Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 09:54:15 +0200
From: Gerald Maroske <gumaroske@email.uni-kiel.de>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] HEAT GUNS
Philip Jacobs wrote:
> > 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.
>
Hi,
my Steinel heatgun has also a thermostat and I used it to shrink PVC-coated
polyesterfabric and it worked fine.
Gerald