Re: [baidarka] HEAT GUNS

Philip Jacobs (jaco0253@gold.tc.umn.edu)
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:41:16 -0500

From: "Philip Jacobs" <jaco0253@gold.tc.umn.edu>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] HEAT GUNS
Message-Id: <35be1b025b93110@mhub3.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:41:16 -0500

In message <35BD9140.2D71@agora.stm.it> writes:

> Heat guns have no thermostat, as far as I know, and can go far beyond
> melting point.

I have a Steinel brand heat gun (also sold under the Milwaukee brand) with an
electronic thermostat. I haven't tried it in this application, but it would
seem easier to cover fabric areas near the stringers, bow, etc., which are not
flat, than with a clothes iron.

Philip Jacobs
jaco0253@gold.tc.umn.edu
(651) 699-7938