Has it always been a dream to have your own home theatre or cinema room? A giant screen, bumper surround sound system set in front of a giant sunken sofa? 

Heat shrink tubing is an expanded plastic product which contracts when it is heated. The contracted tubing can be used to seal connections, identify cables and much more.

Now the excitement of Halloween and bonfire night has passed there is a bit of a lull before the next big holiday. But that hasn’t stopped a lot of people getting into the spirit of Christmas. Supermarkets already have their festive selections presented and elaborate Christmas light ‘switch on’ events have begun.

Engineers, electricians and tinkerers all know the satisfaction of perfectly fitting a piece of heat shrink. When your substrate fits snugly inside its heat shrink casing and there are no bumps or grooves along the length of the tube, the private sense of pride can improve your mood remarkably.

Heat shrink tubing is fantastically diverse. Our customers use it for a wide variety of commercial and industrial purposes, but did you know that the malleable tubing also has a broad range of uses in domestic environments?

Wrapping your car in large sheets of solid-coloured vinyl is a popular way of changing your cars colour without an expensive paint job.

If you are responsible for looking after a lot of gadgets or cable management is an important part of your job, then you might spend a good proportion of your day detangling cables.

There is no better partner for heat shrink tubing than a trusty heat gun. They give superior control letting you apply heat shrink tubing quickly, evenly and accurately.   

One of the recent trends in the world of heat shrink tubing is the use of heat shrink processing machines instead of the traditional heat gun. But which is the best method and which tools and accessories should be on your shopping list?

We recently published a list of 9 ways to quickly and easily shrink heat shrink tubing from Hilltop. Now we can add another solution that’s faster and simpler than all of them: cold shrink tubing.