PRUNLLA 32.8ft Fabric Cloth Covered Round Wire, Vintage 18/2 Industrial Electrical Lamp Cord, 18-Gauge Antique Style for Retro Lamp, DIY Projects (Brass)

Use it to replace electrical cords for a pendulum light. Worked really well.

Finally got around to this project. Took quite a bit of trying to work out the best methods to stripping and using the wire. First the cloth out cover. As soon as you start stripping the cloth, it begins to fray. I found that if you place cellophane tape over the cloth before cutting, then cut through the tape leaving the tape on, the remaining portion won't fray (this gets covered by the receptacles). Secondly, cutting through the insulation sheath has to be done EXTREMELY carefully. It's more that you have to simply score the outside sheath, then bend and twist it until the rubber breaks. If you try to strip it, you will invariably cut through the inner wiring. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE on small end pieces before you start wiring and cutting for the actual install.

After purchasing an old hanging pull-down lamp, I needed to find some original-style fabric sheathed cord to replace the original frayed cord on the lamp. This is a perfect replacement, as long as you don't need a protective ground conductor.

I used this to rewire some pendant lights. Passing this through the holes in the metal plates can very easily cause snags, ruining a section of this wire. I had to de-bur all the metal fittings on the light and be very careful not to snag. It took me 3 tries, wasting quite a bit of this wire. In the end it looks great, just plan on getting more than you need.

It looks like an old cloth cord, but the quality of the construction and materials is outstanding.