Large tub of boiling water.
Make yourself a mold of the shape you want
Submerge the piece of Plexi in the boiling water
When it becomes pliable, lay it onto the mold and let it cool.
Then cut it to the final shape.
You can fire polish the rough edges using a flame.
Heat guns make the plexi soft but only where the heat hits it. So the
flexability is difficult to control.
Joe
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From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:33 AM
Cc: Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Forming plexi
pethier@comcast.net wrote :
> I would not go near a piece of plexi with a heat gun unless I was
> trying to form it.
Since you've raised the topic, what is the easiest way for a total novice to
go about putting some mild bends in some 3/16" Plexiglas? I've got some old
AMCO wind deflectors for my project TR3, but the plexi is broken on one
side. The original had a gentle S-curve to fit around the car body better,
which I would like to duplicate for a replacement piece.
Is a heat gun the way to go? Are we talking hair dryer or heat shrink
tubing gun?
-- Randall
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