I also need some help.
I'm making up a few headphone cables for myself and I always liked the look for this clear heatshrink, but I have no idea what it is. It's much clearer, shiny, and almost thicker looking than anything else I've seen on eBay or whatever. Most clear heatshrink has a kind of cloudy look to it.
I think this is an old Norse (now Norne) Audio adaptor.
In this picture it looks like there's a brown heatshrink base, then a layer of black, and finally the shiny, clear heatshrink. Do you agree that's what's going on or is there more to it? I'm also looking for some nice blue (not too light, not too dark) and some nice red (full bodied red, not weak looking, light matte red) heat shrink to put on each side and then under the clear heatshrink. Help appreciated in any recommendation of where to buy good quality, good coloured stuff.
Then after that, I've bought some carbon fibre sleeving from DHC and want to put is around my 6 wire round weave, but I'm worried about how the little flaky fibres will come off. I'm wondering what I can wrap the wire bundle in that will stop them from rubbing the carbon fibre too much? I'm thinking a thin wrapping of teflon tap the whole length of the cable? Then I need to wrap the outside of the carbon fibre sleeving to stop the fibres from catching on the final nylon multifilament outer sleeving. Again, I'm thinking a thin wrapping of teflon tap the length of the cable?
I've never wrapped a cable in teflon tape before, so I'm not sure how much it's going to restrict the flexibility of the cable as whole. I'd like it to be as flexible as possible, as much as a 6 wire round braid can be anyway. If anyone has any experience with teflon tape or another idea, I'd love to know.
