes meet your foot). Put the cut off section over your toes and then put a thin sock over this. Once you mold the boots and put them on to ride, you will find you can actually wiggle your toes for warmth and circulation rather than have them squished all the time. This does not affect performance of the boot or your riding skills.

The photo to the left is the Toe Cap that we use.

 

 

FOOTBEDS/ORTHODICS:

If you have orthodics or footbeds, you should put those on your feet, then put the toe covers over this, and then put the sock on top of everything. The sock holds everything in place.

LINER COVER:

If you have a stocking/panty hose to sacrifice (a knee high will work), put that over the entire liner before you put it back inside the boot (while it is still hot, middle of step 5 above). This helps to hold the liner in place while you are getting it back into the boot, and helps it to slide into the shell a bit easier.

The photo to the left is what we use over our liners.

 

 

DO NOT OVERHEAT!

Be very careful not to burn the liners. Remember, once you heat them, they are yours!