I have found out one of my friends is pretty good at this going to take a little time but he is renewing every connection rewrapping the whole loom then cover it with a black nylon gauze he then slides on some black shrink wrap to the ends while the connections are removed after the connections are installed he then shrink wraps the ends it is a work of art the guy is a legend looking better than any loom i have ever seen i will post some pics when done