Hi,
I am interested in weaving bags and boxes, using extruded plastic.
I am wondering, though, how to get the plastic bands flexible enough for weaving. I guess it has to do with temperature and what kind of plastic to use?
If anybody has experience in this field, I would appreciate any help!
Louise
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@louiseandersen Hi! The flexibility of plastic basically depends on:
– the material (plastic group: PP, HDPE, PET, PS, etc.)
– the thickness (obliviously) the thicker the material, the stiffer it gets.
– temperature: the warmer plastic is, the softer it gets. However that’s not reeeally important, since the operating temperature of any product is most likely room temperature…
I hope that helps,
yours
Flo
topic about pet bottles and making string from them
less time and energy consuming then shredding and extruding
http://onearmy.world/community/forums/topic/working-with-pet-bottles/
Thanks for your reply! I’ll give it at try!
If anybody has experience weaving with plastic, I would be very glad to hear from you!