If you’re a parent, you’ve probably met this guy that’s been hanging out at my house lately. His name is Not Me and he is a bit destructive. He breaks, spills, or messes up everything in the house that gets damaged and never stays around to fix it. This week, he’s been really busy and I have a ton of little repairs to make. While it doesn’t work for spackling the wall, I have found that my hot glue gun is a great way to make quite a lot of other quick repairs, like gluing chair rail molding back in place after Not Me decides to yank it out of the wall. They weren’t meant to be permanent repairs, but the glue is holding up surprisingly well, so a few of them may be permanent after all.
A few other things I was able to repair with a glue gun are:
- A loose piece of veneer.
- A chip in the floor.
- Drawer front on a cabinet that kept coming off despite screws and wood glue.
Now, if any of them come loose and need to be repaired again, I’ll have to spring for a bottle of Gorilla Glue. I hate buying it because it is expensive and, almost as soon as I bring it home, it adheres itself to the fingers of the nearest guy and leaves, never to be seen again. Hot glue guns are too girly for them to “borrow” and I have the same gun I had when I was in high school!
Have you ever used a hot glue gun to make a home repair?
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Post from: Blisstree