I wish I had known this SECRET when I was 50! Liquid plastic with my own hands!
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- Friends, my name is Paul! I am the author of the channel Performer of ideas.
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A thought from an hvac/refrigeration tech. Place plastic sheet section in a freezer and then it could shatter easier on top of a rag with a hammer for particle creation.
good idea, I was thinking, there's got be an easier way to get the small plastic pieces 👍😎👍
Gracias hermano 👍🏼
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It'll do plastic, too. Build you own mini version in regular steel and it will crush your material into dust and chips easily, and cheaply, too.
No need if you use a shallow tray (metal or polythene). The plastic will dissolve from a sheet. Just leave it submerged overnight and give it a good mix in the morning. Just ensure it's covered over to prevent all the solvent evaporating. Worked for me.
This is what I love TH-cam for!! I have been able to get through so many financial hurdles using TH-cam to DIY things of all sorts. God bless everyone for using the platform to share your skills and gifts with the world! This video has inspired me to do even more than I do now! Thanks again for sharing!
I couldn't agree more! I am a South African State Pensioner. I have learned to make lots of stuff on TH-cam that has saved me a lot of money. A few weeks back I paid almost R400 for a tin of waterproof varnish. Since then I have seen two ideas on TH-cam that might have saved me that money! Since 1986 I have been making milktarts from a recipe I got from a book and have got over a lot of financial hurdles with just that one recipe. But first you need Imagination. Einstein himself said 'Imagination is more important than Knowledge' and he was right because once you have Imagined the thing the knowledge WILL come to you. Somehow.
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This is old school stuff. Back in the 70's working as a plastic letter fabricator we mixed acrylic chips and chloroform (trichloromethane) make a thick glue to reinforce a joint made with just chloroform. It was also used to bond sheets of acrylic together to make thicker sheets.
What kind of plastic was it?
@@nicolasparadis1407 acrylic - Plexiglas / Perspex are two brand names
The problem is that old shool stuff die along with the older people and not passed forward mostly because the new generations don't keep up with old good tricks till they are forgotten or even worse, lost.
@@nicolasparadis1407 As I said 'acrylic '
I'm tying to fix a broken corner on an acrylic sculpture I have from the 60s. It's clear acrylic and the chipped corner that needs to be remolded is about a cubic inch in size. As someone who has worked with repairing acrylic, do you have any tips?
I had to come back and thank you for this. The use for making a file handle has saved many old screwdrivers I have - used to repair broken ones and missing ones. Thanks!! These old Stanley screwdrivers are great, but the factory plastics have gotten brittle over the decades they have been used.
for smaller files i drill hole in to disposable razor handles and use them for handles
@@protonx80 Oh, I like that a lot!!
Can we use it in shoes soles separations
I mixed styrene foam and gasoline to patch nail holes in corrugated roofing iron. It worked very well.
@@protonx80great idea....I usually use golf balls
Fun trick. Drop Styrofoam in acetone and it turns into this smooth plastic sludge. However, As the acetone evaporates, the consistency gets more putty like. Eventually, it hardens into solid polystyrene. I have used it to plug holes in concrete before.
Thanks! I like this idea a lot.. I'll give it a try in a well-ventilated space.
Liquid styro (gasoline as solvent , or acetone will do) is also called napalm...dip a stick in, light it, and it becomes a match that don't go out on a windy day or a storm 😁 Use with caution though.
And it's useful almost instantly too if you don't overdo the acetone (or mineral turps, which also works but to a lesser extent). Adding the acetone to the styrene foam helps here, or adding styrene to a small jar of your chosen thinner until it doesn't dissolve any more. I've used it in numerous applications but the most impressive was arguably replacing a nut and lock on a bicycle's crank.
Well I'm in my 70's and have known this since I was about 13!! 🤔😲😲🙄... Polystyrene foam in petrol or acetone makes polystyrene cement. Acetone has always been the goto adhesive solvent for perspex if the jointed edge is smoothed dead flat and the acetone painted onto the edge carefully as well as onto the surface to be joined, extremely strong and invisible joints can be made!👍👍👍
Surprised this is news to an old codger! 🤔
@@pchykins6680 act accordingly
Most people who have a 3d printer will use acetone for cleanup and for better adhesion on the hotbed. You take scrap PLA plastic and melt it in the acetone and store it in an old rubbing alcohol container then brush it on as needed, I have one that is black and one that is white being those are the two most used colors.
Thanks for the video, I had no idea how strong the plastic is when used this way.
Interesting! Have you got a weight ration of PLA to acetone? Also, can the acetone be increased to make it very thin? I'm looking for a preservative for a wood bridge and wood like something that with soak into the log beams to waterproof them so they last. (Store bought stains/preservatives have been garbage and not durable at all!)
Thanks very much!
I thought that only worked with ABS?
@@wingnutbert9685I would think so and I'm going to try it out on my buddy's utility trailer
Things that you can do WITHOUT 3D printing. I respect that.
Speaking of 3D printing, I've done this for years with ABS filament to make goop for better bed adhesion. Same concept here. If you have lego bricks laying around, they are made of ABS as can be used for the purpose in the video. Just put them in a non-plastic container with the acetone, wait for them to dissolve, and you're good to go with multicolored goop (or liquid plastic).
Excelente observacion
Cool video.. thank you!
Great use of this! Thank you for sharing - amazing how strong it is
What type of clear flat plastic do u chop up at the beginning. Acrylic or Lexan polycarbonate? Also, what is 646 solvent?
I believe is plain acrylic. Let me know if you try it with polycarbonate. I'd be interested to know if it works. A quick search revealed that 646 is some form of thinner sold in East Europe/Russia composed of acetone - 7%, ethyl "cellosolve" (??) - 8%, ethyl alcohol - 10%, butyl acetate - 10%, butanol - 15%, toluene - 50%.
very good, will make some and use it, thanks.
Great Video !
Playing with Goo! so much fun building with plastics and plastic goo...
Really good🎉🎉🎉
Just want to say thank you for the great video and great ideas 💡 8
Wow! Amzing!! I'm so trying this in mould making!
Tell me how it goes!
@@zaneaguilar5274 Sure! I've already got two big jars to make the aceonte mixture in. The idea is to make hard plastic embossing folders out of 3-D images I carved into a sheet of lino. I am experimenting with melting plastic but this method seems so much better. I may combine chemical and heat metling because I have to make the moulds with silane modified polymer. My experiment will eventually be most like the wonderful hard handle you made for the screwdriver. The glue was also amazing. II've got more than one jar because I want to try with all different types of plastic or acetate. Look I actually knew about this because I once tried to clean a sheet of acetate in a bath of acetone only to have it melt. almost completely That it would succeed so well as you showed I had no idea. So my own dumb luck.resulted in me looking for your film. I was flabergasted!
SUPER résultat, j'ai fait beaucoup de bricolage et toujour a chercher et imaginer des solutions, mais là je suis IMPRESSIONNÉ, MERCI pour cette solution très efficace que je ne connaissait pas 👏👏👏
Bonjour, il y a aussi le mélange colle cyanoacrylate (super glue) avec du bicarbonate de soude.
L'essayer c'est l'adopter :)
bonjour, j'ai essayé avec du plastique cassant, çà fond pas. Quel plastique il faut ?
@_jambonius_ it works but does not have strength for anything but a stationary, no stress application
Thanks
Отлично!
Thanks, but too late for me, I’m already over 50! 😉👍
et alors il n'y a pas d'âge pour bricoler , je fête mes 70 ans j'adore bricoler 😊
Gracias 🤍🕊️
Acrylic sheets are expensive. But great idea if you have scraps!!
the damn ding @1:47 had me checking my door!! lol
❤i love it❤
Cool!!!!
Since acetone is banned for sale in some countries a good replacement is nail polish remover. Work as well or even better.
Finally. Thank you for this mcgyver idea 😂🎉
have you ever tried putting this stuff into a platinum cure silicone rubber mold to make parts?
Ooooh good idea
Can’t see why not, if it doesn’t stick to the putty he used, it will probably not stick to the silicone mould…..
Gracias por compartir esta idea genial, soy de Argentina y la economía esta por las nubes, yo fabrico cuchillos y como algunos sabrán el cabo de madera se pega de muchas maneras y se usa pegamento Epoxi y es muy caro, así que voy a poner en practica este pegamento ya que demuestra que es muy fuerte para unir piezas!!!! (el tipo de plástico que usa en el vídeo es acrílico?) es mi única duda, gracias!!!!
Most heavy-duty paper shredders will shred that size plastic.
What kind of plastic was used? Acrylic?
Very informative
Si el plástico lo serramos con una sierra eléctrica circular la viruta resultante es ideal para derretir. Lo veo practico para hacer piezas mas que como adhesivo. Pero gran idea, felicitaciones.
Lo hace, lo demuestra. Bravo.
Cualquier plastico empleas, gracias. hé traido duro plastico, pero no se ha derretido
Very COoL my friend.. And yes, I wish I watched your YT video 50 years ago ;O) You RoCk! Cheers from the US
This is awesome, explains some things I’ve found that my grandpa had.
Now I have a challenge for you (or anyone who knows): What can I make that would work well in a mold with fine details, be able to be fairly flexible until it’s adhered to a rounded or corner edge of furniture, then be strong enough to hold the details/bumps etc for a long time? There’s’ the flexible wood appliqués but it’s not affordable.. Accept my challenge sir?? 😂
i was reading the instructions for Allumilite's Amazing Clear Cast Plus which says "Acts like an adhesive and will try to bond to most surfaces". i wonder if their expensive product is basically just this stuff
Realmente no es costoso ya que fue utilizado un plástico duro quebrado como darnos a entender que cualquier plástico duro desechable puede ser reutilizado.
Capitalism is lazy so probably
Great ideas, any chance this cud be used to make into windows for model cars? Is there not a "liner" eg parchment to protect it from adhering onto wood shape instead of vacuum forming or silicone mold?
Well, now if I ever go to jail, I know how to make a prison shank handle 😂
30 years ago, we were using to prepare acrilic jel solvented inside in the chloroform such as these at the scool for making models and mock-ups .
Excelente ,👍
*se le puede agregar color* ???
I have to hand it to the East Europeans for their resourcefulness well done.
This is so inspiring, and I'm dying to try it, but I have questions. Re the ratio pf plastic:acetone, is there a formula- weight:volume perhaps- that'll produce the consistency of that shown in the vid, or does one simply guesstimate? Also, can more plastic or acetone be added after the fact to thicken or thin the original mix?
You can just add chunks of styrofoam to a few ounces of acetone until you get the consistency you want and, yes, you can add acetone or styrofoam as you go to get it just right. I'm talking about styrofoam and acetone because it's the only kind of plastic I have experience dissolving this way. It's amazing how much disappears into the acetone, btw.
Acetone+styrofoam videos can be found online ... I'm amazed at using the hard plastic...
@@patrickcardon1643 If you have lego bricks laying around, you can use them to make multi-colored goop like he used in the video.
@@danwyan Good idea!
What do you use to make this strong glue ?
Hola muy bueno el video te felicito.. Una consulta.. Yo no consigo acetona en Argentina.. Que otro material puedo usar para reemplazar la acetona?
Creo que sirve el cloroformo.
if acetone can melt hard plastic sheeting. can it melt plastic caps from milk cartons? i don't really have plastic acrylic sheeting. i want something that can melt normal plastic lying around the house. It's so useful these videos because buying glue is expensive
i think you're talking about polypropylene plastic, they make shampoo bottles, bottle caps, cutting boards for kitchen, and many other stuff, from what i know that plastic doesn't melt with acetone. But i've seen people melting it in microwaves, and then pressing it into forms, there is a video with some guys wich made roof panels from this kind of plastic.
@@alexandrugajin763 I've also seen someone make boards with it like 2x4's and 1x8's (American sizes :( ).
Throw some in a jar and see if it melts?
They won't. If you get acetone or nail polish remover it comes in a HDPE bottle. Or #2 plastic
Bottlecaps are HDPE. They will melt in a sandwich press between two layers of baking paper. You can then put the melted plastic into a mould. Using glue on it or using it as a glue won't work.
It looks like Plexiglass. Which is made from Acrylic, a form of plastic.
So, maybe the nameless solvent is methylene chloride?
@@nessunodorme3888 No, he's using Acetone. He translated it in the video. Methylene chloride is nasty stuff. Overexposure to fumes can cause death. And it's said to be cancer causing as well. They do use it in production. But the conditions are controlled in the manufacturing process.
@@randomamerican471 Only one of his two solvents is acetone. I since found out the other one is a mixture of solvents described in another post here. Methylene chloride is not that dangerous unless you habitually huff it but there are probably other solvents you could try if you're nervous about using it. Maybe ethyl acetate? Xylene or Toluol?
@@nessunodorme3888 Right, the other was 646. It didn't dissolve the Acrylic. I'll use Acetone as it seems to work well. People using paint strippers containing Methylene Chloride in bathrooms have died. Not sure about the cancer element. I doubt it would be a problem for this if care were used. Acetone doesn't bother me. I wouldn't bathe in it, hehe. But it looks to work fine for this. I'm wondering if I could impregnate wood for knife scales with this stuff.
@@randomamerican471 I think there's an assumption any chlorinated solvent is potentially carcinogenic based on carbon tetrachloride's link and I keep seeing speculative warnings about chloroform, too, and now, like you about, dichloromethane. But I also saw the same warning about acetone somewhere today while looking this stuff up. I dunno where you live but in the US, anything to do with chemicals or chemistry is widely perceived as hazardous. If it doesn't cause cancer or make your kids grow antlers, then it's explosive or else you're making drugs! It's pretty easy to get spooked but, in the end, I agree with you: as long as you don't pass out with your nose in a tube of model glue for 45 minutes (like a friend of mine once did) or bathe in it, just use some care and you should be fine. Btw,i believe that DCM in a closed bathroom can kill you. I once had a close call when a half gallon of chloroform broke in a storage locker I was working in. But this post is long enough, sorry.
One last thing: packing peanuts or the little beads that fill bean bag chairs are excellent sources of easy to dissolve in acetone polystyrene -- even at room temperature.
What are knife scales?
Это орг стекло крошил или пластик? Так классный клей получился! Особенно для дерева. 👍
пластик.
Nice one Paul, cool name. And me 52 too, thanks for info
Question: Is that acrylic or some other plastic?
Polycarbonate?
won't work with plexiglass, that much i know
What kind of clear plastic? Acrylic or polycarbonate?
I'm sure that the video shows acrylic (Plexiglass). Acetone will not dissolve polycarbonate (Lexan). However, acetone will dissolve acrylic slowly, methylene chloride will dissolve it faster, toluene will dissolve it even faster. But for the best results use chloroform. Also, chloroform makes the best adhesive for acrylic. With a little bit of practice (and a hypodermic syringe) you can make completely invisible welds in acrylic.
Ahi el acrilico como era acrylics esa resina se fundio excellent no se va a despegar jamas.
Santa paciencia!
Let me just hire a tweaker to chip up some plexiglass for me…
Was it plastic you dissolved or maybe acrylic?
Acrylic
@@majoduarte8722 Thank you. 🙂
Hi friend. I`m trying to use thinner PU right now. Let`s hope its work.
What type of plastic were u putting into the 646 solvent?????? Or does this work with all plastics?
Who sits strings and thinks, "hmmm 🤔 I have an idea. Let me try it."? Who does that?
A gosh darn genius, that's who!
I love overdriving intelligent people who think outside of the box.
😁
Is the plastic Acrylic OR Polycarbonate?
love this stuff. so far I've been trying to get it to cure without bubbles. if possible it could be poured into 3d moulds for casting clear strong parts
To get it to cure without bubbles, you probably need to either put it into a pressure pot or a vacuum chamber and leave it for days until it's fully cured.
Please, How long does liquid plastic stay liquid?
Just a couple hours depending on how much acetone is used. The plastic hardens due to the acetone evaporating. But, you can turn it back liquid by putting more acetone in.
Hello Paul, new sub here. I'm Dan a jack of all trades and Master of some from Florida. So in this video you broke up acrylic and combined it with just aceatone and a little time to make the adhesive correct ( my question mark key is next to be fixed ... dammit and my close parentheses too.
Wow
Fell asleep halfway through !
can you make the liquid plastic thinner to brush on surfaces.
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What kind of plastic were you using?
It doesn't work with plexiglass as some people say, that much I know.
Can this be thinned down, in order to be used as a brush-on clear coat / protectant?
Styrofoam and acetone makes great caulking too
styrofoam and acetone makes the plastic that model cars are made of. Polystyrene.
I had a friend who used it as poor man's napalm.
Is it water proof could I use it like gel coat on a boat
Not a bad idea
Sirve para PET?
plastic for schambo jars..with acetone dissolving them they become glue?
Я растворил в ацетоне пенопласт из-под рыбы и мяса, но получилась тягучая как жвачка масса и совсем не клейкая. А хотелось б именно клейкую.
Hello thank you to share this expérience. Do you think i can glue wax seal on plastic like this ? I try all nothing work . I will try your trick
I've been using stirefoam desolved in acitone to make handles for files for years, keeps you from stabing yourself with the file-tang. LL&P
Styrofoam and acetone makes great caulking too
if the acrylic dissolves anyway, except for the video to show dissolving time, is there need to cut the pieces so small? Can you add bigger pieces and more acetone as you go along? What other plastics does this work upon?
You could probably make something
with water bottles or clear pastry packaging ,like moulded art work
,beads or relief work.
You could probably add acrylic paint
or acrylic nail polish.
Think there would be any downside to mixing chemicals? Like, dissolving a plastic bottle into acetone, with a spoonful of acrylic paint for color?
Can you add food coloring and make a festive cake or perhaps, make a door handle of your dogs tail?
Would this glue to a silicone mould? Or be able to get the shape from the silicone mould?
Only thing that sticks to silicone is silicone
What is 646 Solvent in english? What do you call it in USA?
INDICAR EL NOMBRE COMPLETO DE LA SUSTANCIA (En este caso el solvente 646), y no solamente su identificacion como nombre comercial que en otro lugar no se pueda conseguri.
What is the shelf life after you first open the container exposing it to oxygen??
The acetone evaporating is what hardens it. So you could add more if it became too hard/thick.
Can it work for plastic bottle covers?
what type plastic was used?
i put acetone on some plastics like styrofoam and other tupperwear plastic but it did not do anything. I was hoping to get it to work , do you have any thoughts why it wont work with mine? thank you
You're using the wrong kind of plastic.
Only certain plastics are dissolveable with solvents.
I wanted to know if ''thinner pu" also works? instead of acetone?
yes
Can something like this be used in sculpting
Cool , you have made Napalm
Request: how to make Silica oil
I think I'd have slipped off the glove before touching the face of my smart watch risking getting the chemicals on it!!
Does it store? Or does it continue to set even with a lid on?
Actually the nail polish remover is the same thing 😊
Make sure to get pure acetone though, no moisturizers or added fragrances.
what kind of plastic you use??
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what is item do u used? thank you
Como se llama ese liquido wue le echan ?
Chairman thanks so much, pls how will I get acetone
por favor explicar lo que esta haciendo que materiales esta utiilizando
Hello, do you just use acetone!? that's it ? THANKS🤓
Eso es plastico o acrilico?? Gracias💪💪🇺🇾
Acrílico o también llamado plexiglass y uno de los solventes indican que es acetona, el otro no sé.
Does anybody know how to take out air bubbles so final product can stay clear and transparent?