I MADE MY FINS FIT!!!

So a good friend of mine gave me some dive fins that he had lying around, so i tested them in my pool and they were too small, they were size 8-9 and i wear 11-11 1/2. So when i would wear them my feet would cramp up on me every time.

So what i did was i boiled some water and held the heel of the fins in the water for about a minute and a half then took them out real quick and stretched them, i had to do this repeatedly to stretch enough, now they fit like a dream!

Lol...To funny

jesusbm562 wrote:Lol...To funny

lol i know but i was too broke to buy new ones lol

smart thinkin

Mikem909 wrote:

jesusbm562 wrote:Lol...To funny

lol i know but i was too broke to buy new ones lol

You gatta do what you gatta do

Dam that's smart!

Thanks for sharing Ima do that to mines so they can fit a lil better

I've always found that a lack of resources is the mother of invention. Way to go Mikem.

Lol ya i was thinking....if it works for rubber mouth guards then it must work for rubber dive fins lol
Actually i was expecting to fail miserably but surprised myself lol

American ingenuity at its best!
Keep up the good work.

Props to you for making it work, good idea. I know a few people that would have boiled them with their feet in them still for a proper fit

I've had luck boiling some of my plastics to make them softer too for a bit more action.

Vagabond wrote:Props to you for making it work, good idea. I know a few people that would have boiled them with their feet in them still for a proper fit

I've had luck boiling some of my plastics to make them softer too for a bit more action.

that is a great idea too lol

Picked up a set of step in fins at a yard sale for back ups for only $5.00 cuz they were slighly warped. Took em home, set the oven to 200 and when it reached temp I turned the oven off, placed the fins over the back side of a cookie sheet and put them in the oven for about 15 minutes, pulled them out still on the cookie sheet, doused them with cool water and they look like new. The color bounced back too. Whedn they first came out of the oven they were soft and pliable. Can see how stretching the boots would be doable as well.