Electrical Coating needed for JUMP ROPES!

You may be able to get it for cheap or even free if you talk to scrap metal shops. They strip insulation from electrical wire, recycle the metal, and probably toss the insulation. This may be one source for you anyhow, worth a shot looking into. I guess this would only work if you were looking to rework it into something else.

After rereading your request, I take it that you want to run a rope or some such through some electrical cable insulation. I would do a google search for companies that do teflon or plastic extrusion.

What is a Jump Rope?

skipping rope

You don't provide enough information to determine what type of wire you have. Most electrical wire insulation is PVC. There are others like synthetic rubber and polyurethane. All of these can be acquired from a plastics manufacture in tubing to your specs or their stock sizes in all assortment of colors. They will be able to help you in choosing a plastic that has the flexibility you need with the abrasion resistance needed. You can all so find some of this tubing at you local air hose distributor or an industrial supply house.

Molly,

Look at the tubing. It should have numbers and letters either printed on it or embossed in it. Tell us what they say.

I am going to gather the tubing and see what more information I can provide. It is difficult, the tubing is cut up in pieces so is hard to read any real information. Thank you guys for responding so fast - I am a professional jump roper - this stuff is not my fortay.. so your feedback is awesome and appreciated.

Could your 'cut-up' electrical wire tubing be Hellerman sleeving. These are usually supplied in small, (1 inch) cut lengths of polychloroprene rubber compound but I guess they must start with longer lengths at the manufacturer, (Hellerman-Tyton).

A good thing to know is how much a 10' section weighs and the diameter. In the mean time a good resource is www.usplastic.com.

By the way, great job with what you're doing!

Why don't you go to a company that extrudes plastic? They can make any size tubing you need, out of any material you need. They should be able to cut it to lenght also.

I've made plenty of extrusion dies for companys so let me know if you need some help finding a source.

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Wire insulation often contain fairly high concentrations of LEAD. This could present a health hazard to your users and a costly re-call.

the guy who suggested going direct to a tubing producer has a geat idea as this can be made for you inexpensively.