Easy Headphone Repair for Broken Wires

Step 4 Sand the wires down.

The colors on the wires are really a thin insulating coating that needs to be removed before soldering. To do this, simply use some sandpaper and sand away until you see the copper wire. Do this with all wires, including the ground.

btw my camera really doesn't like the close-ups

Comments

[hatlessman]

I found sanding to be rather hard, maybe its just me, but I lose a lot of the wires when I tried to use sandpaper. Try burning the insulation off with a lighter, worked great for me. Just do it outside.