So I decided that this post should be dedicated to one of my favorite crafting tools since I feel like it doesn't get enough credit. And what better way than to post about all the awesome things hot glue can do in addition to creating fabulous crafts.
This is from a great article I found on Yahoo!
1.Loose Furniture Legs-If you have a leg on furniture that you want to secure, this is an excellent way to do it. Pull the leg far enough out to apply hot glue all the way around. Re-insert it fully and let it harden.
Anything you do with hot glue, needs to be performed correctly and quickly. It dries within a minute or two.
Anything you do with hot glue, needs to be performed correctly and quickly. It dries within a minute or two.
2.Assembling Furniture-If you have bought that furniture(such as entertainment centers)in a box, to assemble when you get home, then you know how flimsy it can be. Put your hot glue gun where it will be handy. Make sure you get a few extra glue sticks available. As you assemble the pieces, apply hot glue to the joints of the furniture. You get secure, strong pieces, that don't fall apart when you move them.
3.Bathroom Towel Racks-Have you ever had one of these, just fall out of the holder? Pull it out and apply hot glue to either end. Place back in the holes and let it dry. No more falling out with the towels on them.
4.Repairing Plastic Toys-Most of the plastic toys, aren't meant to withstand the beating they get. However, buying new toys all the time is not very cost efficient. It only takes a few minutes to mold the broken piece back on. Let it dry and you don't have to go shopping. Before you waste alot of time on toys, check to see if they are hard, hard plastic or the softer kind. One is molded,hard. It is almost useless to do these. The softer poured plastic is repairable.
5.Replacing plastic moulding-Anywhere you have a piece of plastic molding, you can use hot glue. It doesn't take much and you have to be neat. A few swipes with the glue gun and you have created a bond. Stick it back on and let it harden.
6.Wall Sinkers- You know those awful wall sinkers that you install to hang things? If you put them in sheetrock, eventually they wiggle into bigger holes. Quick fix is to remove the thing and apply a dollop of hot glue. Stick in back in the wall and the glue provides a more secure, stable hold.
7.Car Door Moulding-The rubber moulding that goes around your car door. Put a small dab around the edge of the rubber and it adheres to the car. Temporary, but functional fix.
8.Shoe repair-If you have a pair of shoes that are coming apart, but need to wait to buy new ones, try using your hot glue gun. It doesn't take much, spread out over the entire loose part of the sole,apply pressure and wait for the glue to cool. Most hot glue is hard within a few minutes.
9.Repair plastic parts on appliances-Hot glue will make most plastics re-adhere to their surfaces.
10.Wooden Picture Frames-Got frames falling apart.Use a small amount of hot glue at each corner. Push back together and hold until cool
11.Virtually any plastic or cloth can be reattached to its host with a hot glue gun.
I also found this article about using hot glue to make sure your clothes don't slip off your hangers:
i have always considered my self pretty good at fixing things but got n some new ideas as to how from this post esp the part about towel racks and tp holders they are forever seeming to be falling down thank you
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