Hot melt glue sticks?

mike · 2015-03-05T02:31:42+00:00

Back in the day, I had some hot-melt glue sticks that were low viscosity when hot but rather hard when cold. Similar to the stuff they use to tame vibration in big caps on circuit boards. Worked in a standard "craft" glue gun. Regular craft glue sticks are too soft for my application. There are a zillion kinds of glue sticks available, but the data doesn't give me any clues as to how hard they are. Recommendation for cheap glue sticks that can work in a standard craft glue gun and are somewhat harder than the typical craft sticks?

Mar 05, 2015 22 Replies

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Cydrome Leader 11 years ago

I had the same issue just cutting acrylic plastic. It gives off a superglue type smell. The solvents are even worse.

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Michael Black 11 years ago

In that case, isn't it because the heat from the saw tends to melt the plastic (or at least the debris from the cutting of the plastic, and then it fuses back together when cooled off.

I know there are tricks to cutting plastic like that, even if I can't remember them.

Michael

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Mike 11 years ago

Doing it under water, perhaps?

Mike.

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