Cutting Mask Straps

[Kapz]

Anyone have recommendations on what to use after shortening mask straps to stop from fraying? Seems to be super glue on the ends from the manufacturer.

[SaveByRichter35]

Maybe try super glue again then?  Most people just burn them with a lighter to cauterize the tips.

[estogoalie]

15 minutes ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Maybe try super glue again then?  Most people just burn them with a lighter to cauterize the tips.

I use a lighter on frayed ends, but I call it "melting" the ends, because my vocabulary is more limited.

[seagoal]

+1 , fire. 

[SaveByRichter35]

24 minutes ago, estogoalie said:

I use a lighter on frayed ends, but I call it "melting" the ends, because my vocabulary is more limited.

Same thing

[Mroy31]

Assuming the strap material is meltable, yeah, fire.

My Masked Marvel straps are easy that way (as are most straps probably).  The Bauer 950 harness I had didn't really melt.  So I just did a poor man's version of the stitching they had done on the end.

[Taco]

I've been stuck with straps that burn and turn black instead of melting.

I'd take the sharpest scissors that you got, make the cleanest cut that you can, and immediately put a line of super glue down the top of the strap. Helps if you have it on the clip already b/c it can get a little hard to feed through the slot if the end splays a bit.

[coopaloop1234]

[BadAngle41]

^^^ Bic it

[bunnyman666]

13 minutes ago, BadAngle41 said:

^^^ Bic it

^^^ Bic it good!

[creasecollector]

6 minutes ago, bunnyman666 said:

^^^ Bic it good!

^^^ Bic it real good!

[coopaloop1234]

11 minutes ago, creasecollector said:

^^^ Bic it real good!

[CG35]

Use a “hot knife” to make the cut/melt in one pass.... 

[coopaloop1234]

12 hours ago, CG35 said:

Use a “hot knife” to make the cut/melt in one pass.... 

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