question about arts and crafts heat guns?
how much hotter than a normal hair dryer do they get?
i make hair clips that involve melting the edges of tulle and organza to get the edges to curl up like flower petals but currantly im melting them over a candle which is NOT the most even source of heat distribution, and i usually end up mucking up at least two out of every ten petals i try to make.
so im considering investing in a heat gun but if i can get the same effect with a hair dryer?
or does anyone know a better way to get even heat distribution so i dont scorch one side of my tulle and the rest ends up flat?
was just curious, as the tulle melts VERY easily so i didnt know for sure if there was some alternate technique i didnt know about
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Get the craft heat gun for embossing and save yourself a lot of aggravation.
A home hair dryer is not even as hot as the ones use in a hair salon, let alone as hot as a heat gun.
If you could substitute with a hair dryer, you would have seen it by now on the many DIY sites.
Here is the definition of a craft heat gun from About.com:
A tool that directs heat to a precise area without producing air (such as that from a hair blow dryer).
It is used for melting the powder while heat embossing.
Make sure a heat gun is okay for crafting before you purchase it.
Also Known As: Embossing Gun
First, here are two types of heat gun, not including hair dryers… the lower-temp “embossing” guns from the craft store, and the higher-temp heat guns from the hardware store. All of them would be hotter the closer they were to the surface/item being heated though.
I don’t know if the heat guns would heat only the edge of the areas though unless you masked off the other areas. Putting near a flame would be better, but you could perhaps also try using a hot tool (or heated metal tool even like a nail) of some kind and just touch that to (or very near) the edge of the fabric pieces which shouldn’t affect the areas farther away? There area various metal tools that heat up (including irons to cooking items/pans and many more) but you’d have to see if there was a residue left on the heating item (if so, just putting a piece of aluminum foil between could help with that?).