Comment by jaeckel
13 hours ago
> [...] a string [...]
Does someone have a recommendation for a specific material the string should be made of?
13 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.
They also make bottles of cable pulling lubricant for this purpose.
AKA boy butter [0].
0: http://www.electricalslang.com/Slang/boy%20butter