Shrink Wrap

[Guest Ken8143]

I just got some shrink wrap tubes to seal off some soldered connections. How the dickens do you get the wrap to shrink? Used a hair dryer on high - ha - didn't do a thing.

[Squidley]

Use a lighter or a small butane torch...thats how I shrink mine if I dont use my heat gun.

[Black Owl]

Heat gun, match, lighter, and if they are reeeeeeeeeeally big... a propane torch........

[Guest ReinyRooster]

I found the goose neck BBQ lighter works well.

[Jerry M]

I also use the grill lighter,works great just did my trike and did a lot of connections.

[Guest blackdog]

heat gun works the best for me, I always burn through the tube with a lighter:bang head:

[MikesBike]

I bought a bunch of that stuff at a fire sale once.

[BOO]

If you are using the small stuff as I presume you are then I just place the

soldering iron close to the shrink tubing and it will shrink right down.

Be careful not burn a hole it though.

Jerry

[Guest Ken8143]

A match works just fine. That stuff shrivels down nice and tight. Much better than using that black electrical tape stuff.

[silvercrew]

Black tape on wires suck as it will sooner or later start to shrink and leave a sticky mess. If you are making a harness for some wire hockey tape works awesome, it won't shrink and with it and wire loom it looks like factory.