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Oooo what's the point of not showing the nice bling on the ends?
Probably for better strain relief...but I agree with you in certain cases. Like, take for example RnB's Silver LOK interconnects. Those would be one cable that I definitely would not want heatshrink the plugs!!! They are way too pretty .
I like the ipod cable, in the past whenever I tried to make an all white cable, every time I used white heat shrink there was always a slight stain on the edged where the tubing was bent in manufacturing.
I could not find any prestine shrink so all of them ended up having that white like. Since this bothered be greatly, I just never used white shrink anymore.
even rubbing white shrink with your fingers, the oil in the your skin will stain the shrink. IMO a real pain in the butt :P
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I like the ipod cable, in the past whenever I tried to make an all white cable, every time I used white heat shrink there was always a slight stain on the edged where the tubing was bent in manufacturing.
I could not find any prestine shrink so all of them ended up having that white like. Since this bothered be greatly, I just never used white shrink anymore.
even rubbing white shrink with your fingers, the oil in the your skin will stain the shrink. IMO a real pain in the butt :P
If you look close at the y-cable and mini (the bright yellow ones) a few posts back you can notice some discoloring on the white heat shrink. That came from the lighter I used to shrink the heat shrink. It left a black residue that I have tried to remove but to no avail. I even tried bleaching it. I now have a heat gun (9.99 at Harbor Freight Tools) that I use to avoid this problem. Needless to say I'm not a huge fan of white heat shrink either.
In the world of iPod, the color white is king. Thus, the white sleeved connector bodies on my cable. The white heatshrink tubing is from Markertek, and I have yet to notice problems with discoloration or manufacturing creases. Perhaps I will notice this with use. For now, though, I like the monochromatic color scheme of my white iPod cable.
I understand showcasing high dollar connector bodies, but the Canare F-12 is pretty basic, so I don't mind covering it. My next cable will feature Cardas wire with WBT connectors. I don't plan on hiding the WBT RCA's at all. I'll post pics of this cable when it is done. For now, here is a teaser pic of the Canare F-12 encapsulated in clear heatshrink tubing on the end of the Cardas cable (p.s. it's a pain to terminate enameled wire--I wish I had a solder pot for this.).
If you look close at the y-cable and mini (the bright yellow ones) a few posts back you can notice some discoloring on the white heat shrink. That came from the lighter I used to shrink the heat shrink. It left a black residue that I have tried to remove but to no avail. I even tried bleaching it. I now have a heat gun (9.99 at Harbor Freight Tools) that I use to avoid this problem. Needless to say I'm not a huge fan of white heat shrink either.
people that recommend using a lighter or hair dryer for heat shrink dont know what they are talking about. When I first started, I experimented with a lighter, butane lighter, and hair dryer.
All I can say is I recieved really poor advice.
Then I bought a heat gun. and all is well. Shrink tubing dual wall over a single layer of flex becomes a skill . Its very easy to deform the flex.
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people that recommend using a lighter or hair dryer for heat shrink dont know what they are talking about. When I first started, I experimented with a lighter, butane lighter, and hair dryer.
All I can say is I recieved really poor advice.
Then I bought a heat gun. and all is well. Shrink tubing dual wall over a single layer of flex becomes a skill . Its very easy to deform the flex.
I agree re the heat gun. One thing that concerns me, though, is that the underlying components sometimes get pretty hot when I heatshrink. Is this something to worry about?
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remember they stand up to soldering and resoldering and resoldering heat gun also provides enuff heat at a long enuff distance to still shrink the HS but far enuff from the cable to not melt stuff like techflex
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. Its very easy to deform the flex.
heat gun also provides enuff heat at a long enuff distance to still shrink the HS but far enuff from the cable to not melt stuff like techflex 
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