Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 07:47:07 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Glue sticks and controversy


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At 10:58 PM 5/30/2006, you wrote:

>I am conducting a test in my car with multi-temp glue sticks from three
>different manufacturers.   I used my super cheap mini low temp  glue gun to
>construct cylinders of foam and will leave them
>in my trunk for a  month and report
>back.  It will be 110 by Saturday and then who knows how  hot it will get by
>the end of June, what with global warming and all.
>
>In the meantime, I am working on a highly entertaining, amusing,  thoughtful,
>and controversial Slam piece about the frustration of  participating in the
>voting process in my beautiful home town.
>
>All about puppets,
>
>Nancy Smith
>Great Arizona Puppet Theater


Nancy, In our tests I've found that even 3M high
temp sticks rated for 300 degrees....soften at
120.    Softening can be terrible if you have
something glued while stretched under tension.

Another finding, it may not show any damage if
you remove it when the product or test in your
case has cooled down (assuming there was no
tension, just flat surfaces glued together). Over
a month it will heat up and cool down many
times.    If you test it when it's cool, its
strong....However, when it is hot and in it's
softened state and you then try to bend or
manipulate it, it could fall apart in your hands.

Anxiously hunting for a high temp stick that won't soften under 200 degrees.
Ax

Steve Axtell
Axtell Expressions, Inc.
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