Yup, UL 3135 Silicone Hobby Wire. (680 strands per 12awg 4 ur case)
All of our (correct) wire is tinned OFC. It’s like, a few molecules thick plating or whatever, but it is “tinned” copper, aka why it looks silverish & not copperish.
The issue, not in rc hobby silicone wire, but other types - is CCA, AKA Copper Clad Aluminum. It is complete junk & literally corrodes into dust.
@tech.shit it is indeed tinned copper in our wire. Or at least, the wire we want to be using.
The biggest issue with buying on Amazon at this point is just making sure you aren’t getting sold chinesium or CCA despite what the listing indicates. If not using HobbyKing, I’ve always preferred OG high reputation AliExpress sellers
I’ve known about it for more than a decade at this point but I’ve still never watched / searched enough to find a video that shows the process for the strands this small… like I know it’s just electroplating (I think) but I’d really like to see a close up & detailed process of how this shit is actually made.
will do! lol. im still considering whether im gonna do a skin on this one or just stain n frit. prolly end up skinning it, just to hide the existing holes, unless i manage to blend em in real well.
gorilla products are just good. i use their tape for 99% of my waterproofing. hell, the stuffs been holding the pipes together under my sink for almost a year now. it is actual hell to remove, though.
i had some proper epoxy and was such a pain to mix for small things
gorilla epoxy and jb weld are my besties
gorilla just edges it cause it is clear and just looks nicer
