Liquid Electrical Tape.

Never heard of it mate you buy it and let us know

 

Mmmmmm pasti
I like a pasti

 

Saw it demonstrated a few years ago at ICI chapie sprayed a lamp then dipped it a bucket of water. Dozer Dad no he's still alive. but the lamp still worked. But not worth the price. For as Dozers Dad said we got good old lecky tape and WD.
Regards
Joe.

 

I use a lot of shrink tube myself. ...J.D.

 

I’ve used the industrial versions of this before for sealing high voltage joints in cables. That’s good stuff, so if this is similar then it should be good too.
As for the light in a bucket of water thing that Joe mentions, I saw that demonstrated with some spray on electrical maintenance spray (not a sealant like this) Amazing to see, the guy really had faith in the product he was selling.

 

Neither would I.

Think I’ll stick with heat shrink or amalgamated tape.

 

Looks bloody good to me. Insulation tape is great if you're working off the bike but trying to wrap it around stuff in a tight space, picking up all sorts of crap, getting stuck to itself and losing it's stick by the time you get to the end - effin' pain in the arse!

 

Exactly right.

The plasti dip stuff has been around in the States for decades - it works well and it definitely has its place in the toolbox. It's REALLY useful where, for example, outer insulation has been broken/chafed away but the inner core cable is still sound and it can mean you don't have to cut and make a joint/connector to use heat shrink, insulation or self amalgamating tape.

But £14 is mighty expensive ...... unless you amortise that over a couple fo decades or so!

 

Yes, it works great in certain applications, but is inferior to tape in other applications:
I wouldn't trust it by itself to insulate a wire to wire connection that is exposed to potential shorts. It is just too difficult to be sure you have a good solid coating over the entire area.

What it is great for is putting it over top of shrink wrapped or taped connections to ensure they stay secure and are waterproof.

Anytime I am working on electrical connections that may be exposed to moisture (mostly on my boat or my motorcycles), I solder the wire, cover in shrink, then cover with this stuff or a competing brand of liquid electrical tape.

A bottle lasts many years for most hobbyists like me who aren't wiring stuff every day, so it isn't really all that expensive. If it starts to dry out on you, a few drops of naptha thin it right back out.