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Permalink Reply by Jennye Brooke on July 24, 2011 at 1:15pm

You think heat would hurt the lights and wiring inside and LED hoop?

 

That would be the only hoop I've ever kinked. >.>

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Bond on July 25, 2011 at 12:27pm

thanks for sharing..

but it is still kinked, and every time you collapse the hoop there is extra strain and tension on that part and will kink again. I wouldn't suggest collapsing it after you fix it with this method or use extra caution when you do. I have fixed kinks this way with black tubing and for extra support I use like a 2'' piece of tubing slit lengthwise and push it inside the hoop towards the kink. Then I can collapse again without kinking. But with led hoops I don't think you would have enough space inside for this method

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Permalink Reply by Tiffany Paquet on November 16, 2011 at 10:20pm

my collapsible hoop has just kinked!! its such a tragedy I believe this happened because I wasn't properly closing the hoop :(( I need to take it on a plane this weekend with me.. would it completely ruin the hoop if it was stored collapsed with the kink in it? I will definitely try to use this method prior to traveling. As of right now the kind doesn't affect my hooping.

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Permalink Reply by Jessi on November 17, 2011 at 10:22am

Nice, good advice! At Burning Man this year I straitened out my hoop that had gotten kinked after being crammed in the car for a week using boiling water and steam!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Louisa Hula* on July 23, 2012 at 4:13pm

Hey, I just wanted to add to this thread since I found it by searching for "kinked tubing" and then used it on 2 polypros that got kinked during shipping and arrived that way to me. It totally worked, it was like magic! There's still a little mark across the inside, but the shape is restored. I'm gonna put some gaffer tape around the inside anyway, so they're totally fine this way.

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