What are som big no-no's lubewise when you're swimming in a chlorine pool?
Don't want to clog up the system...
What are som big no-no's lubewise when you're swimming in a chlorine pool?
Don't want to clog up the system...
Coconut oil is great. As long as your lube either absorbs or is diluted by water youre fine. It mostly stays in your tail anyway
What kind of coconut oil does everyone use? Whenever I leave it on my skin for too long it starts to smell..odd. Also I'm struggling putting my feet in the foot pockets and I only got one foot in, I'm concerned about being able to take the tail off once I get it on.
Virgin coconut oil. Its always hard to get off and on when you first start. Like hella hard lol
Ok thanks it's definitely very hard haha i was grunting just to get one foot in! I don't know how you do it
Practice and lube hehe. Don't be discouraged!
Thanks! I accomplished to get both feet in this time but couldn't get it above my knees. It's a step further than yesterday though
My tail has a pair of hipfins, that restrict me from rolling it down.
It makes it harder to reach down to the footpockets.
Do you have any tips/tricks/substitute for rolling it down?
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Good try for first time in a tail.
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This thread will be perfect for when i can finally save the cash for my perfect (design not on here) and first silicone tail will probably try in water without lube though will also probably have to do it on my own lol. Which I can ee will be difficult but in the meantime I hope to get a fin and have practice swimming with a fin! Can't wait!
RECENT TRICK I LEARNED:
Use a towel to help you pull up the tail, pull the waist, or smooth out wrinkles on silicone tails. Just put the towel between your hands and the tail and grip THROUGH the tail. Gives you a better grip than bare hands, and prevents you from poking holes with your nails or accidentally tearing.
I've got swimwear lining in two of my homemade tails...
Boy, it is a pain in the rear to put on wet or dry! It involves 15 mins of tugging and shoving my hands inside front and back just to arrange that extra fabric just right and to make sure the tail sits right on legs and fluke.
The reason I have lining is that, the seams made me itchy and I thought having lining would also stop me from feeling chilled when I'm on a long swim, which it does. But bleh! For the sake of not feeling cold in and out of the water, it is worth it!
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Anyone have any ideas on how to pull your tail up higher? It seems to slip down on me when I swim at even a medium fast speed. Is this normal? Today was my first day with my silicone tail, so I had lots of drama and I have lots of questions... lol
it could be you have lube hanging around once you get in the water. I try to use something all natural so if I rinse it- it wont hurt any wildlife. So when I go in the pool the first thing I do is open the waist line and let in some water and try to swish things around a bit.
For me the only thing that 100% keeps my tail from coming down is having the waist up high, and tight. But there are disadvantages to that too. If you have a tight waist you still need to get it over your booty and it can cause wear and tear.
Sometimes increasing the surface area the tail can grip to will keep it from coming off. I used to do that with my first silicone tail that was a bit baggier on me. I'd wear tights, or bike shorts inside it. Super hard to get on, but once it was on the silicone had something to grip on instead of slippery skin. Kept it from slipping or falling down.
my tail has a large dorsal and hip fins so rolling it down isn't exactly an option, any tips for that?
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