will 80 degress do for most heat shrink?
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will 80 degress do for most heat shrink?
Most heatshrink shrinks around 150 degrees some at 100 degrees. Will vary.
Best bet is to get a bit and test it.
As mentioned earlier a heat gun is your best bet. A blow torch can be used (carefully) but is a bit hot really. Lighters and matches work, but leave soot on the tubing and you tend to burn you fingers.
so hot air is better than naked heat, (flame)?
how about a paint stripper gun?
thanks alex
Naked flames are very hot... hot air is fine, paint stripper is a hot air gun with a acrapper attachment so will be fine, just turn it down.
a lighter works ok, but if your doing a alot of it or a large size piece for instance battery packs then a heat gun is best and they can be bought quite cheeply
Alexander,
Just buy some and play about with it. It only costs a quid or so from maplins.
Makro were doing a heat gun for a tenner.
thatll do, there not expensive