Buying Guide
How To Read Caulking Gun Force Ratings
Push force, maximum tolerance and drive ratio describe three different things. Confusing them is the most common reason a gun fails in the field.
Specification Guides For People Who Buy These Tools
Eight guides on how to read a force rating, when a bearing count is worth paying for, what a suction cup rating actually means, and how to specify a private label run so the quotation comes back complete.
Comparison Guide
Cartridge Or Sausage Which Sealant Gun To Stock
Sausage packs cut cost per litre and packaging waste; cartridges are simpler and universally stocked. The right answer depends on who your customer is.
Product Guide
How Many Bearings Does A Sausage Gun Need
Bearing count is the single clearest indicator of duty level on a sausage gun. Three, seven and nine are genuinely different tools.
Safety And Buying Guide
Glass Suction Cup Load Ratings Explained
Horizontal and vertical suction are different numbers for good physical reasons. Reading the wrong one is how a lifter fails.
Product Guide
Choosing A Two-Component Gun By Mix Ratio
The ratio is built into the gun's linkage, so a 1:1 gun cannot dispense a 1:4 product. Match the gun to the cartridge, every time.
Maintenance Guide
Why PU Foam Guns Fail And What To Specify Instead
Foam guns are almost never worn out. They are written off because foam cured inside the barrel. Two specification choices change that.
Buying Guide
A Private Label Caulking Gun Specification Checklist
Everything a factory needs from you before an own-brand run, in the order it gets asked, so the quotation comes back once rather than four times.
Buying Guide
Planning MOQ Packing And Container Loading
How to build a mixed order from published carton dimensions, and what the minimum order quantity actually applies to.
FAQ
About These Guides
Who writes these guides?
We do, from our own specification data. Every figure quoted in them is a published specification of a model we make, so you can check any claim against the product page it came from.
Can I reuse this material in my own catalogue?
Ask us first and in most cases yes, particularly if you are selling our products under your own brand. We would rather your catalogue was accurate than that it was original.
What if a guide contradicts a product page?
The product page wins, because it is generated directly from the specification data. Tell us where the contradiction is and we will correct the guide.
Still Not Sure Which Model To Specify
Send us the product you are dispensing and the job it is for, and we will name a model and quote both force figures.