My dollar store glue gun project took 4 hours longer than I planned

I tried making a fake stone planter out of foam board and hot glue from the dollar store, thinking it would take like 2 hours. Ended up fighting with glue strings and melted foam for 6 hours before it looked halfway decent. Has anyone else found a trick to keep dollar store hot glue from getting too runny?

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simon_wood7225d ago

Grabbed a cheap glue gun from like a gas station once and it just sputtered plastic everywhere, total waste of time. What @felix_coleman87 said about lower temps makes sense, I tried that with a different dollar store brand and it still clumped up. Maybe just switching to a name brand gun is the way to go, the whole experience was pretty frustrating.

felix_coleman8725d ago

My buddy tried the same thing and said he kept cranking the glue gun temp down low, almost to where it barely melts. He told me it helped a little but the glue still got everywhere. He finally just gave up and bought a cheap name brand gun from a craft store.