Somone must not have been clear, it is not heat sealing but heat molding.
The method depends on the skate model and the materials it is made of.
Some racing boots are made so that you set them in a very warm oven to heat them up (frames removed), then put them on your feet while they are still hot and massage them into shape around your feet. Sort of a poor man's custom boot.
It is more common on fitness skates but some have a liner that can be heat molded. In that case, a heat gun is placed into the boot so that only the liner gets hot and then it is put on the foot to cool.
On most racing (not rec/fitness) boots, small sections of the boot can be heated up and tools used to shape areas to relieve pressure on an ankle or other part of the foot.
The racing boots tend to be hard and with no padding inside. That makes fit extremely critical. Even people who have custom boots made from molds of their feet tend to need some adjusting of the boot before it fits right.
The temperatures and times for the heating are narrow and you need to know from the maker or experiance how to do it.
Usually with racing skates, the shop you bought them from should be willing to do the heat molding for you and the minor adjustments. That is the advantage of a local shop over mail order.
What does it mean to heat seal inline speed skates so i dont get blisters?
blisters on your ankles and heels from it rubing on you sock to you sock to your skin and weee you got a blister
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