oh yeah, hot glue us not a friend to the cuticles! ha! My neighbor tells me he used his to unfreeze his car door locks. (I think he likes the liquid bread a bit much) I can wonder about other uses, the seized metal did occur to me.
On Sun, 31 May 2009, Bob Kennedy wrote: > It works great for shrink wrapping but now they have that plastic wrap in the > home centers that stretches and clings when you let go. So I'd use that > first. > > I have used mine mainly for repairing golf clubs because it gets hot enough > to melt the epoxy they used to build them. And although a torch is faster, > the heat gun won't turn the metal blue, a sure sign someone got it hot... > > I've also used it to strip exterior paint, and to defrost older "self > defrost" freezers. They work great if you need a little heat to swell some > aluminum to let go after it has stuck to steel. > > The latest use I've put mine through is to remove Formica from a countertop. > I've read a lot about making a space between the Formica and the wood and > then dumping or pumping lacquer thinner between the pieces. I don't care for > working with thinner inside a house. It has a place, but it is pretty nasty > stuff, especially if it runs down the front of your cabinets. > > Contact cement will let go if heated enough and using a drywall knife of > about 6 inches or so, it loosens up in a hurry. > > There was a space that had come loose in the kitchen we are remodeling and > the trim around the edges had pieces broken off. So I've used the heat gun > to loosen the contact cement and cleaned off the vertical trim pieces. Once > I get the sink out of the way I'll heat the countertop starting at the end > and prying the Formica up. Then I can focus the heat under the Formica and > it will peal right up. You should wear gloves if you ever try this idea > because the heat is enough to make you let go in a hurry, and the melted > contact cement can also get on your fingers and hands and that does hurt a > bit... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brice Mijares > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:30 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun > > > > > > Thanks bob. What would you use a heat gun for? I imagine one use would be > for that shrink wrapping? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Kennedy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:32 AM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun > >> A heat gun is like a hair dryer on steroids. It is electric, gets as hot >> as >> a torch and has a fan to distribute the heat as well as blowing air over >> the >> elements to keep them from melting. >> >> _____ >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Brice Mijares >> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun >> >> >> >> >> >> Okay here, what's a heat gun. Is it like a little torch? If so, I have one >> with disposable propane bottles. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Send any questions regarding list management to: >> [email protected] >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> Or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> address for more information: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [email protected]! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
