Cool plastic is hard plastic.
How to make plastic sheet molds.
The example here is the outside of a mold but it can work inside too.
Cover a flat area with plastic trash bags to avoid mess and spray the plastic with a mold release agent.
Lay the sheets over the mold and up the retaining walls.
Recycling plastic for making the molds for the concrete would make good use of what would otherwise be pollution.
The sheets should be wet not dripping with water.
Remove the excess water by squeezing the sheets over the bowl.
Layer the sheets on top of eachother.
Does anyone have knowledge of melting plastic and retaining its pliability.
The first thing you need to have for creating a plastic part is a mold.
As you ll need to put the plastic sheet into the oven this is your size limitation.
Once your part is formed it has to be shaped.
Dip the sheets in bowl filled with room temperature water for 1 second.
Each sheet should be 6 inches longer than the mold.
Build a molding box a frame that holds the mold in place that is bigger than the size of your template object.
Have a mold ready to use.
The best part of rtv is it comes in the form of liquid until you add the required catalyst.
Make adjustments appropriate to the specifications of your project.
Get the right mold material.
Measure the inside of your oven.
The plastic i have melted so far has set a bit too rigid for casting anything with undercuts.
You need to create your mold with a material called rtv room temperature vulcanizing slicone rubber.
I want to make molds for pouring concrete into.