I'm curious if anyone who has seen this (or Coach Julia - for someone else) has ever tried this technique on a pair of rubber soled skates. Coach Julia, apologize in advance if this is too much information, but I really want to thank you for all of your videos on Skating, skate care etc. When I ice skate in downtown Kansas City on the public ice terrace people always ask me how to skate backwards and tips on just skating in general and I ALWAYS - after giving them what I can - refer them to your TH-cam videos as a fabulous source of information to get them going. I am 63 years old and have always wanted to try to do some kind of jumps, I dream of double axles but I will be ecstatic if I can just get to singles of some kind. To that end, after five years of telling myself to get some figure skates to replace my hockey skates which I was trying to do waltz jumps etc. with, I saw your video that said I definitely needed to have a toe pick, which I always felt was probably necessary, so to that end , I finally bought a pair of Jackson FUSION skates which have a rubber inlay. Research (including YOUR Video) told me that I could skate with the temporary mounting for a while until I felt that the skates were tracking correctly. Unfortunately, after a few sessions of trying them out I looked down to find that the two front mounting screws of one skate had come out. So, I was curious if this technique would work on my rubber soles also. After reading the comments in this section I am assuming maybe I could try the match sticks and gorilla glue or does anybody know if you would need to use some kind of rubber plug and rubber cement of some kind. Although, rubber cement would not harden like gorilla glue. is the purpose of the glue merely to hold the plug in place or does its hardness upon drying help to provide a strong mounting material? I even wondered if gorilla glue alone filling up the hole would give you a mountable screwable surface. I'm guessing that is not the case since everyone here is speaking of using plugs. Also, a point I'd like to ask, is that you mention in some comments that if you had any unused holes left that you could use those which it's funny because the instructions with these skates recommend that you use all of the remaining holes once you go to permanent mounting. Sounds to me like I should leave at least two holes unused when it comes to permanently mounting the blade - would everybody agree with that procedure? I hope you see this comment (years since your post) and Thanks again so much for the fabulous videos, I'm sure you inspire countless people to get out there and try to improve! (From Jackson skate description: New Fusion Sole is lightweight, torque resistant; rubber inlay provides non-slip blade mount and superior shock absorption)
I am interested in waterproofing (Sno-Seal is not available to me) the leather soles of my Risport skates with blades mounted with not all screws, as I have not seen indication that waterproofing has been done in connection with blade mounting (I wonder if waterproofing of Risport leather soles might not be necessary) - I am concerned that there is a gap between the soles and blade plates. Via a blog, I have received information indicating that waterproofing after blade mounting might lead to moisture under the blade (plate).
Hi ! Thank you for your diy video ! I would like to fix my wife ´s old figure skates. With time They become very soft : do you have any advice to solve this problem ? Thank ypu by advance Sebastien (France)
You can drill them into the same spots, but if you can use some of the holes that you didn’t use the time before, that will also get you some fresh leather, which would be a good idea.
Hello ! Thanks a lot for your videos that helped me along my figure skater journey ! I just orderd boots to fix a roller inline frame so I can skate while the ice rink is closed. Thoses came with screw on the heel (but none on the front). Do you think it's a problem or do i have to remove them and fill up the holes ? (they are not aligned with the frame of course) Thanks a lot, cheers from France ~
Thanks for showing us the D.I.Y. skating boot repair project! Are you going to use regular screws or metal plugs to re-mount your blades? I've seen skates that have metal plugs because the leather sole is so worn.💕
Wow! Amazing you DIY this! I am curious how many years do your Harlick boots last? I ask this because when my knee started hurting last year I went to get custom fit Harlick boots even though I am a very beginning beginner with very small adult feet. So I ended up now with a pair of Jackson skates I bought previously and my lovely expensive Harlick skates. Now I am getting back to learn staking from the very beginning again and I fear I would fall a lot and torture my skates. (And none of the pairs got break in yet.). So I am debating whether I should torture the cheap Jackson stakes or just sell the like-new pair and just use my custom Harlick skates (which as of right now still has a temporary mount because I am not sure about one foot glide yet). Do you mind letting me know your advices?
This old pair of Harlicks I purchased in 2008! They have lasted very well for me. I just got a new pair, but these are still in good enough condition that I can use them for coaching. I would recommend you break in the Harlick boots and use them since they are going to be better long term and you might as well get used to them. 😁
I have a lot of wine corks that I saved (the natural type). What do you think about using them as opposed to leather plugs or wood? I also have some scrap leather, but they are probably not as thick as the leather plugs you use. I can cut them into tiny pieces to fill the holes. Would the latter be a better option than using corks?
Interesting idea with wine corks, it could work if they had good glue saturation, but since I haven’t tried it, it’s hard to say for sure. Leather is definitely a more tried-and-true solution.
Help!... I just had new blades mounted to new leather sole boots. The "tech" mounted one blade incorrectly. ..he also put EVERY SCREW IN! I'm just livid! Is there any hope to remount the blade? Or are the boots done?
Oh my gosh that is awful! You can have the blade removed, and the screw holes filled. Try filling them with matchsticks and gorilla glue, if you can't get leather plugs. Then the blade can be re-mounted.
Curious I’m going to be remounting my Riedell leather boots and I want to fill in the holes… would this method work and do I need the snow seal wax at the end?
If you have a good snow seal on the leather, and take care to dry your skates properly after each use, the fix should last until you need to remount the blades But even then, if your blades were mounted properly after this fix, you won’t have used all the holes and should be able to use the alternate screw holes for your next blade mounting. So ideally this fix lasts through two pairs of blades.
@@gemaangel7568 edea actually has little carbon fiber plugs sold on their website. they're $30 though so i'm honestly going to try to fill mine with wooden spikes
I’ve went from tiny steps to crossovers, and you’ve helped me every step along the way. :) Thank you for your tutorials!
Oh my gosh this makes me so happy to hear! Thanks for sticking with me!
I'm curious if anyone who has seen this (or Coach Julia - for someone else) has ever tried this technique on a pair of rubber soled skates.
Coach Julia, apologize in advance if this is too much information, but I really want to thank you for all of your videos on Skating, skate care etc. When I ice skate in downtown Kansas City on the public ice terrace people always ask me how to skate backwards and tips on just skating in general and I ALWAYS - after giving them what I can - refer them to your TH-cam videos as a fabulous source of information to get them going.
I am 63 years old and have always wanted to try to do some kind of jumps, I dream of double axles but I will be ecstatic if I can just get to singles of some kind. To that end, after five years of telling myself to get some figure skates to replace my hockey skates which I was trying to do waltz jumps etc. with, I saw your video that said I definitely needed to have a toe pick, which I always felt was probably necessary, so to that end , I finally bought a pair of Jackson FUSION skates which have a rubber inlay. Research (including YOUR Video) told me that I could skate with the temporary mounting for a while until I felt that the skates were tracking correctly. Unfortunately, after a few sessions of trying them out I looked down to find that the two front mounting screws of one skate had come out. So, I was curious if this technique would work on my rubber soles also. After reading the comments in this section I am assuming maybe I could try the match sticks and gorilla glue or does anybody know if you would need to use some kind of rubber plug and rubber cement of some kind. Although, rubber cement would not harden like gorilla glue. is the purpose of the glue merely to hold the plug in place or does its hardness upon drying help to provide a strong mounting material? I even wondered if gorilla glue alone filling up the hole would give you a mountable screwable surface. I'm guessing that is not the case since everyone here is speaking of using plugs.
Also, a point I'd like to ask, is that you mention in some comments that if you had any unused holes left that you could use those which it's funny because the instructions with these skates recommend that you use all of the remaining holes once you go to permanent mounting. Sounds to me like I should leave at least two holes unused when it comes to permanently mounting the blade - would everybody agree with that procedure?
I hope you see this comment (years since your post) and Thanks again so much for the fabulous videos, I'm sure you inspire countless people to get out there and try to improve!
(From Jackson skate description: New Fusion Sole is lightweight, torque resistant; rubber inlay provides non-slip blade mount and superior shock absorption)
Thank you coach, in a few months I'm planning to replace my recreational blades, this will help so much. Thank you!
Another awesome video Julia!
Thank you!!!
Thank you for the guidance. I've had to become my own (hopefully temporary) skate tech!
I am interested in waterproofing (Sno-Seal is not available to me) the leather soles of my Risport skates with blades mounted with not all screws, as I have not seen indication that waterproofing has been done in connection with blade mounting (I wonder if waterproofing of Risport leather soles might not be necessary) - I am concerned that there is a gap between the soles and blade plates. Via a blog, I have received information indicating that waterproofing after blade mounting might lead to moisture under the blade (plate).
Do you know if you can use leather plugs on a synthetic soul or should you get synthetic plugs for it. Thank you
Hi ! Thank you for your diy video ! I would like to fix my wife ´s old figure skates. With time They become very soft : do you have any advice to solve this problem ?
Thank ypu by advance
Sebastien (France)
When you remount the blade, do you drill fresh holes into where those plugs are?
You can drill them into the same spots, but if you can use some of the holes that you didn’t use the time before, that will also get you some fresh leather, which would be a good idea.
Hello ! Thanks a lot for your videos that helped me along my figure skater journey !
I just orderd boots to fix a roller inline frame so I can skate while the ice rink is closed. Thoses came with screw on the heel (but none on the front). Do you think it's a problem or do i have to remove them and fill up the holes ? (they are not aligned with the frame of course)
Thanks a lot, cheers from France ~
Thanks for showing us the D.I.Y. skating boot repair project! Are you going to use regular screws or metal plugs to re-mount your blades? I've seen skates that have metal plugs because the leather sole is so worn.💕
I used screws. With the leather plugs in the soles, they gripped just fine.
Wow! Amazing you DIY this! I am curious how many years do your Harlick boots last? I ask this because when my knee started hurting last year I went to get custom fit Harlick boots even though I am a very beginning beginner with very small adult feet. So I ended up now with a pair of Jackson skates I bought previously and my lovely expensive Harlick skates. Now I am getting back to learn staking from the very beginning again and I fear I would fall a lot and torture my skates. (And none of the pairs got break in yet.). So I am debating whether I should torture the cheap Jackson stakes or just sell the like-new pair and just use my custom Harlick skates (which as of right now still has a temporary mount because I am not sure about one foot glide yet). Do you mind letting me know your advices?
This old pair of Harlicks I purchased in 2008! They have lasted very well for me. I just got a new pair, but these are still in good enough condition that I can use them for coaching. I would recommend you break in the Harlick boots and use them since they are going to be better long term and you might as well get used to them. 😁
ThriveDiaries Wow! That is super awesome! Thumbs up to Harlick boots! I look forward to get out there with my skates!
I have a lot of wine corks that I saved (the natural type). What do you think about using them as opposed to leather plugs or wood? I also have some scrap leather, but they are probably not as thick as the leather plugs you use. I can cut them into tiny pieces to fill the holes. Would the latter be a better option than using corks?
Interesting idea with wine corks, it could work if they had good glue saturation, but since I haven’t tried it, it’s hard to say for sure. Leather is definitely a more tried-and-true solution.
Help!...
I just had new blades mounted to new leather sole boots. The "tech" mounted one blade incorrectly. ..he also put EVERY SCREW IN! I'm just livid! Is there any hope to remount the blade? Or are the boots done?
Oh my gosh that is awful! You can have the blade removed, and the screw holes filled. Try filling them with matchsticks and gorilla glue, if you can't get leather plugs. Then the blade can be re-mounted.
Great video! Where did you supply the leather hole plugs?
I got someone at a shoe repair shop to make them for me.
Thank you! ❤️
You are so welcome!
Can i use a wooden plug if im attatching wheels? (no moisture damage)
Yes, a lot of skate shops do use a wooden plug.
Curious I’m going to be remounting my Riedell leather boots and I want to fill in the holes… would this method work and do I need the snow seal wax at the end?
How long does this fix last?
If you have a good snow seal on the leather, and take care to dry your skates properly after each use, the fix should last until you need to remount the blades But even then, if your blades were mounted properly after this fix, you won’t have used all the holes and should be able to use the alternate screw holes for your next blade mounting. So ideally this fix lasts through two pairs of blades.
what kind of gorilla glue is that? and does it matter? THANKS!
Hey! I am using the Original formula Gorilla Glue. 👍🏻
Is it possible to fix my skate if the boot is detaching from the sole and blade? :(
A shoe repair shop can glue those parts back together.
What can i do to fix an edea boot?
That’s hard to answer, what is wrong with the boot?
@@CoachJulia the holes as well
@@gemaangel7568 edea actually has little carbon fiber plugs sold on their website. they're $30 though so i'm honestly going to try to fill mine with wooden spikes