Avoiding Sheild-foil Problems

[thedoctor]

I am a big fan of cramming too much (is there such a thing?) crap into the cavities of solid-bodies (does that mean I date athletic women?) and end up with a bunch of those little nuisance shorts that happen when you pour ten gallons in a five-gallon can. I have problems on the bottom of push-pulls and the output jack cavities that I have lined with copper. Is there an easy to use, durable insulator/tape I can use after all the soldering and stuff is done to keep from pulling these things apart time after time to find the short? I tried that white fiberglass woven 3M tape but it has no durability whatsoever. You KNOW what happens to 33+ or one of the other standard elec. tapes after about a month. The adhesive starts to let loose. Maybe I just need to do neater work. Or date lazier women.

[skyguitarworks]

if you have a lowes or a home depot close to you they have a rubber coating for hand tool handles, would be easy to brush on and is very durible

[lovekraft]

Heat-shrink tubing will help, as will not trying to stuff 8 pounds of manure into a 5 pound bag ( I know, I'm as guilty as anybody - there's always room for just a little more...). You're a lot better off making your wiring short-proof than trying to insulate over the shield as a stopgap. If your terminals are all insulated, there won't be any issues except for the jack, since the pot and switch cases should all be grounded anyhow.

[thedoctor]

My nephew aka "the gripper" saw my post and said I am an idiot. Great way to start a conversation, in my book. He took one of those mylar seperator sheets out of his notebook and cut it to fit with a pair of scissors and stuffed it in "BubbleGum" my Tele 12-string. Duh! That stuff is TOUGH and I don't have to clean up my act, so to speak. That is a good thing.