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"No soldering wire glue" anyone tried it?

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Stumbled upon this today and wonder if anyone's tried it yet? It claims to be able to glue wires together without the need to solder so it doesn't require any heat, but it still conducts electricity. Im not that bad with a soldering iron but I appreciate some people find it a struggle. I'm more interested in using it like a paint for simple circuit board repairs and those fiddly hard to reach with a hot iron areas.

Here's a link to the stuff on eBay.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=331533714261

If it does work that well it could save some people a lot of time and hassle 👌

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I have used a similar product as shielding in my bass, but I haven't tried it for model car purposes yet. It looks like it might be a neat way of making lighting looms though.

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My guess is that it is fine for low current applications but it probably has much higher resistance than real solder and won't be a good idea for battery packs and motors.

The ad is so ugly even Nigeria scammers would feel embarassed. It doesn't lend much credibility.

It says " micro carbon technology to make a glue paint that also conducts electricit"

So it is probably carbon fibre and glue. As we know, carbon fibre does conduct electricity.

Worth a punt perhaps?

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Don't think I'd risk it, soldering isn't that hard, even I can do it :lol:

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The listing even advertises soldering kits at the end. :D

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But wait! There's more!!

Read this thread: http://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/conductive-wire-glue-a-soldering-substitue.95539/

You might be able to get away with it for very light duty stuff (low voltage, low current) where it stays on a surface and doesn't move (shear strength is very low) and where you don't mind a bit of extra resistance compared to copper.

More gimmick than substance.

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I was loving that fact in the ad later he was selling a "HOW TO SOLDER" kit with video. I don't think Harvey has any "gifts" for me to buy, but I have been wrong before. Not exactly smoke and mirrors, but it might be worth the time invested to practice some soldering techniques instead of using the quick fix items. If you can't solder well, ask around, you just might find someone like my neighbor that does it for a living.

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