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Old 22nd Apr 2020, 10:25 pm   #6
Alistair D
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Default Re: Curly cable restoration

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Originally Posted by Outrun_uk View Post
...and the end result. The cable isn’t as springy as it would have been new but it’s a big improvement on how it was. Maybe another soak or direct heat from a hot air gun would improve it but I don’t want to take the risk as this keyboard is quite rare.

Kev
I usually use a powerful hairdryer for this. As well as the hairdryer I use a semi circular piece of metal held behind the coiled cable. That way the heat is distributed to all surfaces of the coil at the same time.

As a suggestion, a baked bean can cut down the middle should work OK.

Al
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