Shinoda Design Center » pan melt glue http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net The Decorator's Super Warehouse Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:03:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Tip of the Day: Floral Designer Glue of Choice http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/2011/10/27/tip-of-the-day-floral-designer-glue-of-choice/ http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/2011/10/27/tip-of-the-day-floral-designer-glue-of-choice/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:32:07 +0000 James http://www.shinodadesigncenter.net/?p=2275 Continue reading →]]>

 
Have you been to one of our floral design shows? If you have, you might have noticed the designers using what looks like a frying pan. When they insert a stem into styrofoam or want to glue something into place in an arrangement, they dip the item or stem into the pan and place it into the arrangement. What are they doing?

To start, the pan is no ordinary pan. It is an electrically powered pan that heats a product called pan glue. After the pan has heated up and melted the glue, it stays in a liquid state until the pan is turned off. If you will be using a lot of glue, it offers the advantage of being able to use both hands unlike a glue gun. Also with a glue gun, you have to pull the trigger to get usable glue. If you need precise placement of a small amount of glue to an item that cannot be dipped into the pan, you will still need to have a glue gun to do that. The glue pan can be pretty versatile but cannot replace all the functions of a good glue gun. So, do not throw away your glue gun if you get a glue pan.

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Have you ever seen a Halloween display and wondered how the cobweb effect was created? I am not talking about the cotton or thread factory created kinds. The kind that wrap figurines and have a much more random weave.

Here is what you need: two blocks of styrofoam, a hot glue pan, and the hot glue pan chips to place in the pan. Turn on the glue pan letting the glue heat and turn to liquid. Dip one block of styrofoam into it. Next, take the block of styrofoam and with the glue side facing down, push it against the other block of styrofoam. Pull them apart, and voila! You should have a web that has been created between the two blocks of styrofoam. Quickly rub the ends of the web onto whatever you would like it to be on.

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