If you are a hot-melt superhero and coating and laminating is your mission, you have one evil villain lurking around every corner: char. Okay, you might not consider yourself a hot-melt superhero, but make no mistake—there is no greater villain in a hot-melt operation than char. While char terrorizes many hot-melt operations worldwide, you have the ability to eliminate char and char-related problems. Before we can delve into how to defeat this malicious adversary, let’s make sure you understand your enemy.