You can get a heat gun for around $20+ with shipping, it would really be worth the twenty bucks. Beautiful smooth and drumtight covering jobs. WELL WORTH IT.
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And I always prefer to use Ultracote or Coverite material instead of the Monocrap. So much smoother and easier to apply.