Toaks Ti 550 Light Hack…

This?

The tubing looks nicer than the silicone glue that I often glob onto things. A wet finger can help to shape it.

Sugru is easier to use, but the glue is available everywhere.

EDIT: Yep, there is definitely something broken about links!

Hi Bill, yeah links don’t work to Amazon. It occurred to me to take a screenshot. This is the same material that Evernew uses on their pots.

You can post links to Amazon listing but you have to use the link command in the visual editor (the little linked chain icon). 😊

I found silicone tubing in a model car shop for my evernew pot. They had different sizes so I could try it out for the best fit – I was concerned about choosing the wrong size online.

You can post links to Amazon listing but you have to use the link command in the visual editor (the little linked chain icon). 😊

https://www.amazon.com/ANPTGHT-Silicone-Tubing-High-temperature-Transfer/dp/B0DF53CYN5/?th=1

Thanks Matthew – got it.

This?

The tubing looks nicer than the silicone glue that I often glob onto things. A wet finger can help to shape it.

Sugru is easier to use, but the glue is available everywhere.

EDIT: Yep, there is definitely something broken about links!

Hi Bill, the main thing with the tubing is to wet the steel as you’re sliding it. It requires some patience and dexterity to “work” it into place. I could see a vegetable oil working even better than water. Yes, I agree, the tubing is definitely going to create a nicer looking final result than the Sugru. The silicone tubing is what Co’s like MSR and Evernew use, so I went that route.

Another product would be something like Plasti Dip, but it’s only heat resistant to 200* whereas the tubing is heat resistant (they call it operating temperature) to 428*F.

I found silicone tubing in a model car shop for my evernew pot. They had different sizes so I could try it out for the best fit – I was concerned about choosing the wrong size online.

Good news is the 1/8″ x 3/16″ tubing I linked is perfect for the Evernew handles and lids. It’s the same size they use (or the metric equivalent).

For sliding the tubing onto the handles, use hairspray. It make the tubing easier to slide on when its wet, but when it dries it gets tacky and will hold the tubing in place. Just don’t dally bc you don’t want it drying before you have the tubing in place.

Okay, so I bought the same silicone tubing and did this to the handles on my Toaks 550 mug. After doing this myself without hair spray (don’t have any on hand), I do NOT recommend using it as I think it’d dry way too fast for the amount of time it takes to get the tubing on the handle. If someone tries it, let us know how it goes…

I would try isopropyl alcohol as a lubricant.  After it dries it should be pretty snug.  My 2 cents.

Soap and water makes a good lubricant for friction-fit rubber tubing:

• Slippery when wet
• Tacky when dry
• Twisting it can break it free so that it can be removed if necessary.

Not sure what heat will do to it, if anything?

Using cheap Peg Bundy approved hairspray, I always had more than enough time to slide on rubber handle bar grips onto my motorcycles, which were otherwise impossibly tight to get on.  When dried they were impossible to take off without a blade.

Use lots of hairspray covering the entire inside of the tube and work quickly.

Worst case is you have to cut it off if you can’t get it on in time.

I wonder if heating the silicone slightly with a heat gun before spraying will give it some elasticity so it slides on more quickly.

Since I have little hair, I have been using a tool dip for 10+ years.  As stated, I have reapplied it once when I got it totally in the flame. 1 minute procedure to dip it again.