Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?

[gecko76]

Amazon, to my shame.
Coycoye 750 Pieces Heat Shrink Tubing, Electric Insulation Heat Shrink Wrap Cable Sleeve, Cable Insulated Sleeving Tubes, Shrink Ratio 2: 1, 5 Colors https://amzn.eu/d/j6092aj
Bought a few years ago for a job, then lost and only recently found again. Handy stuff. Added another layer, which will either do a great job or turn into a bubbling molten mess and stick the mug to my beard.

[Bearbonesnorm]

I think that might melt as I doubt it'll be flame proof. Ideally, silicone tubing.

[gecko76]

You might be right. Test later, will report back.

[gecko76]

Test done, and the verdict's in.

Heatshrink: looks pretty, and pleasing to apply, but doesn't withstand flame from stove and is still too hot to the touch.

MSR panhandler: foolproof but a touch bulky.
Silicone grip from the kitchen drawer: also bulky, but will stop stuff rattling around in stead of a buff and is what I'll take once I've scraped the rubbery plastic mess off the handles.

[Mart]

I did my handles with red heat shrink - works very nicely
Edit…. Noticed the burn at the bottom. Make flame smaller and doesn’t happen.
Tricky with with meths burner I know (I use gas so usually set flame to no larger than mug diameter)

[gecko76]

Good to know it can work. The use of bio-ethanol may or may not have been a factor too.

[riderdown]

Sugru, used on the meths stove and gas

[gecko76]

Cool. Used to have some but it went off. Will source more. That looks great.

[josh]

Used the pot I’d added heat shrink tubing to today. Didn’t burn my fingers so I guess I’d call it a success so far. I use an MSR Pocket Rocket so don’t have as much of an issue with errant flames melting the tubing.