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Questions tagged [plastic]

For questions about utilizing plastic, or materials meant to be used with plastic. Questions about specific types of plastic, such as PVC or ABS, should also use those tags.

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Remove scratches from a (resin or plastic) stuffed animal eye

I recently visited my childhood home and brought back some of my old favorite stuffed animals. One of them, Snip the Beanie Baby, has noticeable scratches/dents/nicks/chips on her eyes. What is the best way to repair scratches like these without…
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DIY acrylic lamp engraving problem

I've been trying to make an acrylic lamp for a while - in short: engrave a piece of acrylic, and then put LED strip under it to light it up - but ran into some problems. As you can see in the image, when I engraved the acrylic, the colors turned…
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Resin Casting - How large must the compressor be to quickly fill a 10 Liter/2.6 gallon pressure pot at 60 psi?

Doing some resin casting and bought a 10 liter (2.6 gallon) pressure pot - wondering how big the compressor chamber must be. Any other tips would be great too!
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Rectangle-Cylindrical Enclosure ideas?

Sadly SE doesn’t really have a great fit subsite for my specific question, and the DIY stack exchange is mainly for home improvement. Thus, I post here. I have designed a usb device and ordered and assembled the circuit boards. This looks ugly, and…
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Re-bending a bent plastic figure to stand up straight

I have a plastic miniature person (an archer) from a board game, but she was unfortunately bent either during packaging or during initial molding. She leans WAY over... I put her in a bowl of very hot water which made her pliable. I straightened…
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How to get a precise "top" of a cylinder?

I'm working on a rocket model made of resin. There are two parts I need to adjust and then glue together: one part is a cylinder and the other a cone. (Actually, I've got to do this four times to get four boosters.) I'd like to be as precise as…
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How should I clean these plastic items?

The items in the pictures below happen to be plastic beach beds, but the same requirements could apply to upcycling old plastic items and needing to clean them first, or other crafting needs. I left these outside during winter and they put on a…
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How to make plastic badges?

Anyone know how these are made at the gym I think they use a gym but how is it made ?
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How to utilise plastic straws?

I want craft ideas because I have a heap of plastic straws that I want to use for some sort of craft. Any ideas?
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Are the teeth of this machine iron or steel?

I want to buy or have such a machine built, but the teeth must be steel. [Shredding Hard and Soft Things with Plastic Crushing Machine][1] https://youtu.be/z1-wj7Go8R0
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