I forgot why I hated them. I haven't been using one because I've mostly been doing historical projects, so using accurate (or mostly) tools, but while I could have used a winding of thread to anchor the charms on the paper clip, (firstly) I needed them ready by 12 hours after I bought the supplies and (secondly) why waste the longer time with thread when I was attaching the charms to paper clips?
Hot glue guns don't have an 'off'. The heated glue drips continuously from the tip of the gun. I probably wasted an entire stick of the glue just letting it drip between stages of the project. Ugh. Not to mention that there were a lot of 'cobwebs' stretching between the tokens to each other as I moved the gun to the next project, and 'cobwebs' from where the gun dripped onto a waste paper I'd put under its tip to the first of each charm as I worked. I hates them, precious, hates them.
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Date: 2018-03-05 02:40 am (UTC)Hot glue guns don't have an 'off'. The heated glue drips continuously from the tip of the gun. I probably wasted an entire stick of the glue just letting it drip between stages of the project. Ugh. Not to mention that there were a lot of 'cobwebs' stretching between the tokens to each other as I moved the gun to the next project, and 'cobwebs' from where the gun dripped onto a waste paper I'd put under its tip to the first of each charm as I worked. I hates them, precious, hates them.