I haven't used one, but I saw the cold heat soldering gun at Home Depot last time I
was in San Diego for about $19.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Installing Radio-------has anyone tried cold heat?

> I just got a review of this from a close friend that does a lot of
> soldering. The first one he picked up from RadioShack $25. Worked well,
> but he cautions to not break the tip, or it becomes a lot harder to
> solder. The second one he picked up from Costco for $18. They run on
> batteries, and as long as the batteries are good, they work pretty darn
> well....for small wiring projects.
>
> On Mar 13, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Gary Goldey wrote:
>
> > I was thinking about putting a CD player in the vanagon (I have had an
> > empty
> > slot since I moved to TX) --and I wondering if anyone has seen Cold
> > Heat
> > soldering device--looks like a cool tool---anyone use it?