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Why you should never buy a $50 heat gun for floor work
Skimped on a cheap heat gun for vinyl plank installation. It melted my planks after 2 minutes of use. Cost me $200 in ruined flooring and had to rent a proper one for $35 a day. Anyone else get burned by cheap tools on a big project?
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jana_ellis9514d ago
Oh man, that same thing happened to me with a no-name heat gun from Amazon. It got way too hot way too fast and melted a whole corner of my vinyl planks before I even realized what was happening. Had to scrap a full box of flooring and the adhesive was a nightmare to scrape off the subfloor. Definitely learned that lesson the hard way, cheap tools just ain't worth the headache on something like flooring.
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terryallen15d ago
Jump on the cheap tool train and watch your whole project go sideways. I tried a $40 heat gun once thinking it'd save me a few bucks, and it took forever to warm up then shot a blast of hot air that bubbled my vinyl in about 10 seconds. Had to rip up three rows and start over because the adhesive got all gummy and wouldn't stick right. Ended up buying a DeWalt for $90 after that, and it's paid for itself in time alone. Your story about the melted planks hit close to home, pretty sure we've all got a "cheap tool horror story" tucked away somewhere.
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