Heat gun for battery rewrapping

[Beamslider]

I ordered this one instead as it is smaller and not as hot as the others. Only 300 watts instead of 1500 and 200C temp. Should be enough without superheat

https://www.amazon.com/ZeopoCase-Po...id=1511887264&sr=8-16&keywords=embossing+tool

 

[zoiDman]

I ordered this one instead as it is smaller and not as hot as the others. Only 300 watts instead of 1500 and 200C temp. Should be enough without superheat

https://www.amazon.com/ZeopoCase-Po...id=1511887264&sr=8-16&keywords=embossing+tool

Looks Cool.

Let us know how you Like it when it arrives.

 

[1/2 fast]

BTW - If your mod has a little clearance around the Battery, you can get all Creative by Printing Images and then shrinking a Clear Wrap over them.

These are cool! Think you just gave me something to do on the crappy winter days just around the corner. Thanx for posting this.

 

[zoiDman]

These are cool! Think you just gave me something to do on the crappy winter days just around the corner. Thanx for posting this.

Yep... Those are a Great RDP's (Rainy Day Projects).

And you can Include things like Battery Specs, Dates, Rotation Numbers, etc along the back edge in Fine Print. I did one once of a Crossword Puzzle that looked pretty Cool. Kinda No End to the Possibilities.

Just make sure that the Opening in your mod has enough Clearance and you're Good to Go!

 

[stols001]

It is a cool idea and I love those wraps.... I can barely get the external parts of my mods looking fantastic, let alone batteries, I'm just happy when I don't HAVE to rewrap a battery, kinda.

Anna

 

[SteveS45]

Yeah I used my wife’s hair dryer until she couldn’t find it cause it was in my vape room. I gave it back and got a heat gun when I started building lipo mods and using heat shrink for the wires.


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Yeah I never use my hair dryer for my hair and heard for years I am crazy going out with wet hair! So even though I hang it in bathroom it is only used for shrink wrap cello bags and works so well it will be what I try first. I guess the first few will be tests because it seems pretty even on center start or ends.

 

[oplholik]

I just use a bic, but I gotta say, that's looks like quite the ticket. Just might have to get one of those, at least I wouldn't burn my fingers.

 

[Hawise]

I ordered this one instead as it is smaller and not as hot as the others. Only 300 watts instead of 1500 and 200C temp. Should be enough without superheat

https://www.amazon.com/ZeopoCase-Po...id=1511887264&sr=8-16&keywords=embossing+tool

As most wraps are supposed to shrink at around 80 C, you'll have heat to spare.

Did you notice that embossing tools/mini heat guns are sold by 1,001 companies, but if you look at the close-ups they're all identical? Or almost identical. You can get blue and white or red and black, but the design's the same down to the diamonds along the body. I suspect they're all produced by the same company, but the resellers certainly manage to vary their pricing!

 

[SupplyDaddy]

I ended up getting a heat gun from Harbor Freight for like $10 that works like a charm. If you have a store in your area I would say stop in and get one.


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That's what I did, however, I have a Hot Air soldering station and that took it's place!

 

[Beamslider]

I ordered this one instead as it is smaller and not as hot as the others. Only 300 watts instead of 1500 and 200C temp. Should be enough without superheat

https://www.amazon.com/ZeopoCase-Po...id=1511887264&sr=8-16&keywords=embossing+tool

This one works great. Just about right temp for fast with getting hot.

 

[zoiDman]

This one works great. Just about right temp for fast with getting hot.

Cool. (Pun Intended)

And with its size, I bet it is Very Easy to Control.

 

[Beamslider]

Yes easy to control with one hand but also has the drop down wire that lets it sit on a table and you can just spin the battery around in front of it.

 

[zoiDman]

Yes easy to control with one hand but also has the drop down wire that lets it sit on a table and you can just spin the battery around in front of it.

And all that for a Very Reasonable Price.

I'm Big on buying Quality Tools. And for things I use a lot, or where Precision is needed, I don't mind spending Reasonable Money on them.

But for Tools I Don't use all that much, it's Nice to find something that Works Well at a Good Price.

 

[gpjoe]

The wraps are basically heat shrink tubing if you’ve ever used that before. Heres a tutorial

I don't know but, personally, I think a heat gun would be much easier. He makes it look simple, but the reality is that it would be very easy to burn the wrap using a flame versus a heat gun or blow dryer. I have shrunk a LOT of shrink tubing and always found a heat gun to be much simpler than a flame - think "an idiots guide to heat-shrinking".

 

[Spydro]

Yep... Those are a Great RDP's (Rainy Day Projects).

And you can Include things like Battery Specs, Dates, Rotation Numbers, etc along the back edge in Fine Print. I did one once of a Crossword Puzzle that looked pretty Cool. Kinda No End to the Possibilities.

Just make sure that the Opening in your Mod has enough Clearance and you're Good to Go!

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I include batt ID & data in fine print along the edge of the custom printed images and simply turn it to the back side when the batt is in use.

Made it near 4.5 years before I had any vaping batts that actually needed re-wrapping, and those were just the LG HG2's and Samsung 25R's. But I too had to buy a heat gun kit when I stocked up on battery wraps and insulators for them. Overkill, but it's had other uses.

 

[DaveP]

I ordered this one instead as it is smaller and not as hot as the others. Only 300 watts instead of 1500 and 200C temp. Should be enough without superheat

https://www.amazon.com/ZeopoCase-Po...id=1511887264&sr=8-16&keywords=embossing+tool

I ordered that one, too. Haven't used it yet, but it's a nice small size with a concentrated heat stream.

I have a bunch of clear and colored wraps. I've only wrapped a few that were nicked, but I'm thinking that a clear wrap with a small Dymo labeler label heat shrinked under the wrap with the purchase date on new batteries would be a good way to keep up with battery age.

Right now I have some older 30Q's and VTC6's that are suspect. I also have new ones and never know which are the old and which are the new ones. I always wonder which I have in my mod when I leave the house for a while. I always carry a zipper case with a battery and a juice bottle in the vehicle, but it would be nice to know I have newer good cells in there, too! Small labels with the date under the overwrap would solve that problem.

 

[Beamslider]

I wrapped some older LG- HG2s with clear labels. I just printed the battery type, date purchased on plain white paper on an ink jet priner, then cut the paper to fit and slid the label under the wrap before shrinking. Worked great without sticky tape and thin.

 

[gpjoe]

I wrapped some older LG- HG2s with clear labels. I just printed the battery type, date purchased on plain white paper on an ink jet priner, then cut the paper to fit and slid the label under the wrap before shrinking. Worked great without sticky tape and thin.

Pretty cool idea. You could even print pattern if you want to add a design and/or some color. Nice.

 

[KenD]

I wrapped some older LG- HG2s with clear labels. I just printed the battery type, date purchased on plain white paper on an ink jet priner, then cut the paper to fit and slid the label under the wrap before shrinking. Worked great without sticky tape and thin.

That's what I do as well.

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[DaveP]

The Amazon gun is a good tool for a great price. I heat shrinked date labels on the new 30Q's I ordered and the gun did a great job. It's plenty hot enough for heat shrinking battery wraps. I got a little close on one and my heat sensitive Brother label started to turn dark on the end under the wrap. It's plenty hot.

I'd buy that heat gun again. It's a good tool at a good price. From now on I'll put a date label on every battery I buy so that I can tell them apart.