Will cable sleeving unravel if I cut it with scissors?

[MGsubbie]

I got a modmic 5 which comes with a decent amount of cable sleeving. I'm thinking of using it for the front panel connectors and other thin cables. If I cut off a part with scissors, will that make the ends unravel?

[lieder1987]

are the ends stiff as if they have been melted?

[MGsubbie]

1 minute ago, lieder1987 said:

are the ends stiff as if they have been melted?

Yes, one end is a bit unraveled already though.

[ARikozuM]

You may have to use a bit of glue on a fabric/cordura sleeve, but a plastic sleeve needs to be capped or melted.

[MGsubbie]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

You may have to use a bit of glue on a fabric/cordura sleeve, but a plastic sleeve needs to be capped or melted.

Is it safe to hold a lighter to the edges to melt them?

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, MGsubbie said:

Is it safe to hold a lighter to the edges to melt them?

For the plastic? Yea. You can also find some thermoplastic shrinkwrap/heatshrink and use a tiny sliver on the end. You place the flame on the shrinkwrap and it tightens around the sleeve for a tight fit. 

 

Note: Exercise caution around flames. 

[MGsubbie]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

For the plastic? Yea. You can also find some thermoplastic shrinkwrap/heatshrink and use a tiny sliver on the end. You place the flame on the shrinkwrap and it tightens around the sleeve for a tight fit. 

 

Note: Exercise caution around flames. 

Hm, I just got another idea. My cooking stove uses gas. I could heat up one of the plates, turn it off and press the end against it for a second.

[ARikozuM]

9 minutes ago, MGsubbie said:

Hm, I just got another idea. My cooking stove uses gas. I could heat up one of the plates, turn it off and press the end against it for a second.

That wouldn't produce a clean melt.

[manikyath]

i usually just wrap some electrical tape around it. if you do it neatly it actually looks okay enough.

[markr54632]

I use a butane reflow heat blower. Works well for a clean melt. 99 percent of the time when I am doing this I am upside down under a car dashboard. Wrap the area 0.5 cm below the intended cut with electrical tape, then hit the end with the heat gun for a few seconds until they melt together. Sleeve your cable, cover both ends with heat shrink, heat the heat shrink. Call it a day.

 

A hot knife works too if you are in a really tight place, not as well, but it works.

[MGsubbie]

Thank you for the answers so far everyone, turns out Antlion has a page on this. https://antlionaudio.com/blogs/news/how-to-cut-the-antlion-cable-wrap

 

Has anyone used this method before?