bobgaggle
Well-Known Member
Just had a rep from Power Adhesives come it and pitch a glue gun. This thing was amazing, let it warm up, hook up your air hose and its ready to go. Given that it weighs 2 pounds and the amount of laminating we do, it seems like a good alternative to the 150lb tank of contact adhesive we wheel around the shop. It has an adjustable pattern and can spray from about 4" wide to a standard glue gun bead. Open time depends on the pattern. Really big pattern means thinner coating and it drys faster, but the upside is you only have to spray one face of the laminated joint and you can place immediately, no waiting for adhesive to dry. My boss glued a piece of 1/4" ABS to some steel 1x1, put it in a vice and pounded it with a hammer 5 times before the bond failed. Our seamstress tried a thin spray between foam, batting and fabric, and the batting tore before the glue failed. The only shortfall we found with all the samples is that it doesn't bond to marley very well. We make small marley covered platforms and have had issues with whatever adhesive we use telegraphing through the marley
Anyone ever used one of these? Seems like a a great tool with many applications but I haven't seen one used in a scene shop before. Maybe cost is a factor, I'm not sure what the tool costs but the glue is well priced
Anyone ever used one of these? Seems like a a great tool with many applications but I haven't seen one used in a scene shop before. Maybe cost is a factor, I'm not sure what the tool costs but the glue is well priced