Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use
Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use
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I have a small design firm in L.A. and I'm interested in working in recycled pellets/flake, melting and pouring into flexible silicon molds. Injection molding won't work due to many undercuts and lack of "uniqueness" in the product. Does anyone know about melt/flow temps and how I would actually go from pellet to pouring? Color options are important as well. This is small volume, specialized product market. I could use off-the-shelf casting resins, but am trying to stick to a recycled product as well.
Stumped in L.A.
Stumped in L.A.






RE: Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use
RE: Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use
Getting plastic to flow without pressure is very difficult, the viscosity must be very low for the material to fill a form.
Normally after fowing you will have a great deal of shrinkage too meaning the surfave finish is very poor.
RE: Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use
in case material is allowed to stay inside it will definitely affect the color.
RE: Melting & Pouring recycled PET/HDPE for artistic use