Thread: web shooter recomendations?

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It's not very hard, you just ball it up.
The only thing that would make it hard to clean up is if you get to close to your props and hose them down then you could get too much sticky ness but as long as you paly it cool and start from a distance they are good tools.

Minions Web is the only place I buy webbers from.

Minions Web

I own 3. I used the MW-C to web 70 rooms in our haunted attraction when I first got it, and then upgraded to the MW-CCL the following year. Minon's glue is great too. I use all the UV reactive glue alot.

I built the Scary Terry a couple years back and its been working pretty well. The only downfall is what everyone has expressed already which is the wattage, I have to stop every now and again to let it heat up. Kind of drags out the amount of time it takes to web everything.

Originally Posted by icemanfred

So the webcaster and Minions web entry level are about the same?
no major benifits of one over the other.

I know webcaster mentions adjustable air.
didnt see that mentioned on minions web.?


Anyone know how many watts each of these guns are?

OK time to chime in on this thread.

Webcaster, and most other web guns are knockoffs of my original design circa 1998 (posted as a how-to on the internet) and first offered for sale in '99.

Webcaster is not an 80 watt gun, it is a variable mode heater unit that will run predominately at 25 watts and cycle to a high of 125 watts for very very short blocks of time via thermistor.
It heats to 425 degrees, which makes it only good for high temp glues.
It uses a push method of shooting webs which causes a lot of flopping around, sputtering glue, and makes dense ugly webbing when it does shoot.

They bought our entry level webber at Transworld in 05 and started offering the knockoff in 06.

The Scary Terry how to, and most others on the net, credits the designed based on my previously posted how to ( off the internet until our patent is granted instead of pending ).

As far as adjustable air, yes, ALL Minions Webbers, (5 models for every user from entry level to full out professional) have adjustable air flow & run at 60 PSI and less pressure from your compressor.

It is important to have a flow control valve to allow you to control the webbing quality, how heavy or light you want it, if you want it as singular strands or as a more cottony bunching, and to permit you to shoot webs as close as 18" or as far awat as 40-50'.

All our webs are designed fire safe/food safe with fire retardants incorporated into the mixture, are usa made, are easy to remove from almost all surfaces tho we do not advocate using them on gilded surfaces, antique waxed finishes, oil paintings, or large open weave fabrics.

The webs we make are designed to not be sticky rather to use the surface tension and ultra fine quality of the webbing to follow surface contours to get the best footing and minimize possible adhesive gluing to contact surfaces.

If you have sticky webs, you are using an inferior product, period.

You simply get what you pay for at every level.
If someone tells you one size webber fits all, walk, no, run away.
Make sure you get a webber best suited to your needs as well.
Whether it be 80, 125, 250, 400 or 500 watt.
Heck, once you use it, you start doing more and more with it - think tool, not toy.

If you ever wonder what would be the best fit for you, please always feel free to call us or email us, I make it my business to help you decide what choices would suit you.

I still have the original MW-1, 11 years later, it works, leaks a little now, but it still works. And we improved it LOTS in 11 years.