Hot glue gun ...... AWESOME

[BavarianRob]

Got a glue gun at the weekend, thought I'd give it a go for a tenner as I'm fed up with mixing two pack epoxy and waiting a day for it to cure properly (the wife moans about the smell too).

All I can say is WOW! I am now looking for broken things to fix round the house........

I must get out more!....

[discoferret]

Lol same here mate I bought one to hot glue my connectors into my vbar unit and now as soon as one of my kids breaks something I grab the glue gun!

[Paulo uk]

So the glue these things use are as good as 2 part epoxy?


Paul

[muscleflex]

^^ i can't imagine it to be as strong..

[Supa Koopa]

Nope, no where near. They are great for fixing connecters into vbars, receivers etc because you can simply peal the glue back off. Try doing that with 2 part epoxy. lol

They are really useful and a great tool to have, but they have their limitations.

[Gixxer]

So the glue these things use are as good as 2 part epoxy?


Paul

No, the glue they use is crap (in my experience)... don't use it on anything you want to stay stuck.

[BavarianRob]

I've used it to glue the battery holder onto the aluminium skid part of my Microheli landing gear on my mcpx cause the landing skid screw snapped off on the ones with the screw holes in. It's rock solid, no chance of it coming off and was set in less than 10 minutes.

I don't think it will be great for real heavy duty stuff, but I'm really impressed with the speed of it. It has saved me £20 for a new set of MH landing gear in any case so it's paid for itself already!

[p4ddy]

My old Trex 450 canopy & my Airwolf fuelage are 90% hot glue Oh with little pieces of For goodness shakes bottle for strength

[MarkG_R1]

I haven't used mine on my heli's............................................ ..Yet

But a very useful tool to have

[Planehazza]

Waits for the inevitable "So I stuck my finger in fresh hot glue to see how hot it was. It's HOT!"

Don't deny it, we ahve all done it!

[jamiew12]

wouldnt of thought that it would be as strong but if it works might as well.

[Planehazza]

hot glue gun is awesome for fixing foamies and securing leads

[Cagey]

Hot glue on foamies ? Hot damn but it's brillo. Smashed my old MX2 foamie ter bits loads of times and an hour or so with the hot stuff, sorted. I have yet to find a material that it won't stick to reasonably well. Except for the greasy plastic, like milk bottle stuff.

[LaurenceGough]

Waits for the inevitable "So I stuck my finger in fresh hot glue to see how hot it was. It's HOT!"

Don't deny it, we ahve all done it!

Ahh that's not too bad, soldering irons mind you are pretty lethal!!

I use hot glue for any wire retention and epoxy for structural areas. But yeah, hot glue sure is handy for quick repairs.