Just picked up a Polygun something or other hot glue gun made by 3M. The internet raves about these things and I was pleasantly surprised to see this yard sale for 4 bucks, these go for 120+ bucks new! Does anyone have any experience with these things, are they as good as they claim?
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I've no experience with that particular gun, but can safely say that if you manage to get hot glue on you, be aware that it is VERY hot, will stay that way for an unpleasantly long time on your skin, and will burn the hell out of you. Probably worse than solder, because solder can at least be flicked off and will go away and stop burning you. Molten glue is, well,
glue, and can NOT be easily flicked off. It sticks to you like its name implies, and takes its damned sweet time cooling off while you hop around waving whatever appendage you've gotten it on in an effort to make it go away (it won't) while yowling in pain.
Trust me on this. I was gluing reinforcements into shipping boxes once many years ago, and managed to get a blob of glue where it wasn't supposed to be. In an unbelievably moronic moment of dopeassity, without thinking I reached into the box and WIPED IT AWAY!
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The result was an unpleasant experience (though it would doubtless have been hysterical to anyone who happened to be there to see it; fortunately as a mild salve to my ego in my case I was alone) that taught me a good bit of respect for the hot melt glue gun and that which spews forth from it.
All that being said, they are very useful devices as long as you don't glue yourself.
-Pat