So today went okayish... not perfect but for a first attempt it was okay...
First off i set the fire alarm off, didn't realise how much heat the heat gun gave off and yes it scared the life out of me haha! Then my first bend went to heaven and never came back... i over heated the tubing (held it too close to the heat gun) and it bubbled up a little bit but enough for me to discard it and try again. 2nd bend went perfect but i made an error... i bent it the wrong friggin way!! so i tried to salvage it by bending it the otherway and you guessed it, it kinked slightly formed a bump where it was stretched previously. By this time i was running out of tubing as i only ordered 1m (i know stupid of me, i felt abit unprepared and disorganised tbh). 3rd and 4th bends were bang on and by this time i had got the hang of it, heat control and got the feel for it. Going to order more PETG and get the rest of the bends done and redo one of them as i think its just horrible to look at.. Had to use some transparent soft tubing to finish it off temporarily as i ran out of bloody tubing. whole point of hardline is for straight and perfect bends for that clean look and i don't feel like i've done it justice at all. Guess its Friday 13th