Last Tuesday my glue pot exploded all over a nearly finished project

I was about 30 minutes from done with a rebind of a 1960s cookbook I'd been working on for 3 weeks. The PVA was way too hot and I didn't notice until it splattered across the bookcloth and my workbench. Wasted about $40 in materials including the book itself. The worst part was the cleanup took 4 hours because it got into my brush handles and the little cracks in my pressing board. Has anyone else had glue just go rogue on them like that?

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lucaslane15d ago

Man, same thing happened with my hot glue gun during a rush job and it made a mess everywhere.

felix47815d ago

Hot glue guns seem to have a mind of their own sometimes, like they know exactly when you're in a hurry. It's funny how tools and materials can create trouble at the worst moments, almost like life itself has a habit of testing patience right when we need it least. Maybe that's just how things work - the more careful we try to be, the more the universe decides to throw a little chaos our way.