Attaching Heads With Hot Glue Custom Tutorial

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Attaching Heads With Hot Glue Custom Tutorial

How to attach a head with hot glue, no cutting or drilling required.

This custom tutorial was contributed by pock63

I'd like to give credit for this method to Loosecollector customs, all I did was put the tutorial together at the request of people on the forums.

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Customize at your own risk!

Customizing can be a fun, but dangerous hobby. These tutorials are contributed by other customizers. Some of the things recommended in the tutorials may be dangerous, such as the use of boiling water or sharp objects. You shouldn't attempt anything mentioned without adult permission and supervision. Figure Realm and/or the authors of the tutorials are not liable for any injuries or damages occurring from any attempt to follow suggestions in these tutorials.

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foldabotZ -

Friday, July 19, 2019

Will wrapping the ball in plastic wrap instead of vasoline work as well? Just to prevent the hot glue from sticking to the ball?

Henchmen4Hire -

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

I think it'll work as long as the hot glue isn't hot enough to melt the plastic wrap, and stick to the peg.

(I just posted a tutorial using foam to do it instead.)

100indecisions -

Friday, March 4, 2016

I just tried this and it didn't work for me--the head ended up solidly glued in place. I'm guessing I just didn't use enough Chapstick, though.

Henchmen4Hire -

Friday, March 18, 2016

I know it can have problems. I found that you have to get the amount of glue just right and get it in just the right places. You want enough that it holds the neck peg securely in the head, but not so much that it freezes into a solid block (turning ball-joints into basic swivels).

webslanger -

Monday, February 1, 2016

I'm new to customizing, tried this for the first time and it worked excellently! Thanks!

The Virgin Prince -

Friday, September 11, 2015

You can do this with Vaseline and Gorilla Glue too, I used it to make removable heads for my head-swapping Green Lantern bodies. Unlike hot glue, Gorilla Glue will bond to the plastic, so you can pull the head off and put it back on, without the glue slipping out of the cavity you put it in, in favor of still tightly gripping the ball joint.