Spent $8 on a dollar store hot glue gun and it melted after one project

Last night I tried to patch a broken flower pot with a cheap glue gun from Dollar Tree and the plastic casing started warping within 5 minutes, has anyone found a decent dollar store glue option that actually holds up?

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richard_wells591d ago

Man, I once bought a dollar store glue gun and it melted so fast I could barely get the glue stick in before it started dripping out the back. Guess I deserved it for trying to fix a pair of flip flops with something that costs less than a coffee. Now I just stick to borrowing my neighbor's craft stuff and pretending I know what I'm doing.

karenm492d ago

Had my friend Cheryl buy one of those cheap glue guns from Family Dollar for a school project and the trigger literally snapped off after the second squeeze, plastic pieces went everywhere. She said the glue itself was actually fine for sticking foam sheets together but the gun was just too flimsy to handle any real pressure. Ended up borrowing my proper one from the craft closet and finished the whole thing without issues. I think for small stuff those dollar store guns can work but if you're pushing on them hard or using them for more than a few minutes they just give up.