Heat gun

[Susan]

I need a new heat gun as mine has gone to heat gun heaven. Would you reccommend one or are they much of a muchness. In our local Wilkinsonns they have the C&C one for a tenner or there are loads on ebay.

[Wellington]

I need a new heat gun as mine has gone to heat gun heaven. Would you reccommend one or are they much of a muchness. In our local Wilkinsonns they have the C&C one for a tenner or there are loads on ebay.

I reckon they're much of a muchness TBH. Depends on the style you want - the sort of longer funnel or the less blow-y hairdryer-type one. Sheena swears by her blue creative expressions one (around a tenner?), Jayne N used to swear by the 'pink pig' one (more like £15?). I think the hair-dryer ones may possibly be more pricey, but I'm not sure

[englishminx]

I agree they are much the same, the only thing I do know, is from when I have used the hairdryer ones, they are much quieter,

[budgie]

I used to have one of the long blue ones and it was great. At least I thought so. My budgies were terrified of the noise though, even when someone uses one on the tv, I have to turn the sound down. So I gave that one to my daughter for when she finally gets round to doing some crafting. I bought one of the hair dryer shaped ones. Budgies approve, nice and quiet, but it was £25, and personally, I prefered the other.

[Susan]

Thanks girls think I'll just get a cheaper one.

[angiebabe1]

Do all Wilkinsons now sell C and C stuff? thanks

[Susan]

Not sure if they all do. I would say ours is a medium to large store. It had quite a few things in I bought some decoupage scissors with rubber grip and some glitter glue both a £ each. They had sold out of mirri board, but I think it was 8 sheets for a £.

[Phree]

Not all heat guns are equal, the long "tube" style are noisier for a reason.. they blow harder and this means they blast powder of your embossing before it can melt - particularly if you are doing stuff like triple embossing or working with UTEE. For simply heat embossing a regular stamped image they are adequate and certainly a little cheaper to buy. However if you are are drawn to the idea of owning a heat gun for some of the other things you can do such as working with UTEE etc then IMO it's worth paying a few pounds more for teh the "Hairdryer" style of heat gun.

The "hairdryer style ones are far better - they are without doubt hotter and have a very low blow force - which means that they are able to melt EP on a regular stamped image but are also much better for working with UTEE etc. The low blow force means much less mess from UTEE crystals that have been blasted off the piece you are working on and also you will find the melted UTEE stays softer longer which makes stamping into it much easier. I used to find it was very tricky to keep my piece hot enough all over when I used my old "tube" style heat gun.

[Rentochops]

Here is one http://www.amazon.co.uk/PI-Heat-Budd...5540474&sr=8-4

I may get one of these - not sure this is the best price, Oyster Stamps have it for £14.90 but it is our of stock, seems to be £19.99 elsewhere.

Looks like Ebay is the best bet.

[craftycat]

Mine is a "heat it up" by dovecraft. There is a newer version out now. I haven't tried any other types but am happy with the results I get. Like anything else practice might not make perfect but it does give improvements!