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    Posted: January 15 2005 at 10:22pm
HI Sherrie- I noticed in another thread that you mentioned you used a conair (cheapie) flatiron to remove shrinkies.

I am wondering if the conair iron also worked to install shrinkies? I have a conair flatiron- very narrow with 25 heat settings and I'm thinking of getting some shrinkies to try out. I don't want to kick down for the heat tool until I am sure that I like the shrinkies. What is your experience/opinion?
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saucyblossom, yep I used it to install them too. It worked great and I didnt find it awkward to use, because its so narrow. I think it might work ok to do a full head. Im going to try it before I shell out for a new fusion wand. Heres a link to the one that I have. I purchased it from walmart for $15. But I couldnt find it on walmarts website so I posted another site
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Hi Sherrie,

Thats the same one I have, what heat setting did you use and approximately how long did you leave it on? I had a problem with them not shrinking at all.

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hey Em, I think I had it turned up pretty high but not all the way, dang it...I didnt pay that much attention when I was installing since I was on a mission to try the removal so I could post back to the board on what I tried! I did crank it up all the way when I removed some of them. And some actually broke and rolled up into a little ball (almost like a rubberband does when it gets stretched too far) does that make any sense? So I dont think you would want to try installing them with the flatiron cranked high!
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Oh by the way Em which shrinkies are you using? I think I read they were the ones from cableorganizer? Or are they docs?
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I picked up some heat shrink tubing from my local electrical supply store. It has the adhesive in it. I think that may have been my problem then, cause I had mine cranked up as high as it would go and it melted the glue but didnt shrink the tubing at all. Ill have to experiment some more with it.
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hmmm, I wonder if the different results are from the different shrink tubing. Maybe they are different, so they will have different results?
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I would imagine so. And the tubing I got was black, that may be a factor also. I havnt called her back yet to see if she could get it in clear.
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Honestly, all of the photos of standard heat-shrink tubing look different to me than doc's shrinkies. The tubing looks thicker somehow. Could this be why it's performing somewhat differently for some people? :)
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The tubing I got is very thin, thinner than a drinking straw and very pliable, kinda rubber like. If I could figure out the shrinkage problem I think they would be very comfortable to wear.
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