Yeah - your clothes pegs would be made out of the cheapest brand of plastic they could find... (15-20 years ago there was some real shit-nasty raw plastic coming out of India, China and the like...)

Coloring the stuff is a real problem too - any plastic is strongest in it's raw, virgin form.

You add cheap shit masterbatch (color) to your mix - it does that horrible molecular thing mentioned earlier...


Guess this would apply to pins as well - we know a LOT more about plastic nowadays, then 30 years ago!

James would know - but I am sure he could make parts out of endless brands & grades of material.

20-30 years ago - there were not that many players in the market to buy from.


I make headlights out of Lexan LS111 - that is one grade out of 20 that G.E. sell in Australia (Of clear Polycarbonate)

CD's/DVD's are the same material - but a different grade.

Laserlight roofing is the same again (they buy our scrap to recycle)...


Sorry for the hijack Pintoxicated! I will get off the soapbox now!