Jump to content

Sun Baking Cables


Nate C

Recommended Posts

Recently I was asked how I kept my cables in such good condition.

 

Simply by rolling and storing them well and a little TLC. They need to be cleaned every now and again. Over time they get out of shape due to use,storage etc and a little time in the sun helps cables regain their shape for that nice and easy roll. 

 

This will be obvious stuff to most, but I have been asked enough times to realise some folks have never thought to sun bake their cables.

 

Oh and when you get a new cable that has come fresh off a drum, lay out to sun bake, roll over under, sun bake as a roll, unroll and lay out, sun bake, roll... repeat cycle over a couple of days if possible and the cable will be trained.

 

 

post-2000-0-78313300-1378431535_thumb.jp

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I have always done the "sun bake" with new raw cable off a drum --- not really the full on baking routine that you mention, but laying it all out in the sun, coiling it up (over-under of course) then laying out again a few times letting it sit and get a little toasty. Works like a charm and puts the cable well on the way to proper training.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

and what do we do over here where we barely know what the sun looks like?

Justin, i hope you are draining those excess sounds into a bucket or suitable container, otherwise they will get absorbed into the ground, and may re-appear should it ever rain.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Rich treat them to a day at a solarium.

 

I don't have any trees to hang them in. Would hang them off the balcony but I am afraid the uni kids in the apartment below me would use them for a tarzan swing.

I frequently put cables in the oven on a cookie sheet at 170-180 degrees F. i rarely leave them in for longer than 20-30 minutes.

Tom

Link to comment
Share on other sites

and what do we do over here where we barely know what the sun looks like?

Find a tanning salon with a sun bed. You should have them in the UK, although they might use a different name for "sun" as you folks are so unfamiliar with the concept. Maybe they call them "Big-Diffused-Light-Source" beds over there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...