Heat Gun Vs Hair Dryer Eva Foam
The most powerful commercially available hair dryer to the consumer hair dryer with a low fan speed and high heat setting.
Heat gun vs hair dryer eva foam. While hair dryers max out at temperatures around 60 degrees celsius heat guns can reach 600 degrees celsius with ease. A hair dryer wouldn t work to seal eva foam as it requires the much higher temperatures that heat guns are able to achieve. Can i warp eva foam with a hair dryer. Eva foam heat shaping basics.
The hair dryer is designed to give off the air to help accelerate the evaporation of water from the hair. We ll show you how foam can be shaped and. A heat gun has a surface stand to place it in an upright direction so that it does not tip over. Depending on how hot your hair dryer gets it should work but only for craft foam before i had a heat gun i just worked over a stove burner.
Can a normal or strong hair dryer do the work or do i have to shell out for a heat gun if i want any result. Personally i d say get a heat gun because anything thicker than craft foam a hair drier won t work but for those fun foam sheets yep a hair drier will be fine. We re gonna take a basic look at how you can use different techniques to shape your eva foam by using a heat gun. You still have to be careful but you should find that it s a gentle heat as it warms up that s applied to the foam and that it s warm not hot to the touch.
A normal hair dryer has a temperature level of 100 degrees to 205 degrees. Alternative to a heat gun. To use a heat gun to seal eva foam simply let it heat for a few seconds. I want to make an armor cosplay with 6mm eva foam but i dont think i want to buy a heat gun just yet.
While a heat gun has a temperature level of 100 degrees to 1000 degrees. Heat guns are electronic devices that are used to emit hot air. With some heat gun reaching up to 1400 degrees. It might work.
Heat guns can emit heat between 100 c and 550 c 200 1000 f with some commercial models going up to 760 c 1400 f.