Connect power adapters together: If your appliance requires the use of an adapter to fit the power sockets in your country, use hot glue to join the plug to the adapter, keeping them together, and increasing safety.
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Removal of dried hot glue, if you can't peel it off, can be done with isopropyl rubbing alcohol, or denatured alcohol, or nail polish remover. The alcohol can be applied by dripping it from a stick, or by using a pipette (see image). A messier way is to melt the hot glue with a hot air gun.
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If you don't have a hot glue gun, but you have a hot glue stick, then you can use a lighter to melt the end of the hot glue stick, and then wipe the molten glue onto the surface you want to stick. For this reason it doesn't hurt to keep a hot glue stick in your toolbox.
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When adding a second glue stick to your glue gun, it can sometimes fall out. You can solve this by melting one end of the second glue stick slightly, by applying it to the hot end of the glue gun, and then inserting the second stick, and sticking it to the end of the glue stick that is already in the glue gun.
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Connect cables to walls using hot glue. The cables will be removable, and won't damage your walls.
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For neatness when finishing a glob of glue, keep the glue gun close to the object being glued, ease off the trigger, and then move the tip sideways to make a nice cap on the glob of glue.
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Hot glue melts in hot temperatures, so keep this in mind if the job you are gluing will be placed somewhere hot, like in a sunny window.
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Heavy-duty hot glue guns are easier to use, and hotter, and use larger glue sticks than cheaper and smaller hot glue guns.
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For hard-to-bond surfaces, it can help if you clean the surfaces very thoroughly with alcohol before adhering, and rough-up any very smooth surfaces with sand paper.
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To speed up cooling of the glue, you can wet the glue with a wet Q-tip or cotton-bud, or give it a quick spray from a can of freeze spray. (Warning: freeze spray can be dangerous)
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Fix shoes with hot glue along the seams, if they are falling apart.
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Fill small holes in walls, before painting the walls.
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Rebind books that are falling apart, with hot glue.
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Avoid desk clutter by sticking things underneath your desk, such as usb hubs or sd card readers.
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Fix electrical wiring: If the insulating casing of a wire is coming off, exposing the internal wires, use hot glue to seal it up.
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Packaging can be reinforced or sealed using hot glue.
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Create a slip-free clothes hanger by putting a few drops on each side of the top of a clothes hanger. The dried drops of glue will stop the item of clothing from slipping off.
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Reinforce and add strain-relief to wires at vulnerable points.
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When gluing two pieces of wood together with regular wood glue, you can use use a few dabs of hot glue to hold the two pieces together till the wood glue dries, if you don't have a clamp ready to hand.
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You can often break hot glue bonds, without damaging the work piece, by quickly freezing the glue bonds with a spray from a can of freeze spray, and then snapping the bond. (Warning: freeze spray can be dangerous)
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Prevent stringy bits of glue when you move the gun away from the work piece by applying a bit of vaseline ( link ) around the tip of the glue gun before you turn the glue gun on.
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Don't lay your glue gun on its side when it is hot as molten glue may leak around inside your glue gun, which may damage it. If your glue gun doesn't have a stand, you can create one with a metal binder clip.
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Don't pull a glue stick out of a glue gun once the stick has engaged with the mechanism in the hot end of the glue gun, as this can damage the glue gun.
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Join electrical wires by first stripping the insulation off the ends of two wires, and twisting the wires together. Then seal them together with hot glue. This will also insulate the wires. Warning: if the wires are likely to get hot then hot glue should not be used, as the glue will melt.
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Buying a hot glue gun: The higher the wattage, the faster the glue gun will heat up. If you have a lot of uses for a hot glue gun, then you should use a heavy-duty, industrial-type hot glue gun, which takes the larger size glue sticks (11mm diameter).
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Waterproof your mini flash drive by opening it up and filling it with hot glue, on both sides of the the circuit board. Cover all the internal wires and then replace the cover. Backup the contents of the drive first in case anything goes wrong.
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