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08-14-2011, 08:52 AM

Bsorenson79 Bsorenson79 is offline

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Re: Anyone ever heat styrene?

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Originally Posted by Snochaser

I tried it today!

made a "mold" of the trucks hood I am building (out of some wood).... clamped the styrene to the mold and started heating.....and baam! a one piece hood, sweet! That worked great, nice smooth rolled edges too.

Anyone else ever tried it?

Ben

Did you vacuum form it or by hand?

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