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Sune Kapp Posted on Feb 14, 2019
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My gluestick started to melt in my glue gun and now if i press the trigger nothing comes out. My glue gun heats up but i cant get anywhere with this? Waht can I do?

  • dennieLodon
    dennieLodon May 09, 2022

    Boiling water can soften the glue here. Try just hot water first, working it into the glue and washing it away...

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If your glue melted inside then there is something wrong with your glue gun. You could try putting in another glue stick and see if it will push through. If you live in North America, you can get cheap glue guns at any Dollar store. But if you are talking about a big glue gun for building materials then go back to where you bought it and get help there.

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In my opinion, get a new glue gun. if the gluestick is melting the gun, I think a few bucks would be worth the fix.

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i actually did this to one of my workshop guns i found the best way to fix it was to heat the gun up using a hair dryer and then pushing the old glue back up the tube and out and now when im not using the guns i take the glue stick completely out


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