Fix the floor decor
Carpets still remain relevant in the interior, especially if it is decorated in an oriental, classic or South African style. But sometimes such floor coverings cause some inconvenience, sliding along the surface of the base. To deal with this problem, you will need a glue gun. Apply a few drops in different places to the inside of the coating and fix the position of the mat. His movement won't bother you anymore.
Decorate your crafts with your own hands
Today it is very fashionable to create various crafts for the home with your own hands. In addition, there are plenty of ideas for decorating such decorations; a variety of materials can be used. To give your creations a unique design, do it carefully, you can use a glue gun. Its use will be especially beneficial if you need to glue a lot of different-sized small parts, such as beads.
There are different glue gun refills on sale. The most popular rod diameters are from 7 to 11 mm, but you can buy blanks in other options, focusing on your goals. They also differ in color, so drops of hot-melt adhesive are perfectly camouflaged under the color of the main decor.
Candlesticks
The best way to start working with hot glue is with simple tasks, such as decorating a candle holder. You can create an imitation of wax drips on its surface or create a unique pattern. For this purpose, it is better to use colored glue or sprinkle it with colored glitter or glue beads on it.
For decoration, you need to choose wide, thick-walled candlesticks. This choice is due to the fact that the effect of the burning temperature of a candle can have a bad effect on the glue - the design may simply blur.
Before applying hot glue, it is necessary to thoroughly degrease the surface of the candlestick for better adhesion.
You can get beautiful ideas for crafts made from hot glue from the Internet or create your own original pattern.
Make decorations for crafts using hot glue
From the glue itself you can create beads of different shades. For this:
- Prepare a suitable surface - it should not be sticky. For example, parchment paper will do.
- Take your time and gently drip onto the surface.
- Wait for the homemade beads to dry.
- Paint them the colors you want using nail polish or acrylic-based paints.
What else can you do using a glue gun:
- Apply hot melt adhesive in various shapes, stripes, drops directly to the surface of various decorative items in your home, giving them a unique texture and relief.
- After complete drying, cover the surface with paint and then varnish.
This idea can be adopted when decorating absolutely any objects - painting canvases to accent individual details, decorative eggs, wooden crafts, flowerpots, bottles.
What is hot glue?
Hot glue has another name - thermoplastic glue. The material itself consists of polymers that, when heated, acquire adhesive properties. Typically, hot glue is used to seal joints and glue products together.
Hot melt adhesive is available at most hardware stores. It is produced in the form of solid glue sticks, which differ in color, size and composition.
There is also glue in different colors. To effectively and accurately melt and dispense glue, there are special glue guns into which rods are inserted.
Decorate your walls for New Year or birthday
On the eve of any holiday, you want to create a special atmosphere at home. A variety of decorations are used for this, but garlands remain the simplest and most popular option. They can be made from different materials - felt, paper, or you can buy ready-made ones. And in order not to think about how to hang the garland so that it lasts as long as you want on the wall, use a glue gun.
Prepare for emergency situations
There are many different situations when you urgently need to glue some small parts to repair shoes and clothes. To avoid having to take out a glue gun from the pantry and insert sticks into it, here’s what you can do:
- Buy a box of matches.
- Apply one or two drops of hot melt glue to the tips near the wax heads.
- Wait until it hardens and put it back in the box for storage in a convenient and easily accessible place in your home.
- If necessary, take out matches, light them and seal the necessary holes or glue buttons and rhinestones on clothes with melted glue.
Decorative heart made of shells and hot glue
For this craft from shells and glue you should prepare:
- cardboard;
- shells of different sizes;
- burlap;
- tow;
- leg-split;
- glue gun;
- scissors.
The sequence of creating crafts from hot glue and shells:
- A heart is made from cardboard.
- In the upper part of the template, 2 holes are pierced, through which the craft will then be hung.
- Where the front part will be, sisal or tow is glued.
- After this, the same heart is cut out of burlap, only slightly larger, and glued to the back of the cardboard heart.
- A small piece of twine is threaded through the mounting holes and the top is tied with a knot.
- Shells are completely glued onto the front side with sisal.
- You can glue a starfish to the central part and fill the voids with small shells.
- Edge the edges of the heart with twine.
The wall decoration is ready.
Make your shoes non-slippery
Often even expensive shoes slip, and not only winter sandals, but also summer sandals. You can take such shoes to a workshop to have rubber prophylaxis glued to the sole, but this is not possible for every model. Here's what you can do at home using a glue gun: apply a few drops of hot-melt glue to the sole at a distance from each other. As you wear it, renew the anti-slip spikes. You will no longer have problems with slipping!
You can do the same thing if children at home wear socks rather than slippers - and their feet sometimes slip. Apply a few drops of hot melt glue to the soles of your socks so you don't have to constantly buy more expensive socks with pre-made anti-slip elements.
Anti-slip shoes without pads at home - life hack
You bought your daughter or son beautiful shoes, but they slip. The unscrupulous shoe manufacturer did not worry about the main thing - their safety. The sole turned out to be so slippery that you have to constantly catch the baby as he walks and worry that the child does not get injured. This story is familiar to many mothers. What to do if your child constantly slips in new shoes?
We recommend the fastest and simplest solution to this problem. No preliminary preparation is needed, you will need hot glue. Description of work: take slippery shoes and apply glue to the sole in the form of several transverse lines. If you want to interest your baby, use a pistol to draw an inscription or a funny picture. Additionally, you can glue rhinestones to the edges of the soles. We guarantee that in this case the boots will become the child’s favorite shoes. Wait for the glue to dry. Shoes with anti-slip coating made from hot-melt adhesive are ready.
Create your own jewelry
Today, jewelry made by hand from scrap materials is in fashion. Everything that the needlewoman’s imagination is capable of is used. One original idea is to use a glue gun:
- Buy glue gun refills in different gauges and colors.
- Melt hot glue, forming drops into various shapes.
- Without waiting for complete drying, make holes in them.
- Paint them with acrylic paints in the colors you like if you used colorless glue gun sticks.
- String on fishing line, wire or special thread to create bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings and other jewelry.
How to make a bracelet
You need to prepare the following items for work:
- metal drink can;
- glue gun;
- various decorations that can be used to decorate a bracelet.
Sequence of work:
- Glue is applied to the jar in horizontal stripes (the width of the bracelet will depend on the number of stripes).
- After drying, the glue is removed from the jar, and the base for the bracelet is ready.
- The bracelet is decorated: it is painted, rhinestones and other decorations are glued on it.
Interesting design of postal messages
For many centuries, a wax seal was a sign that the delivered correspondence was genuine. At different times, various materials were invented to seal postal envelopes containing letters with valuable information. And they always put a personal seal imprint with a complex unique design if correspondence was carried out between representatives of the upper classes, rulers of different states.
What prevents you from designing your correspondence or gift not in a modern boring standard, but in a more interesting way? Absolutely nothing! Especially if you have a glue gun on hand.
Making this kind of envelope design is quite simple - melt the hot glue and apply it in the place where the envelope closes.
A glue gun is a universal construction tool that will definitely come in handy in any home. Therefore, if you don’t have one yet, it’s time to think about rectifying this situation. In Blagoveshchensk, the most profitable place to buy a good quality glue gun is in the online store “Na, Stroy!” To make sure of this, view the online catalog with the assortment right now!
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PVA bun: a simple glue craft
To create a kolobok shape, you can use a balloon as a round base, onto which a layer of glue and paper is successively applied. To simplify the manufacturing process, we recommend cutting the paper into small pieces.
First, a layer of PVA is generously applied to the ball, onto which pieces of paper are applied. The paper is securely glued, after which it is covered with a new layer of paper on top. Before applying a new layer, wait until the previous layer is completely dry. For the strength of the product, at least 10-13 layers are needed, and only after that the final layer of white paper is applied, which can be painted.
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