Cold Bending Acrylic Sheet

Be sure that the marked line is above the heating element.

Cold bending acrylic sheet.

22 cold forming 22 strip heat bending 23 drape forming 23 three dimensional forming. Minimum cold forming radius sheet thickness x 100. The two best tools for this are a small butane torch the type used in the kitchen work well or you can also use an embossing heat tool used by card makers and scrapbookers to melt and apply embossing powders. To bend sheet plastic and acrylic you will need.

Heat source small projects with bends that are close together will need upon heat source which can be easily aimed at small areas. Spectar supposedly looks and handles much like acrylic but with the surprising property that it can be cold formed without breaking or whitening and exhibits a memory effect holding a cold bend until reheated. It is given by multiplying the thickness of the sheet by 100 i e. This radius is applied in all cold bending procedures.

Chemically spectar is similar to the pete used to make disposable drink bottles and is commonly abbreviated as petg. Turn the sheet of acrylic over on the heating element every 30 60 seconds in order to avoid damaging it. Plexiglas acrylic sheet heated from one side may vary from one. Wear gloves as you do this to avoid burning your hands.

Forming but is viable for bending sheet thicknesses of up to about two inches. Plexiglas sheet cold forming. A typical forced circulation air oven is shown. Set the sheet of acrylic across the rests on the strip heater and turn it on.