I will ask Jer tonight when I get home, he used to make stained glass, and he has explained to me whey they die when melting plastic.

I once made mistake of reaching for his soldering iron and was almost torn in half (reason I drill).

Something about the way the heat burns and distributes the heat actually kills the element rendering it useless... or something like that... (said like I have even a remote clue as to what I am talking about).

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