Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:51:59 -0600
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Best glue gun in the world?


While thermoplastic adhesives share some of the same components as 
Napalm, Napalm was not used to make them.  It was, however recycled.  
Check out
http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Napalm-Recycled.htm
Out of the jungle and into industrial furnaces.  But at least they did 
recycle.

As to hot glue guns, I've yet to find one that would last more than a 
year before giving out.  Seems like I have to replace mine annually, no 
matter how much, or how little I spend on it.  Being the thrifty sort, I 
tried to get the first couple fixed.  Leave it to American society 
today.  It was cheaper to purchase a new gun than to get the components 
needed and pay for the labor to repair the old one.  But I also cut off 
the cords and use them for a variety of purposes.  I may not be able to 
recycle all of it, but I do what I can to re-use all I can of the non 
working gun.

Peter

/"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death! LIVE 
LIVE LIVE!"/
/-Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame
/
> An old prop shop boss, who's appetite for obscure information earned 
> him the nickname of "Dr. Science" on our crew, came up with a 
> delightful swords-to-plowshares story that goes like this: after napalm 
> got some bad press in Vietnam it just wasn't considered very cool to 
> have around any more. Rather than wasting the stockpiles, a new way of 
> using the stuff was cooked up, so to speak. Hence thermoplastic 
> adhesives.
>
> Anybody got a clue?
>
>   

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