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Robomog:
 Way too far away for me !, i use sprues for my styrene putty

Mog
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jcf:
The CD cases are straight polystyrene, which is why they are both clear and brittle.

Kerick:
I scrapped out an old printer the other day. It was full of ABS parts that could be useful. One particular piece was PS and very thick. Just what I was looking for to cut out some helicopter rotor blades.

Robomog:

--- Quote from: jcf on February 04, 2019, 07:39:27 AM ---The CD cases are straight polystyrene, which is why they are both clear and brittle.

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That's interesting, the pigments that add to colour the plastic must also act as a 'softener'

Mog
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Robomog:
Hi all

Continuing my mission to find cheap (free) sources of polystyrene plastic.

Lookout for these, all food packaging:-

  - Muller Corner yoghurt the pot is PS

  - Saint Agur blue cheese, the packet it comes in is PS it also has some interesting corrugations

  - Castello Danish blue, the lid is PS

My quest continues  ;) ...............

Mog
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