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Unpopular opinion: I thought my fish tape was fine until a guy in Tampa showed me his Klein one.
He let me try it and the extra stiffness got around a 90-degree bend I'd been fighting for 20 minutes. Anyone have a different brand they swear by for tight conduit?
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green.laura5mo ago
Try heating your old tape with a heat gun to get it more flexible.
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david_walker973mo ago
Remembered this one time my buddy tried to fix his old VHS tapes with a hair dryer because his player kept eating them. He got way too close and the tape got all crinkly and stuck to itself like a weird plastic noodle. Then he got mad and threw the whole thing in the trash, but the next day he fished it out and tried using a warm car dashboard instead, which actually kinda worked for like half the tape. So I guess heat can work but you gotta be careful not to go full blast or you'll just ruin it even worse. Still, I'd probably just buy new tape like Abby said, but I get why people try this stuff when you're broke and desperate.
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abby_fisher5mo ago
Ugh, that sounds like a fire hazard. Just buy new tape, it's cheap.
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susan_allen5mo ago
Actually, I've done this with a low heat setting and it works fine if you're careful. Abby_fisher's not wrong about safety, but a quick pass from a few inches away can make old tape usable again without buying new. Just keep it moving so it doesn't melt or smoke.
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