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

[BrightBoy]

>My experience with heat shrink tubing is spend the 20 bucks and get
>a heat gun. If you go to a craft store or something they are usually
>much cheaper--even though they may be hot pink, or have sparkles on it.
>While I was able to use a sodlering iron to shrink tubing, the results
>were pretty atrocious and aggravating. If it still doesn't shrink after
>you get the proper tool, then maybe the tubing was left on the dash of
>a car on a hot day? :)

+1

Alos, when you buy a proper heat gun, you should also get the attachment
nozzle that looks like a '?' which helps uniformly distribute the
heat *around* the wire/heat shrink tubing.

Cheers,

Jeff