Certainly, Hyde glue can be reactivated with heat. It is often used for marquetry and other forms of veneer work that way.
----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun Not that I use them much anymore, but what about "hot glue"? Would reheating that work or does it dehydrate (probably not an accurate term) or dry in the cooling process that one would not get a workable glob from which to remove items previously affixed? On Sun, 31 May 2009, Dale Leavens wrote: > I have used them for molding thermoplastics for splint making or splint adjusting, activating heat activated adhesives as in applying strips to cover the edges of plywood although I prefer an old clothes iron for that, reactivating contact cement to remove or rehabilitate things like laminate. > > There are doubtless other uses. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Spiro > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun > > > > > > heat shrinking on cabling. > There are probably other uses, of which I'm not familiar. > > On Sun, 31 May 2009, carl wrote: > > > what wood you use a heat gun for apart from stripping paint ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Spiro > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:36 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] recommendations for a heat gun > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I just burned through a "new heat gun" that was given to me. > > It was capable of 900 and 1100 dg f, and it only lasted me a couple dozen > > hours of use. > > Before that I had an Arrow, I think, from the ACE hardware. > > I may have a chance to go to Lowes tommorrow; any names that should look > > for, to assure a low priced long lasting investment. > > If not there, somewhere that will ship fast, if there's a great heat gun > > out there to get via ordering and shipping. > > I have at least another 17 feet of teflon 3/8 to 3/16 (500dg f) > > to shrink before the 8th of June. > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
