Creating A Dome With Plastic Sheets And A Fan

Casting resins are usually clear and colorless but you can color them using suitable dyes.

Creating a dome with plastic sheets and a fan.

We carry a wide variety of clear plastic dome sizes from 3 8 domes up to a 6 outer diameter. We covered our first dome with used greenhouse plastic poly that was given to us by a friend. When it s ready you ll find it flexible when you try to pick it up. A plastic sheet is clamped in a frame.

The sheet and the frame are moved close to heating elements which makes the plastic soft and pliable. Perfect for creating displays prototypes snow globes school projects costumes and more. When mixed together they form a hard rigid plastic. Lie the sheets flat on the floor and place a simple box or room fan in front of the open end of the sheets.

9 years later that dome is still covered with the same plastic. Maxelrad points out that a template could. It was a commercial greenhouse and the greenhouse plastic was of good quality. Find sturdy acrylic dome hemispheres and ellipses cast from precision molds in clear acrylic at kit kraft.

Place the plastic sheet on a cookie sheet and place in an oven set to 250 f. Plus same day shipping and discounts for buying. Wait about 10 minutes for it to warm fully. It still had plenty of life left.

The frame is lowered and the plastic is stretched over the mold while vacuum is activated to suck all the air out from between the plastic and the mold thus forming the part. One way to make transparent or translucent plastic at home is to use a plastic casting resin mix. Place a box or room fan in the center of the open end. Covering the geodome greenhouse with greenhouse plastic film.