Hot-Glue Craft Calculators

Glue Stick Quantity Estimator

Enter the total bead length your project needs and your stick length to see exactly how many glue sticks to buy, including a realistic waste allowance for the stub left in the gun.

Dry & Cure Time by Material

Get the open (working) time, touch-safe set time, and full-cure time for a hot-glue bond based on gun temperature, bead thickness, and whether the material is porous or nonporous.

Glue Gun Temperature Guide

Pick the two materials you're bonding and get a low-temp vs high-temp recommendation, plus the expected bond strength — so foam doesn't melt and wood still holds.

Project Cost Calculator

Add up glue sticks, embellishments and trims, and the value of your time to see the true cost of a craft project — and the cost per finished piece for a batch.

Coverage & Bead-Length Calculator

See how many linear inches of trim a stick will lay, or how many glue dots it can place for rhinestones, tesserae, or silk petals — from the sticks you already have on hand.

Project Time Estimator

Estimate hands-on time from piece count and seconds per attachment, plus gun preheat and any drying pauses between layers — know before you start whether it's a lunch-break project or an evening one.

Material Compatibility Reference

Every material the temperature guide covers, bonded to itself, in one table — recommended temperature, bond strength, set and cure time, and any heat-damage warning, all pulled straight from the calculators.