<span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Hi BillinIndiana,

Welcome to RCU.

A word to the wise if you plan on frequenting these forums here on this site. You will gain a lot of useful knowledge but you also have to learn to weed through the BS.
I've used a small travel iron for many many years and to be honest the only reason I own a </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">topflight iron</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> and </span></span><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">trim iron</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">is from buying out someone who was getting out of the hobby and both are the economy versions, if my travel iron didn't give up the ghost I'd probably still be using it for the reasons already stated. More control, bigger footprint and less wrist fatigue. To each his own.

I also use a wagner heat gun. You have to be very careful using one as even on the lower setting you can burn holes in the covering. To get an idea on how hot the air is coming out of the gun, turn the gun on low and sweep it back and forth across your other hand, take note on how long you can hold it blowing on your skin and from what distance and you will soon get the idea of how long and at what distance you need to shrink the covering.
Again, to each their own, but saying it will cost you </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 102); "><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">$$$ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">using</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">"</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(251, 252, 255); ">repurposed"</span><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">tools is afallacy.</font><br type="_moz" />