Bhjjr Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I've had to start over because the hot glue I used to secure the stainless steel mesh is starting to peel from tub walls. I read how people had wrote that hot glue wasn't working for them, but I didn't know what they meant until now. I purchased a plastic welder with a small triangle shaped welding piece (like an iron) and some brass mesh and gave it a go just now. Besides the gas emitted from melting plastic I'm happy with my first try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WarrenB Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Never saw a gizmo like that. So it basically melted the plastic around the mesh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhjjr Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, WarrenB said: Never saw a gizmo like that. So it basically melted the plastic around the mesh? Yes sir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenB Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Job's a good 'un. 🙂 That won't start to peel anytime soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhjjr Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 I've had a couple tears/rips in the brass mesh lately. It doesn't stand up near as well as the stainless steel mesh has. Hope this helps someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8733K3R Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 I tried it, works great, thank you for this. I used a wood burning tool with a similar tip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8733K3R Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 This is the future of making bug tubs, hot glue is dead. I'm making a new set of tubs this way with stainless steel mesh. It's faster, looks nicer, last longer, and less expensive cuz I'm not buying hot glue sticks. This is so good I had to give this a bump 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhjjr Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Update on this. I haven't had any more tears in the brass. I have moved smaller species into tubs with brass ventilation and kept larger species in tubs with stainless steel mesh ventilation. The stainless is much more difficult to melt into the tub than the brass mesh. I never got around to melting all the stainless mesh into the tubs and in those instances the original hot glue has held up pretty well over time. If the hot glue does start to peel off, it is very easy to add more. But stripping the hot glue off and then welding the screen back on is very time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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