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Help on hot glueing hair clips

Namratha Jeyachandran avatar
Namratha Jeyachandran 10:58 pm Jan 6, 2013 EST
Hey guys,how u all..

I neeed so help with using of hot glue for sticking my quilled to the SNAP(tic tic clips as they call it here in india) hair clips...
I m got the glue gun and melted it up nd stuck them..waited for about * hrs and thn tried it on..
But it got peeled of easily..
The prob is i cant invest on anyother glues because i dnt ve much money..so pls help me with other ideas or methods of using the hot glue..
should i allow it to get heated more..or should i allow more curing time?
Or as i noticed in few archives how exactly can i use felt/thread..and if felt do u guys meen felt paper?or fabric??? pls aadvice ASAP..Customer waiting...

Thank you so much in advance!! :) have a nice day!

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Tinsel from TheTinseledWhisker 11:07 pm Jan 6, 2013 EST
Sorry, but the gal I know (off Etsy) who makes hair clips does not use a hot glue gun because it becomes brittle and won't stick.

She uses E6000. I'm sure there are other glue options.

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CrochetKnit30 from CrochetKnit30 11:19 pm Jan 6, 2013 EST edited
On those type of hair clips it does peel off easily. The glue does have to be very hot. Maybe 20 minutes plugged in. I suggest you try to wrap the tic tic clip with ribbon or fabric and then hot glue the quill to the fabric and it should stay. Good luck!

PS.. Even if you wrap them in Felt it would work too!
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Debra from NorthToAlaskaDesigns 11:25 pm Jan 6, 2013 EST
E6000 and rough up the clip where the glue will sit, maybe with something simple like an emery board
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Bright Spot Designs from BrightSpotDesigns 12:35 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
How about a couple of dots of "crazy glue"?
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Karen R Quinn from PowerOfOneDesigns 1:27 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
I would rough up the clip and apply crazy glue. It's very inexpensive, and should hold much better than hot glue.
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crochetgal from crochetgal 1:45 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
Hot glue really isn't the best glue for the application at all. I'd be working with either E6000 or another glue more suited to the application.
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neilmc william 1:47 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
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Runz from RunzwithScissors 2:32 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
Wrinkle cream!!! who knew??!!
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Joanna from gothicreations 2:54 am Jan 7, 2013 EST
wrinkle cream should cause fewer burns, I'd imagine, and be less messy. I always make a mess of hot glue.

Sadly, I don't really have any glue advice. E6000 is good and I've used two part epoxy but not sure if they'd be suitable for your project.

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