Heat Gun Or Hair Dryer?

[pjsmithe]

Waiting on some sacs. I have several pens that I've been waiting to re-sac, simply because I just haven't had a good place to do repair work. I've done a few re-sacs in the past, but only on pens that didn't need heat to remove the section.

 

So I need to grap a heat source. All of the major stores are very convenient (department, hardware, craft).

 

So what are your suggestions? Even particular makes/models and store names appreciated. I have about a dozen to re-sac currently, and will likely do 2 or 3 a month thereafter.

 

Thanks

PJ

[PAKMAN]

I use a hair drier. Much less chance of melting, burning or otherwise damaging pens. I even keep my fingers fairly near where I am heating so the drier doesn't get things too hot!

[lcoldfield]

I agree completely. Hair dryers are cheap and I have three with different shaped nozzles. All produce adequate heat. It is not easy to overheat, but I keep my fingers near to the area being heated to make sure. You can do a lot of damage with a heat gun as it is far too easy to overheat.

Laurence

[Paul Raposo]

Also in agreement--a hairdryer is great. I keep the setting on low, and touch whatever I'm heating to my lips to get an idea of how warm it's getting. Just remember to move either your pen, or the heat source around to get the pen evenly warmed.

[pjsmithe]

Hairdryer it is! And cheaper too. Thanks.

[pajaro]

+1 on the HAIR DRYER!!

 

I bought one of those heat guns and proceeded to melt the hood on a Parker 51 so that it looks shrink wrapped to the collector--outline of the fins showing through the plastic hood. I think the heat must be too tightly directed and hotter from a heat gun than from a hair dryer.

 

This morphed Parker 51 is kind of amusing now. Somehow I suspect it is not one of a kind, though.

 

 

[kirchh]

Waiting on some sacs. I have several pens that I've been waiting to re-sac, simply because I just haven't had a good place to do repair work. I've done a few re-sacs in the past, but only on pens that didn't need heat to remove the section.

 

So I need to grap a heat source. All of the major stores are very convenient (department, hardware, craft).

 

So what are your suggestions? Even particular makes/models and store names appreciated. I have about a dozen to re-sac currently, and will likely do 2 or 3 a month thereafter.

 

Thanks

PJ

Take a look here for some additional opinions.

 

--Daniel

[PDW]

Two-setting embossing heat gun, always using the low setting. Small nozzle means well-directed heat.

 

If things seem like they're getting too hot, move the pen further away from the nozzle!

[Michael A]

I use an electronic oven thermometer(the type where you put a long needle into a steak) to measure the heat of the warm air. I do konw if it gives an exact reading but so far I have not destroyed any pens.

[rhosygell]

Hairdryer. Gives more than ample heat - cheap to buy and the nozzles can be altered to suit with a bit of tubing or somesuch.

Edited January 26, 2012 by rhosygell

[northlodge]

The WES approved pen repair workshops recommend a heat gun.

 

 

 

 

Personally I found it cheaper to borrow HWMBO's spare hairdryer. Never had a problem through using it yet...( wish I could say the same about everything else - my first repair effort was a CS28 herringbone left overnight in a bowl of water to rinse :embarrassed_smile: )

 

 

[Flounder]

I use a hairdryer too. I gauge what's too hot by keeping my fingers in the air stream, in the same way as the other posters. Warms your hands up a treat too!