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I’ve been making some plastic coatings for wood by dissolving polystyrene (from plastic model kits) into paint thinner in room temperature. So far, i’ve brushed a number of layers throughout one week to accumulate a solidified film, thickness of about .25 millimeters. However, i noticed that my melted polystyrene is no where as hard (resistence to deformation/tensile strength) as before i melted it… Do solvents degrade a plastic by ~entering~ it? In my case, do the solvents EVER fully evaporate? Even if i bake it, will my solvent-melted plastic ever be as strong as the injection-molded version? …i scrapped some old projects with acrylic lacquer paints on it painted YEARS ago, & i…. Click Here to Read More

the plastic was not burned on as i caught it before it had time to burn, but there is a layer of white melted plastic from a bag & plastic container stuck to the burner element. Should i carefully heat it to soften it, then scrap off? or…. Click Here to Read More

I have an electric oven and I scrapped all the bottom and the only smoke appears to be comming from the coils at the bottom, if I leave it on for awhile will it eventually quit smokin and also is it dangerous to breath in the smoke? or cook in it? Any advice on how to get it more…. Click Here to Read More

all that is really left is like a greasy sticky spot. which…. Click Here to Read More