This is truly an amazing glue gun. I've used it enough in many situations for an extended test and it far surpasses my old Arrow. And it can be obtained for a very reasonable $20 on Amazon.
It features a very comfortable grip & trigger, a long 80W heater, will extrude glue as fast as you can squeeze, heats glue to 400°F so it doesn't instantly get hard when it hits metal, doesn't drip, is ready to use in about 5min. and according to my neighbors (who owns the one I've been using), lasts longer than a few years.
Plus Surebonder makes their own quality glue sticks, which are available locally. I recently noticed Sears had the long ones for a very reasonable price.
Recently I've hot-glued pottery back together, mended several sneakers that were delaminating, stuck Christmas lights down on a stone wall when it was 45°F outside, held replacement pile weatherstripping in place on an aluminum window, tacked pieces of insulation together in the attic, held weatherstripping in place on the car, and hot-glued a piece of shower-pan-liner used as a sound barrier on my wagon's tailgate (see my post).
Can't wait to start tacking jigs together for woodworking.
Not only is hot glue waterproof, it also holds fast in situations were vibration and heat are encountered...such as in cars. You don't have to worry about this adhesive getting gooey on a hot day.
It's great to use a tool, which actually does what it claims, without getting in the way of your task, and helps you get finished faster. Particularly after you've had the unfortunate & frustrating experience of using a poor one.
It features a very comfortable grip & trigger, a long 80W heater, will extrude glue as fast as you can squeeze, heats glue to 400°F so it doesn't instantly get hard when it hits metal, doesn't drip, is ready to use in about 5min. and according to my neighbors (who owns the one I've been using), lasts longer than a few years.
Plus Surebonder makes their own quality glue sticks, which are available locally. I recently noticed Sears had the long ones for a very reasonable price.
Recently I've hot-glued pottery back together, mended several sneakers that were delaminating, stuck Christmas lights down on a stone wall when it was 45°F outside, held replacement pile weatherstripping in place on an aluminum window, tacked pieces of insulation together in the attic, held weatherstripping in place on the car, and hot-glued a piece of shower-pan-liner used as a sound barrier on my wagon's tailgate (see my post).
Can't wait to start tacking jigs together for woodworking.
Not only is hot glue waterproof, it also holds fast in situations were vibration and heat are encountered...such as in cars. You don't have to worry about this adhesive getting gooey on a hot day.
It's great to use a tool, which actually does what it claims, without getting in the way of your task, and helps you get finished faster. Particularly after you've had the unfortunate & frustrating experience of using a poor one.