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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Wed, 14 August 2013, 15:24:32
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How is this stuff.. safe? deteriorates. durable?
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I've used it. It's messy, and a pain in the ass (you have to reapply where it slides off during its drying). Only use it where you absolutely have to.
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I've used it. It's messy, and a pain in the ass (you have to reapply where it slides off during its drying). Only use it where you absolutely have to.
gotcha thx.
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I use it when I need to water proof a wire splice. Slather it on, cover it with heat shrink tubing, and shrink it before it cures.
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I use it when I need to water proof a wire splice. Slather it on, cover it with heat shrink tubing, and shrink it before it cures.
I never thought about doing that... That would would make it so that it couldn't slide off the wires while it dries, with the added benefit of water resistance (but I wouldn't go so far as saying it waterproofs). But you usually use liquid electrical tape when you can't get shrink tubing on without cutting the wires (ex: splicing into an existing circuit).
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I use it when I need to water proof a wire splice. Slather it on, cover it with heat shrink tubing, and shrink it before it cures.
I never thought about doing that... That would would make it so that it couldn't slide off the wires while it dries, with the added benefit of water resistance (but I wouldn't go so far as saying it waterproofs). But you usually use liquid electrical tape when you can't get shrink tubing on without cutting the wires (ex: splicing into an existing circuit).
If I wrap it and then shrink, will the liquid dry properly?
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Who knows, it could be like the thick concrete of dams that never completely cures all the way through. As long as whatever contacts the air is dried what does it matter?
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Who knows, it could be like the thick concrete of dams that never completely cures all the way through. As long as whatever contacts the air is dried what does it matter?
ah. LOL, i thought the stuff conducts until dry
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You are splicing wires together that must conduct electricity, so if liquid is contacting them but trapped within a heat shrink bubble what does it matter?
Personally I stopped using the stuff and have gone back to just regular heat shrink.
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I've had to take a few apart. They seem to cure fine. I would never use the stuff as intended. Even with a few coats, it's not very durable.