At my wits end

[firnheledien]

ARGH, nothing seems to be going right lately.

I've been working on my cardboard guitar for almost 2 weeks now. And I've finally reached the critical stage: using hot glue to create the rounded edge of the guitar. Now, the tutorial I'm following suggests smoothing the glue down as much as possible, then using friction (by rubbing a piece of card over

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[lance_chee]

Firstly, I'm not a subject matter expert in these kind of craft projects ...

Ok, that aside ... your idea of ironing seems to be quite good - but with a layer of something in between, not direct iron-to-glue.

Suggest you do a test using a similar test piece.

If you're not too brave, perhaps softening the hot glue using a hair dryer before smoothing them out? Might help to keep the hair dryer blowing constantly while u do that ...

Good luck.

[firnheledien]

I tried ironing with a cloth in between but the cloth just kept getting stuck. So I used an iron with a teflon backing to iron directly on low heat. It's a lot more effective for smoothing out the glue.

[phreakyfish]

I can't wait to see the finished work! 8DDDD

I can't believe you're building an actual guitar. *__* The most amazing prop guitar I've ever seen was this one by the way, just in case you want to take any pointers, hehe~ I'm sure yours will turn out just as impressively!

Your idea to iron the glue is awesome. XD I'll keep that in mind if I ever think of working with hot glue!

Ganbatte~ ^^v

[firnheledien]

Ahaha, I'll be lucky if this turns out half as good as hers. T_T I shouldn't have listened to the tutorial to put such a big seam there. Sigh... And I bet my paint job will be pretty shoddy too...

Yes, just put it on the setting for wool and try to use a non-stick iron. And the only thing I've learned is try to keep the glue usage to a minimum.

[firnheledien]

Haha, I sprayed the body but I haven't attached the strap/neck yet. But I'm hoping tons of gloss will smooth out my ugly hotglue lumps.