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While Heat Shrink Tubing is invaluable in wire insulation and repair, the product's variety of uses make it an essential part of any toolbox. For those who do their own home repairs as well as professionals who use their tools daily, heat shrink is a very useful product that should be used for the following purposes:

Hand Tool Grip Improvement and Protection

The best tool is the one that lasts forever. With heat shrink tubing, the most fragile part of most tools, the handle, can be protected and improved. Applying heat shrink over the handles of hammers,...

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In our recent post on the use of Heat Shrink Tubing for sporting equipment, we outlined a number of uses for the product that took advantage of the superior grip that heat shrink can offer. The shrinkage that occurs when the product is heated allows the tubing to form a tight fit around the surface on which it is applied, and we find the product particularly useful for creating grips on hockey sticks, baseball bats, and racket handles, making them more comfortable to hold and easier to grip.

Another great use of...

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Few household items are subject to the same amount of wear and tear as sporting equipment. Kids will use the same hockey stick or baseball every day and, before long, the grips and handles are worn down or torn. Using Heat Shrinkable Tubing to repair sporting equipment can be a cost effective and efficient way to fix those broken grips and frayed handles. In fact, using heat shrink can have a number of useful functions on a wide range of sporting gear.

Here are a few great uses for Heat Shrink Tubing on...

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