Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable

Thanks for the replies so far. Nsgarch "Fine" meaning 6 nines grade.
Metralla, I already own some pretty pricey Speaker cables (Synergistic Tesla Apex). I just want to see what this silver does.

The wire is about 26 gauge. I have enough that I can multiply it together 5 or more times to make 10-15 foot stereo cables.
I just want to try it first with the wire doubled then tripled and then maybe try another layer and so on.

Feeding this wire through even aquarium tubing ( pretty good idea) might be very hard.

Is there any kind of epoxy paint that could be used ?

Nsgarch, Thanks for the suggestion. Where can I buy 4 foot lenghts of shrinkable tubing? And how do I fish the wire through the tubing?

Dgarretson , Where can I buy the cotton sleeve, and wont this be also very difficult to snake the wire through?

Thanks for the suggestions. I am going to give them a try.

Dgarretson, Nsgarch
What size should I buy ?

Dgarretson,Tpreaves Thanks ! Fantastic suggestions!

Nsgarch, I have heard that about the ERS cloth also. Thank you for the offer.
Ngjockey, Thats an interesting idea. Do you know if the yellow teflon tape is sticky?

Actually, all I want to do is try the silver wire to see if it has any possibilties.
But keeping the wires seperated from shorting even temporary is a problem.

Nsgarch, Good Idea !
I also have some pipe foam insulation that I can try. If the wire sounds good, then I will go after the other suggestions for proper dressing.
Thanks!

Willoamp, What about using both silver and copper wire?
This would increase the gauge .

Willoamp, The silver wire I have is about 26 gauge.
The thought of using copper was to be able to add more gauge.

Sabai,
Check out my systems page for my DIY speaker wire.

Sabai,

I also used silver polish and 0000 buffing pads to really put a sheen on the wire.
I had enough wire to run the positives and negatives in opposite directions. Then, I threaded the wire into some oversized quality Teflon and twisted the wires slightly.

My speakers are Bi-wire, so I used 14 gauge on the bottom and 16 gauge on the top.

The wire I bought was soft annealed 4&5 nines solid silver wire.

This wire exceeded any and all speaker cable I have ever owned, and I owned quite a lot(at high $$$).

Now, since then the price of silver sky-rocketed but its a one time purchase.