I am wondering what is a good way to cover and quiet carabiners? I have wrapped them in electrical tape (not great a quieting), tried heat shrink tubing (hard to get it to bend around the corners). What are you guys using? This would be for my tether Prusik. I haven’t tried it yet, but was thinking of wrapping one with tennis racket grip tape. Any thoughts?
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Quieting carabiner’s - how to?
- Thread starter Mag1
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Vet wrap tape. It's a cheaper version of camoform. You can get it in camo on amazon. It holds up pretty well and when it starts to wear down you can easily replace it. I love stealth strips but I like the vet wrap tape better for places that see more contact and get worn down because it won't leave a sticky mess.
VA saddlehunter
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I used some cheap hollow core rope and melted the ends on a small utility carabiner that I use for hoisting
This is what I’m talking about! Thanks.
And I just chucked about a foot of core material from when I spliced my tether. Argh.......
Thanks for all the input. I may dig out my scrap stealth strip. I was just wondering if there was special/easy to do stuff. It’s been in the bow box the whole time.
Thanks for all the input. I may dig out my scrap stealth strip. I was just wondering if there was special/easy to do stuff. It’s been in the bow box the whole time.
I fixing to plastic dip some and see if that works.
Performix 11203 Plasti Dip Black Multi-Purpose Rubber Coating Aerosol - 11 oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006SU3QW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_vYmFBbCEKJGPN
Performix 11203 Plasti Dip Black Multi-Purpose Rubber Coating Aerosol - 11 oz. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006SU3QW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_vYmFBbCEKJGPN
Chistavocat
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I like heat shrink. Yes it bunches up a bit on the corners but so does everything else. You can cut a triangle out of it to mitigate this though. I just leave the section uncovered where the bridge rides or where the ropeman sits if it doesn’t fit over the heat shrink. It’s durable, silences well and isn’t sticky.
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Robert
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Plastidip is only durable without abrasion. Any spray on product that requires adhesion, like paint, or Plastidip, prep is the key to getting it to stick, along with multiple, thin coats. To get it to stick well, I thoroughly clean all surfaces with alcohol, and then spray 5 coats, 30 mins apart. Then 2 clear coats, 30 mins apart. Thats a lot of work that I would hate to know you did to have it all come off the first couple of times that you use it.
I have done it yet. I did do some small hooks to hang my binos and quiver on today.
Ken Ruppel
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Robert
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That would probably hold up better on hooks for Binos than for steps for your boots.
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Kuenro02
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Just did all mine with hockey tape. Worked great. Hope it holds up.
Not sure if someone already mentioned this, but I'm try out "Linerless Rubber Splicing Tape." It's thicker than elec. tape. Its a 0.76mm thick roll of rubber. The adhesive doesn't seem thick and gunky so I don't think it'll leave a mess on the carabiners.
