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• Prepare the hoof by bevelling hoof edge around toe, back towards white line to accommodate rim of Imprint

Sport shoe. Rasp lower hoof and remove periople or soft horn from heel to heel to height of rim.

• Clean hoof thoroughly with surgical spirit. • Create 3 evenly-spaced oval indentations, 10mm x 8mm, to a safe depth, using a 4mm high speed burr, on each side of hoof ensuring that they fall within the overall rim height of the shoe. These act as keying points for the shoe and are essential for successful shoe retention.

• Now apply latex gloves to protect

your hands.

• Whilst the shoe is still heating, apply a thin layer of Imprint Structural Adhesive to the outer lower hoof wall from heel to heel to the height of the shoe rim.

• The hoof can now be placed on

the ground.

• Quickly and carefully remove shoe from hot water by holding frog plate.

• Peel shoe support away from shoe, taking care not to deform the rim (inwards).

• Place the plastic horseshoe,

ground surface up, in a container on

the support keeping it clear from the

base of the container to prevent

sticking.

• Add boiling water (100°C) to the container covering the white rim of the Imprint Shoe only. Softening and manipulating the foot bearing part of the shoe is liable to weaken the shoe.

• Heat the shoe until the rim is

translucent and malleable with a

gum-like consistency for approximately 2 minutes.

• Position the shoe centrally on hoof,

the toe of the shoe in line with the

hoof wall – not forward of it; the heels parallel to the hoof. Ensure contact with the frog leaving sole seating clearance.

• Using both hands, cup hoof and with fingers lying over the shoe rim edge press gently ensuring an even and blended bond between hoof wall and shoe rim.

• The Imprint Sport shoe rim must not be stretched up the hoof wall as this will affect shoe retention.

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