Slippery Power Cords

I bought tons of these rolls for a job so long ago the adhesive paper labels have fallen off. Don’t know the specs or origin any more.
I’m fairly certain it’s 1/8 inch / 3.2mm expandable to ½ inch / 12.7mm size. *(edited original post from ¼ to ⅛” )
If you look closely mine seems to be the mono-filament meaning they weave one strand instead of multiple strands (parallel to each other) together.

Did a search using “Expandable Braided Sleeving” and it’s more likely P.E.T. than nylon (?). www.cabletiesandmore.com/flexo-pet-overexpanded.php . These links are not where I got mine. Here’s the same site showing variations www.cabletiesandmore.com/general-purpose-categories.php .

You could try the multi weave / multi strand versions but I have no experience with those styles, could work better or worse. You could also go up one size for a slightly baggy fit that ‘should’ work just as well. I know that this stuff is very common and they might sell something similar at a Home/Building Center or definitely an electronics store. The latter getting harder to find.

Before you try it understand that it won’t expand enough to slip over the plug end. You will need to remove plug. You don’t need to slip it under strain relief or under plug end as I did to finish it off, instead you could terminate it with either heat shrink or electrical tape (tape would be my last choice though). You also don’t really need to do the whole length of cord, you could just do a piece starting a foot or so away from strain relief and stop it a couple or feet from plug. If you want to slip it under rubber strain relief you will need to unscrew handle cover, add a little soapy water to braid&cable combo, once it’s reached that point, and fight at first to get the braid pushed under rubber. Once it hits the soapy parts the rest is easy. Push the rubber strain relief down the covered cord and then push braid with the strain relief all the way to the cord clamp inside the handle. Slide the strain relief back into place and screw on handle. As the sleeve expands it also shrinks in length so buy more than you need. It will also fray at the end too as you work it onto cord unless you are used to working with it so you will also want extra to cut off a short section of fray.