Comments on: Plastic you can mold in your home for DIY projects

By: madhav

madhav — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:03:23 +0000

thnx!! it was really helpful to complete my project!!

By: Sharpie

Sharpie — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:58:00 +0000

I have a costume project that Shapelock can be put to good use for! Thanks for the information! You’ve opened my eyes and the possibility of me getting this complex costume finished! Thank you!

By: AR

AR — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:19:32 +0000

Hi!
I am interested in this product for a reasearch engineering project. I live in the uk and would like about 2kilo of the stuff, would you be kind enough and pass my contact to your supplier?.. thank you. I would like to try it out for myself
Adam

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Tue, 25 May 2010 03:22:15 +0000

[...] think fiberglass is the only way to go, alot of things are doable with heat mold able plastic: Plastic you can mold in your home for DIY projects micsaund.com I've been really wanting to buy some of it and play with it. They also make it in sheets that you [...]

By: Elias

Elias — Sun, 02 May 2010 00:23:04 +0000

it is a great substance but can you use it for large scale moding

By: micsaund

micsaund — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:11:46 +0000

Thanks for the detailed information, Marian!

The acetone + styrofoam trick is neat, but anyone doing this should be *very* careful as the acetone presents health and flammability issues. Definitely be careful and use protective gear just to be safe.

By: Marian

Marian — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:07:05 +0000

Vickie:

You can just spray with Pam or cover with a small amount of vaseline if you’re not going to reuse the plastic – assuming you’re going to make repeat costume pieces for retail sale. Marian

You can also accomplish the same thing by pouring some $2.00 acetone (available in the cosmetics section of Wal-Mart) into a metal or glass container and then crumbling up pellet styrofoam, the kind that gets molded around electronics when they’re shipped. The foam will literally melt and then you can mold it as easily as you can the polymorph stuff. The only drawback is that the styro won’t be heat conductive like the polymorph is, but again, if you’re making molds to use repeatedly, you won’t care. Of course, once you’ve melted the styro and it hardens, you can always remelt it the same way all over again. Marian

By: Marian

Marian — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:28:21 +0000

To add my 4 bits, I am hoping this stuff can be used to preform copper sculpture projects just to get an idea of dimension and relationship to other, smaller parts. I assume the softened plastic can be rolled out like pasta dough and otherwise formed to PRN requirements as fine as leaves, etc.? I’d like to use it to specifically discover how many embellishment pieces to expect to need/have on hand when I start the real project. In other words, can the warm plastic be so finely carved you can predict channel-set stones and inlay needs? I was planning on using non-hardening clay for this step, but it sounds like the polymorph plastic is a viable option, esp. with the added feature of being completely recyclable. Yes – no?

By: Vickie Smith

Vickie Smith — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:14:53 +0000

I have been searching for something like this for 3 months!!!!!! Can you give me payment options, costs and your shipping data so that I may try some? Oh, and I think I read earlier, that this product can be spray painted, it that correct………Anxious Vickie Smith

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:44:31 +0000

Can this be painted? I’ve be looking for mold-able plastic for a while to make custom costumes. Also what type of glue do you recommend?

Do you think this plastic would stick to a cardboard mold? Should the mold be covered in cellophane?

So for my strange questions.