Heat Gun Vs Hair Dryer Shrink Wrap
Using a heat gun to apply shrink bands duration.
Heat gun vs hair dryer shrink wrap. Note that the blow dryers may not always shrink the tubing as the plastic must get very hot to actually shrink. Electrical tools that blow hot air are a safe and effective way to provide indirect heat to any tubing. We got a cheap heat gun on amazon for about 25 and it worked great. Be sure to read thoroughly before attempting to heat your tubes.
Gunskins camo wraps are made from a high performance heat activated vinyl. The maximum temperature of a hair dryer is 140 c whereas a heat gun s maximum temperature is around 700 c. The heat gun is in the shape of a gun as the name suggests. Heat makes installation a breeze.
This is not the same as a heat shrink wrap. The hair dryer is designed to give off the air to help accelerate the evaporation of water from the hair. 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. It took approximately 2 5 minutes to reduce the section of heat shrink on the right side of the picture from the size of the heat shrink on the left side of the picture the heat shrink was held very close to the output of the hair dryer.
In a picture 1 kiloword. This difference in heat is the difference between a professional looking shrink wrap and a huge saving in time. Such tools include heat guns such as the ones used for stripping paint or even household blow dryers that are used on your hair. As for the hair dryer no hair dryers do not help in the slightest as there is not nearly enough heat being blown to make a.