Heat shrink

[Cudzoziemiec]

This is something I've just learned elsewhere, rather than a question: that you can shrink heat shrink by holding it in the jet of steam from a kettle. I've yet to try this myself, but might find a reason to do so soon.

[Kim]

I've used a toaster to apply heat-shrink, but not tried a kettle.  I'd have thought 100C would be a little on the cool side...

*grabs a bit to try, for SCIENCE*

*asks barakta if she'd like some TEA*

[jiberjaber]

I think it will depend on the heat shrink material (some shrink at higher temps) but personally, I wouldn't want to get loads of moisture inside my connection (if that were what I was using it for)

[Kim]

That worked better than I expected:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/MJHY_OGsXMA&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/MJHY_OGsXMA&rel=1</a>
https://youtu.be/MJHY_OGsXMA

The larger piece of heatshrink was rated at 125C, the other was unmarked Chinesium.  A couple of boiling cycles were needed to finish the job.

Obviously this is a stupid idea if the objective is to keep something dry by wrapping it in heatshrink!

[Cudzoziemiec]

Yeah, the application in which someone recommended this was to apply it as heat protection on metal handles of a camping pot.

Curious about the toaster method now.

[Kim]

Turn toaster on, sans bread.  Dangle your electrical wires in between the live heating elements until nicely toasted.  What could possibly go wrong?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Nothing at all could go wrong but it could lead to Baldrick getting a new source of currants in General Melchett's tea cakes.

[sojournermike]

Nothing at all could go wrong but it could lead to Baldrick getting a new source of currants currents in General Melchett's tea cakes.

That’s better;)

[sojournermike]

Turn toaster on, sans bread.  Dangle your electrical wires in between the live heating elements until nicely toasted.  What could possibly go wrong?

On the kitchen utensils front I tend to use the little blowtorch - the bigger being more suitable for joining large copper pipe with solder

[Jurek]

I used boiling water from a kettle yesterday to apply some heat-shrink to a zip toggle.

[Kim]

Turn toaster on, sans bread.  Dangle your electrical wires in between the live heating elements until nicely toasted.  What could possibly go wrong?

On the kitchen utensils front I tend to use the little blowtorch - the bigger being more suitable for joining large copper pipe with solder

I was using the toaster because I was away from home, where I have a sufficiency of more optimal tools for applying heatshrink.