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Offline ROLLERBALL

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How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« on: October 24, 2009, 10:55:23 PM »
Thanks heaps Wotto...
he gave me the tips on fixing the warped plastics on my Elektra...

Oven set to 150c....put plastic on some grease paper on a tray....
Into the oven for 6mins....
wait till the plastic goes flat then pull it out
And I lay it down still on the paper and used a second bit of grease paper on top then squash it flat with some books for a few mins...
then all done...easy peasy japaneasy

before....


AFTER....




BEFORE...



AFTER....



Tastes good with p-nut butter as welll..yummy
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2009, 10:57:45 PM »

I recall reading Wotto's tips year ago - He even had pictures of the oven tray etc !

I've used this method a few times - and although it is a little "scary" - it does work VERY well.
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2009, 10:59:05 PM »
Thanks for the good info.cheers
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2009, 11:01:14 PM »
Nice.  I'm assuming you pre heat to 150 before putting them in?.

*Jamie Oliver Voice* Splash of olive oil and a bit of rocket.  Bobs yer uncle yeah?.



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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2009, 11:05:41 PM »
Arr thats nothin guys - U should see what I can do with a fish and a salami  *)*
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2009, 11:12:00 PM »
Yeah it was pre heat...

And Wotto tells me on the phone...put the plastic in for about 6mins...

Sure enough EVERY plastic took exactly 6 mins to flatten...to the second...
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2009, 11:17:15 PM »
Im sure i have wottos instructions floating around some place on how to do this
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2009, 11:23:21 PM »

I've got that EXACT Spatula - and the Pinball book by Gary Flower and Bill Kurtz !

I think I even flattened a set of FLASH Plastics !
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2009, 11:25:08 PM »
I think i saved wottos webpage from 5 years ago lol.  I literally stumbled across it this afternoon while having a tidy up of my hard drives
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2009, 11:05:46 AM »
I have been useing a heat gun and two sheets of glass. I think I will try the oven method next time I need to flatten out some plastics.
Thanks for the tip!
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2009, 12:14:59 PM »
Quote from: Strangeways on October 24, 2009, 11:23:21 PM
I've got that EXACT Spatula

Better check again - I stole it from your place last year  :lol
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2009, 12:20:37 PM »
Quote from: Wotto on October 25, 2009, 12:14:59 PM
Quote from: Strangeways on October 24, 2009, 11:23:21 PM
I've got that EXACT Spatula

Better check again - I stole it from your place last year  :lol


I was wondering where it went. Can't have any BBQ's this summer until it is returned  %.% %.%
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2009, 12:45:48 PM »
I have heard of plastic food guys but......

well done, nothing worse than warped plastics... well there probably is but you know what i mean
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2010, 04:02:32 PM »
I just used this method today to straighten the plastics on LAI

worked a treat.  ^^^
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Re: How to cook your plastics in the oven...no more warp
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2010, 04:29:54 PM »
If you have a fan forced oven, drop to 100 degrees low fan, 3 minutes.

Otherwise.........

Anyone got some spare Gorgar plastics, cheap?????   @.@   &^&   &^&

Need 3 of em now.  Guess its a new set from the USA.
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