[p4intbllr]

Aight i need some help from the vets, i've been outta the game for a while and found my flex mask unfortunately its lost its shape the bottoms are disfigured lol.. So i was wondering what can i do to bring the original shape back or at least close, or should i just buy some new bottoms? I appreciate it in advance

[Jimmy Robo]

Got any pics? Id like to see what youre working with. There are one particular pair of bottoms that are really hard to fix. The rest can pretty much be reshaped by dipping the bottoms in hot water or almost boiling water to get them soft and then simply just reshaping them with a plastic/paper plate

If the rubber part of the bottoms is black, i would recommend you do the above. If the rubber part is a color like clearish blue,green,red,etc, then youre gonna have some problems. Good news is that they make about 12 + different colors of bottoms and you can pick up a new pair for anywhere between 15 -40 bucks

Pm me if you have any other questions. Im probably not gonna see if u post a response in this thread

[gztoddsta]

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[Person]

Put it in hot water. Hold it to shape with your hands, run it under cold water (have it running) and it will harden in position.

If you use the stove to heat the water, just make sure you don't leave the mask on the bottom to start melting or something.

You can use wire or even string to hold the mask in the position you want it to be in if its a real problem. Put it in hot water and pull it out and cool it off with cold water. Experiment with it and you will get it right.

[D-man[WarLlamas]]

Originally Posted by Person

Put it in hot water. Hold it to shape with your hands, run it under cold water (have it running) and it will harden in position...

^^^This

[aresfiend]

Originally Posted by Person

Put it in hot water. Hold it to shape with your hands, run it under cold water (have it running) and it will harden in position.

Originally Posted by D-man[WarLlamas]

^^^This

If they're regular bottoms, this. But if they're IZE DO NOT ****ING DO THIS! They'll shrink and shrivel and become useless if you don't have the face of a toddler.

[D-man[WarLlamas]]

Originally Posted by aresfiend

If they're regular bottoms, this. But if they're IZE DO NOT ****ING DO THIS! They'll shrink and shrivel and become useless if you don't have the face of a toddler.

He said hot water, not boiling water. Unless your hot water heater is set to ludicrous temp, running IZE's under your hot tap water will not shrink them. I've done it numerous times. I've also shrunk a couple using boiling water.

[aresfiend]

Originally Posted by D-man[WarLlamas]

He said hot water, not boiling water. Unless your hot water heater is set to ludicrous temp, running IZE's under your hot tap water will not shrink them. I've done it numerous times. I've also shrunk a couple using boiling water.

Erp, I derped. Do not put the IZE under the cold water right away even of it's not boiling. I thought I could and then the mask just tightened up and tore.

[Person]

Good info here. I only had one IZE and didn't use very hot water when I straightened it out. I actually gave up and just left it as it was because I didn't wanna destroy it, and this was before they were worth anything.

I'll be sure to include that caveat whenever I recommend hot water technique to straighten flexes.

[aresfiend]

Originally Posted by Person

Good info here. I only had one IZE and didn't use very hot water when I straightened it out. I actually gave up and just left it as it was because I didn't wanna destroy it, and this was before they were worth anything.

I'll be sure to include that caveat whenever I recommend hot water technique to straighten flexes.

I found that for IZE bottoms water at a rolling boil and then air cooling works better and that tap hot water and then cold tap water works for regular flex bottoms.