Comment on What do you guys do with your poo?

Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tonyn@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is awesome, thank you! Now I need to learn silicone mold making 🤔

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• vladmech@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s really fun, I’m going to have to give that a try

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• CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This! Grind it down to granules with a cheap food processor and use it in molds with a heat gun

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A heat gun!

    That’s the piece I’ve been missing. I’ve been using a spare toaster oven, but can never get the amount of plastic right for the mold lid to sit right. Finishing with a heat gun would probably make this easier to solve

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    • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yup! And you can melt the plastic in layers so you get a nice solid core, or fill the very center with rocks or weights or what have you to reduce how much plastic is in it.

      I would recommend getting some heat prof material to set the mold on, in, and some heat proof gloves as well in case you need to use a small metal bar to move the melting plastic around

      Bonus points for separating your plastic into colors, lets you do some cool swirly affects and what not vs. just a mishmash of colored specks

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