Tool Question

I need to get a pair of pliers that have plastic over them so that when I apply pressure the metal, or whatever I am crimping, isn't damaged. I already have some pliers and would like to use them and save some money. What can I put in between my existing pliers and the metal I am crimping? Just looking for ideas - please don't just say plastic :-) Thanks.

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jm
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There are a lot of options to soften your pliers. You can go to the hardware store, and buy some of that plastic tool-dip stuff. You can wrap your pliers with masking tape. Or, you can put Band-Aids around the pliers You can also et small leather or suede scraps, and epoxy them to the pliers tips (this is the only one of the four that is not removable)>

HTH, good luck!

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Kyla

I have seen a solution designed for exactly what you are asking. I am not sure just where, but try Rings and Things, and Beadaholique (you can search for their websites). You just dip your pliers in and it coats them.

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dixie gossett

You don't "just dip your pliers in". It is a time consuming, PITA process..and takes about 4 dips to get enough coating to last a while, and not damage the metal.

There is a plastic that you can get at Home Depot, I can't remember the name of it, but it's like a tube, and you cut it, slide it over the pliers, and heat it with a heat gun, and the plastic shrinks around the metal. Someone at HD should know that name of it.

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lgreene

Alligator skin from Rio Grande (Probably other places sell it, too). You wrap it around your plier tips, but then it slides off, so you can put it on and off when you want to. I really like this stuff.

Jerri

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roxan

Oh, yes! I totally agree with this. Takes forever to dry (in my area, anyway), and a lot of patience to pull slowly!

This is called shrink tubing. You can also buy it at electronics stores (Radio Shack), hobby stores, and automotive stores. I've been dying to do this; DH told me that it would work, but the only tubing we have on hand is too big for my pliers.

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Kyla

I believe I read that you should pull the pliers slowly only if you want a thin coating. Pulling slowly allows the plastic to be drawn back into the plastic container, whereas pulling fast will leave more plastic material on the pliers.

Tina

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Christina Peterson

no, if you want an even coating, the pliers should be pulled slowly each time you coat.

i used this stuff for years before the shrink tubing elgee

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lgreene

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