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Salomon CS shell molding

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crzyskier311xxx
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I am planning on getting next years Ghost boots.  My local shops and the shop I work at only carry liner heat molding machines, but no ovens for the custom shells.  Anyone know of a way to do the shell molding at home?

Feb 2 2011 1:44PM
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onenerdykid
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not the best idea to try it at home. your shop should have a heat gun and the boot-fitter there can heat up one shell at a time for you.
Feb 2 2011 1:48PM
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crzyskier311xxx
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I have put cs boots on heat stacks before, but that doesnt really seem to do anything to the shell, just the liners.  We do have a heat gun, but where and how long should i heat it up?
Feb 2 2011 1:54PM
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onenerdykid
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you're right, a normal heat stack won't do anything to the Kaprolene insert. But the heat gun can and will soften the inserts and the shell when done carefully. Your boot-fitter just has to keep an eye on the plastic and keep the heat gun moving. I would heat the liners separately from the shells, then put everything back together and stand in them as if you were doing a liner mold (don't walk around). It's kind of ghetto, but it will do the trick for you if you don't have access to the correct oven.
Feb 2 2011 2:08PM
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crzyskier311xxx
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For how expensive the boots are I may just contact Salomon and find out who has the proper oven, or best technique to doing it.  I imagine the oven is similar to baking hockey skates in a sense, but I have not actually seen the CS shell oven.
Feb 2 2011 2:13PM
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MEGAZORD
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Heat gun works great, especially with the CS shells when you want to focus on a specific area. You could do all the areas, as long as the bootfitter was careful. Laser thermometer is key.
Feb 2 2011 2:19PM
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LC.
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You don't "need" to mold the shells unless your foot is too wide for the shell. I didn't mold my X3 shells because they're fine as-is.

The Salomon oven is the same as the 32 or Intuition ones though, so that could be used if your shop has that in their snowboard department or whatever.
Feb 2 2011 4:44PM
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