Molding Your Liners

The "Do It Yourself" Version

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.

 

Do-It-Yourself Liners

If you want to take your chance with destiny and mold your own liners, here are some specifications we have heard of people using. Bomber Industries takes no responsibility if you choose to do this yourself.

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 thin sock to hold everything in place

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. Pretend you are chipping ice with your heel to set the liner in the shell. Buckle the boot, only closing the buckles to a medium tension (you don't want to crank down the buckles).

6. Repeat process 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. Thermo Flex liners can be remolded up to 6 times.

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 ski, 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.

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.

DO NOT OVERHEAT!

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