[sdiy] Heat shrink tubing driving me crazy....

[anthony]

Maybe you got burned and they sold you already-shrunk heatshrink tubing. The 
Chrums!

> I've got this heatshrink recently that just doesn't shrink. I admit I 
> don't have a heat gun or other proper tool, so I use my soldering iron as 
> heat source. But this tubing wont even shrink when doing the "lighter" 
> trick.
> Anyway this got me thinking, some time ago I was having problems with a 
> +/-15V toroid transfo and it turned out the wires where coated with 
> something. After scratching the surface the transfo worked perfectly. So 
> does this coating stuff exists as a spray or something alike? Would solve 
> my problem perfectly. It's probably a very nasty chemical product, but I 
> can't imagine that the fumes from burning heat shrink is healthy too...
>
> Cheers,
> ToAd
>
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