• Is there any way to un-stretch a Slinky?
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It really annoys me that every Slinky that I have (4 of them) is stretched in some way. Is there any method of undoing this at all?
Melt them down into a paste.
What's a Slinky?
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky[/url] - Go here to find out.
Buy a new one. Not trying to be funny, not trying to be an ass.
That's the most logical explanation yet. Have you got any advice to revert it if it gets stretched again? (And if it breaks, I'll buy another one. Again.)
Slinky's always break. It's a fact of life. Just buy another one, you can't fix them :v:
It's a physics thing. When you stretch a spring past a certain point, the "elastic limit", the spring will no longer hold it's original length because it has been stressed too far. Slinkies tend to just lose their shape over time anyways, so either listen to Acolyt3 or poopsicle.
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