Plastic sheet that lays over a mould and heated in the oven
Plastic sheet that lays over a mould and heated in the oven
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Landlord

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12,689 posts

288 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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... is there such a thing?

I have a vague memory from some housemates who were studying product design that you can buy a plastic sheet that, when heated in a domestic oven, would - under gravity - take the shape of the mould it was laying on.

Am I making this up?!!

Thanks!

BigBen

12,161 posts

261 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Sounds like vacuum forming which works as you describe but needs a vacuum to pull the warm plastic down over the mould.

It is not inconceivable that an Oven based alternative exists.

mr_spock

3,376 posts

246 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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Plastazote, says my wife who knows about such things.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

301 months

Thursday 9th September 2010
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mr_spock said:
Plastazote, says my wife who knows about such things.
PH is genuinely fking amazing.