Has anyone used these? I bought a pair on ebay today to test them out. If you do have a pair, how well do they work?
Swim Gloves?
Has anyone used these? I bought a pair on ebay today to test them out. If you do have a pair, how well do they work?
I just got a pair, myself! I'm excited to try them out soon!!!
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I bought a pair during the summerof last year.(same color) An they work great, plus they help out in the water alot.
Be Happy Swim Free
@FreshWaterMermaid, I saw your post about them on FB, and commented about my hands being so petite lol. I decided to get myself a pair since I've been looking at them for around 6 months or so now.
Oh that's you ^_^Originally Posted by Comatose_Angel
Yeah I figure they're not that expensive might as well get a pair and try them out
They do seem to run small so a size small would probably work for ya.
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Well that's good that they run small. my pinkies are abnormally short, so I have issues with normal gloves. I can normally fold the tip of the pinkys down lol
I wonder if there would be a way to modify these (or add to them) so that they looked like webbed fingers. Maybe paint them with a green tinge that blends into the hand? It'd be a cool experiment for photoshoots!
Bombardier I think that would be a great idea if you can find paint that would stick to silicone.
Be Happy Swim Free
That would be awesome. I wonder if maybe if there was some way to scrape the surface and rub some permanent pigment onto it.
I dunno. Silicone isn't easy to paint (as far as I know) I would think making them yourself with pigmented silicone would be easy enough... *shrugs*
I kinda like the subtle color these ones have.
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True, and if I made them to my own hands, I wouldn't have to worry about the size issues. Maybe if I can get a package of dragonskin later this week, I'll try it out
I have them but be careful, the thumb portion snapped off of mine almost instantly. They work, but I would rather have the hand dexterity.
~A mermaid found a swimming lad, picked him for her own, pressed her body to his body,and made the sea their home~
I've never been able to find a paint or ink that will stick to silicone rubber. I know they must exist because companies like Speedo print stuff on their silicone swim caps, and it adheres really well. Maybe somebody knows where such an ink could be obtained?
I think it would be easiest for the home person to get some liquid silicone, either clear silicone in the tube, or dragonskin, pigment it, then stick it on to the surface of the silicone rubber.
Maybe you could save yourself a lot of trouble by getting these?
http://www.darkfingloves.com/featured/tan-skinfin.html
If you have really small hands, these might work too because they make children's sizes down to quite small.
http://www.darkfingloves.com/shop/sizing-charts/
Also, since they're latex, it might be easy to paint them and/or decorate them.
those are really neat.
The problem with getting kids sizes for my hands it they're usually too tight around my hand in general.
From the base of my thumb to the base of my pinky I'm 3 1/2 inches across, from wrist to the base of my middle finger i'm 3 2/3 inches.
Thumb 2 1/4 inch
first finger 3 inches
middle finger 3 1/4 inches
ring finger 2 2/3 inches
pinky 1 2/3 inches
pinky to wrist is 4 1/2 inches.
I have tiny tiny hand and my pinkies are abnormally short
I don't like the look of the skin-coloured gloves much. I'd prefer to see my own skin. If someone sold realistic fingerfins, I'd be their first customer!
maybe if I get some dragonskin, I'll play around with making some hand fins. ^__^
Definitely do so! I'm a huge fan of anything that adds to the "realistic" mer look
^_^ I need to take a mold of my ears, I need finned ears as well <3
Ooh, I didn't even think of finned ears. Great idea!
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