Heat shrinking ugly cables

[Dayo1337]

I know it's a tad OCD but the audio leads from my case are coloured and stick out (well to me they do) I've ordered some black heat shrink for another project but I'm thinking I can hide these wires using it. Would this be a good or bad idea?

[Enderman]

If your piece of heatshrink is big enough to fit over the connector part then yeah sure, plenty of people do it.

[wANKER]

I'd be more tempted to just wrap some electrical tape or some shit around them, seeing as you only notice them because of the colours... 

 

Suppose it's how much effort you're willing to put in

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

the tiny cable now bends immediately, but after applying the shrink tube, from my experience it used to be quite hard and sturdy. it may expose more and cause difficulties in plugging in.

anyway worth a try

[W-L]

On 2/12/2019 at 4:29 AM, Dayo1337 said:

I know it's a tad OCD but the audio leads from my case are coloured and stick out (well to me they do) I've ordered some black heat shrink for another project but I'm thinking I can hide these wires using it. Would this be a good or bad idea?

Yes I've done that plenty of times before, just make sure you get 3:1 or 4:1 heatsink or it won't shrink down onto the much smaller cable end due to how large some of those connectors are. 

 

[Velcade]

I blast them with a little black spray paint.  Hides them well.

[Dayo1337]

The end result was this 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Naughty]

Could get some tech flex and some adhesive lined heat shrink. Works well and looks way better. Gonna do it to more stuff in my pcs as I normally use it for my cars.