DIY blowing out boot shell

Does anyone have any advice on how to 'blow out' boot shells on a DIY basis.

2 years ago I had small pressure points over both inner ankles and had the shells blown by a boot fitter in Banff. Perfect! There was a clearly visible deformation of the shell although it was very sutle.

Slowly the pressure points returned. I visited a local boot fitter to have them 're-blown'. Although this helped it was less effective and didn't last as long. It has been repeated but with little effect and no visible shell deformation! So I am thinking about giving it a go myself. I've looked on the tinternet but there is little out there.

Wouldn't risk it... just go back to the boot fitter and say, "Hey, Mate, you din't do this right buddy, fancy sorting it pal"

sounds like they did not get sufficent heat into the plastic to have the stretch stay,

the tools are pretty specialist and expensive... although i know of an engineer who made himself a stretching tool as he was convinced nobody could do what he wanted [he just hadn't spoken to anyone other than a boot seller]

it takes time to stretch a boot effectively and there must be enough heat and the boot needs to remain on the press until the plastic is cool, or the boot can be sress stretched with heat and over stretching techniques which is a neat way to get a diffused stretch over an ankle

it may be best to leave them with the shop overnight and let them work on them when they are quiet rather than trying to rush them while you wait

cem wrote:the tools are pretty specialist and expensive...

Ah... you'd not recommend a hotel-room hairdryer and a tumbler stuffed into a pair of ski socks then? :oops: :oops: :lol:

Admin wrote:

cem wrote:the tools are pretty specialist and expensive...

Ah... you'd not recommend a hotel-room hairdryer and a tumbler stuffed into a pair of ski socks then? :oops: :oops: :lol:

believe me i have used worse tools in an emergency :lol: