How To Series: Installing Foot Pockets onto Carbon Blades

[@Ramsishb]

Did you rough up the wrong part of the blade for the first one?

[@gromageindustries6745]

He didn't, its in contact with the rubber so adhered.

[@gromageindustries6745]

Nice, but i wouldnt be cutting the ends of the pockets off, id bed them on and glue the end clips on, that gets rid of anything not bedded as well as it could.

[@camb3]

What kind of glue works best?

[@mohamedzakaria9487]

Loctite 406

[@kizzjd9578]

Bobs smith industries insta flex or rubber toughened ca glue.

[@CN-re5ut]

Crazy question but does that mean the foot pockets have to be permanently with those blades?

[@henryg1875]

You can remove the footpocket with some acetone and cut it off carefully. You can then use the blade again, however the footpocket (most likely) will have to be replaced.

[@janbobis]

Oh man!!! You're making it hard for the owner of that fins to replace it once he/she decides to replace it with another blade. You're also rendering the foot pocket unusable if user decides to replace the fins

[@DiversworldAuSpearfishing]

In our experience this is a way better technique than drilling as that would void the warranty of carbon blades. However, we also leave it up to our customers how they want their foot pockets installed :-) Cheers!

[@joey2658]

@@DiversworldAuSpearfishing Thank you for sharing. I won`t do the drilling