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Title: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: NikoGasm on Wed, 10 October 2012, 00:06:29

On both my mouse and headset (both featuring braided cables of course) the cable starts to get all twisted and funky and I can never undo it. Is there some sort of process that'll eliminate these tangles and make it straight? Or is it just something I'll have to live with?

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: Hyde on Fri, 12 October 2012, 14:58:03

Counter-Torque the cable.  What I mean is that try to rotate the cable clockwise or counter clockwise and see if it untwist itself.

Might have to do it small section at a time but eventually you'll see the cable flatten itself.  Kind of hard to explain without pictures but I'm at work now so yeah.....

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: mztriz on Sun, 04 November 2012, 11:53:11

I have a Logitech G5 mouse that did the same thing. I tried to twist the wire as Hyde suggested and it worked for a while but then it went back to being tangled and knoted. After it went back I just cut the braid with scissors where it was stuck to allow the wire to move freely but it looked awful and I just ended up taking the whole mouse apart and resleeving it. It's so much better now. (https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8148833916_880ffbe9b7_z.jpg)

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: scoot on Thu, 29 November 2012, 13:21:59

Quote from: mztriz on Sun, 04 November 2012, 11:53:11

Show Image

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8047/8148833916_880ffbe9b7_z.jpg)

Off topic, but nice waved delica! I love mine. xD

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: TheShining on Sun, 02 December 2012, 16:22:58

Interesting thread, always hate braided cables.

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: TheProfosist on Sun, 02 December 2012, 16:25:08

Chop it off and have mimic replace it

Title: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: nala on Sun, 02 December 2012, 17:53:20

I don't know why mice manufacturers advertise braided cables so much. It's a ****ing awful feature and it provides nothing.

Title: Re: Re: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: TheProfosist on Sun, 02 December 2012, 19:31:11

Quote from: nala on Sun, 02 December 2012, 17:53:20

I don't know why mice manufacturers advertise braided cables so much. It's a ****ing awful feature and it provides nothing.

proberly done ones are very nice... But they always use super cheap ones.

Title: How can you untwist braided cables?
Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 02 December 2012, 19:43:13

Yea I would say make a new cable. The cable will just go back to its original state. I think there is a term associated with that, but I can't remember maybe cable memory or something.