Heat Guns

Buying a Heat Gun to Remove Paint

If you’re going to use a heat gun to remove paint, you need to know you’ve got enough power for the job at hand. With so many great heat guns available — made by the world’s biggest electric power tool brands — making the right decision can be difficult. This buyer’s guide should make your decision a great deal easier.

Operating Heat Guns

The best heat guns in the UK require minimal effort to remove even the thickest coats of paint. Yet the basic design of heat gun paint removers is straightforward. Consisting of a heating element, a compact motor and a fan, this very handy tool sucks in air and passes it across the super-heated element. A concentrated stream of hot air is then directed to specific areas.

A high-quality heat gun paint remover has other uses, however:

• Shrink-wrapping
• Applying car wraps
• Getting rid of stubborn adhesives
• Unfreezing water pipes
• Drying wood
• Various heat shrinking jobs

Buy a Heat Gun for Paint Removal with a Selection of Handy Features

If you’re buying a mini heat gun to perform a range of tasks, you should check that it can deliver the heat you need. As a simple rule of thumb, your paint heat gun should be capable of generating temperatures of up to 470C. Yes, you might find a cheap heat gun, but is it capable of delivering high temperatures quickly and reliably?

You should be able to find a great product at a good price — just make sure it provides you with the following features:

• The ability to reach its operating temperature in less than 10 seconds
• Overload protection
• LED lighting to illuminate work areas
• Individual battery cell monitoring — for optimising runtime

When you buy a heat gun paint stripper from UK Planet Tools, you’re guaranteed reliability and performance. That’s because many of our products are manufactured by respected brands such as Milwaukee and DeWalt. But to give you everything you need to strip paint and carry out all the tasks listed above, consider buying a set. It’s not expensive, and you’ll get accessories such as a carry case, a spare battery and a charging station.

Buying an Electric Heat Gun at UK Planet Tools

Don’t waste your time searching the internet for the ‘nearest tool shop near me’. We’ve got everything you need right here at UK Planet Tools. If you’re in the market for a small heat gun, we’ve got you covered. Not only that, we also provide free, next-day delivery to UK mainland addresses. So whether you’re in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow or Bristol, you could be stripping paint with ease as early as tomorrow!