Comment by jaeckel
15 hours ago
> [...] a string [...]
Does someone have a recommendation for a specific material the string should be made of?
15 hours ago
> [...] a string [...]
Does someone have a recommendation for a specific material the string should be made of?
Back in my day the local telephone company used waxed lacing cable for that sort of thing[1]. These days it seems that polypropylene string is popular (search on "conduit pull string").
You basically want something that is slippery and will tend to not get stuck. I have used Dacron fishing line, but that is mostly because I had a bunch of it laying around.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_lacing
The sell pulling string in the electrical section of the hardware store.
But make sure you don't buy pushing string by mistake!
They also make bottles of cable pulling lubricant for this purpose.
AKA boy butter [0].
0: http://www.electricalslang.com/Slang/boy%20butter