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I recently purchased 80 gauge shrink wrap film. I borrowed my father's heat gun and promptly melted the film (and my fingers) to my bar of soap. I maintained a reasonable distance from the soap and turned it slowly around so it must be the temperature. (I knew my college degree would come in handy eventually!) My choice was 120, 800 or 1000 degrees - I went with 800.

What is the right temperature for 80 gauge film? I'll be wrapping melt and pour soap.

dawna

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You need to work fast, fast, fast! Keep the heat gun moving, don't stay in one place. It sometimes helps if you put your MP soap in the fridge for a couple of minutes, then shrink wrap. If the heat gun has a low and high setting, use the low.

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I keep my heat gun on low and moving too... back and forth.
Start up high and slowly move toward the soap until you see shrinkage. It's just something that takes some practice.

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Hi, dsirard,

Shrink-wrapping is one of those things that just takes practice. I've wrapped hundreds of bars and I still occasionally pop a hole in my plastic.

Soapbuddy and xyxoxy are right -- you need to work quickly when shrink-wrapping. A quick sweep or two across the back, a quick sweep along the sides, and a quick sweep over the top. And use the low setting on your heat gun -- low on mine is 572F.

Good luck!

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I am not sure how it would work with 80 gauge shrink wrap film... but I get Saran Wrap and just use my hair dryer. Always worked wonderfully for me.