self amalgamating tape

[seaesta]

I seem to be using self amalgamating tape in more and more applications - e.g. rope ends, sealing external cable connectors etc.
I have a (very) small prize for the most original suggestion about wizzo uses for this stuff and the cheapest way to buy it.
Martin

 

[ccscott49]

Cant enter the competition, but I use heat shrink sleeing for some of my rope ends the stuff with the glue inside, excellent stuff, but the rope ends people see are whipped!

 

[tadpole]

Is this sleeving readily available, cheap and easy to use?

 

[ccscott49]

Yes, maplins have it, in assorted sizes and colours, although I used to get mine in Holland and still have a bunch of it, I use it for electrical connections aswell, when I crimp two wires together, I slip it over the joint and with a heat gun heat and seal the joints, stops any corrosion, you need to use a heat gun or even a hair dryer, held very close on full chat! Its really simple to use. You can also use a stuff called dip and whip, which is basically air drying plastic, you just dip the end of the rope in the tin and allow to dry, you can dip it a few times, to get a decent thickness. I also use it for coating the handles of pliers etc. It's called "dip and whip" for marine use and "dip and coat" for non marine use, same stuff!

 

[AndrewB]

Wouldn't recommend using it to make an ad-hoc male contraceptive, if that's the sort of thing you had in mind.

I use it quite a lot between metals to prevent galvanic corrosion.

 

[Gordonmc]

Don't tell anyone but the threads on my galvanised turnbuckles get a coating of lanolin and then a winding of self-amalgamating. The lanolin stops the threads from rusting and the tape stops the gloop from going all over whatever comes into contact.
Also... makes a good finger bandage... doesn't come undone in wet like elastoplast.
Buy from RS.

 

[boatmad2]

This tape commonaly used by us sparkies get it from any electrical wholesaler

 

[Strathglass]

How to get some cheep? Go in to a satalite instal/repair shop and ask one of the engineers the price for a couple of feet from a roll.