Is their a way to reduce the sound of the pvc smashing against eachother in a duel?

[phook15]

Maybe some kind of coating to reduce the clicking sound? A rubber coating?

[Silver Serpent]

I slid foam pool noodles over the blades of some of my kids' sabers. Those particular sabers aren't illuminated, but they're a lot quieter.

[FenixFire]

Figure out how to make an actual Plasma Arc blade and problem solved.

If you want it clear so it can me illuminated then NO there is not a coating to take the plastic on plastic sound out of two pieces of plastic impacting.

Rubber coatings will just deaden the sound to more of a "thud" but would require about a 1/16 of an inch coating. I guess you could try the clear version of FlexSeal, but it will only lower the pitch of the impact.

[CET]

Clear heatshrink?

[phook15]

What about this? Its translucent, so light should pass through it.

http://www.rubbersheetroll.com/silic...anslucent.html

[FenixFire]

How are you going to fasten it to the blade? Silicone only bonds to silicone, so either fasteners or 100% silicone adhesive are your options.

[snilam]

I slid foam pool noodles over the blades of some of my kids' sabers. Those particular sabers aren't illuminated, but they're a lot quieter.

Great idea SS safer for kids too. I once was at an event and let some kids play with some sabers and quickly realized small kids have no fear and all went Leroy Jenkins on each other. I had a near anxiety attack and envisioned gouged eyes, concussions, and paint ball bruises from thrusts. Parents thought it was funny but I guess they don't know how much a Poly carb tube to the head HURTS. After about 30 seconds I had to tell them to take it down about 10 notches or game over. Next time i'll bring some pool noodles.

[phook15]

Would that work though? Has anyone ever tried to reduce the noise?

[FenixFire]

I have not heard or seen anyone. Is it really worth the $151 for the 36" long sheet? And then how to attach it in a way it won't simply fly off on the first impact. Silicone is not a forgiving material to work with, because it is thermal set material and basically inert to all solvents and adhesives.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Methods to reduce the clacking noise have been talked about in the past, this is not a new subject. There is a topic around here somewhere that deals with it, and covers what people have tried and what worked best.