Cover a flat area with plastic trash bags to avoid mess and spray the plastic with a mold release agent.
How to make plastic sheet molds.
Remove the excess water by squeezing the sheets over the bowl.
Cool plastic is hard plastic.
Dip the sheets in bowl filled with room temperature water for 1 second.
The plastic i have melted so far has set a bit too rigid for casting anything with undercuts.
Have a mold ready to use.
The mold is a female replica of your original part.
Once your part is formed it has to be shaped.
Lay the sheets over the mold and up the retaining walls.
You need to create your mold with a material called rtv room temperature vulcanizing slicone rubber.
As you ll need to put the plastic sheet into the oven this is your size limitation.
Layer the sheets on top of eachother.
The best part of rtv is it comes in the form of liquid until you add the required catalyst.
The sheets should be wet not dripping with water.
On the first day prepare your template object and work space.
The example here is the outside of a mold but it can work inside too.
Measure the inside of your oven.
I want to make molds for pouring concrete into.
Does anyone have knowledge of melting plastic and retaining its pliability.
Get the right mold material.
Each sheet should be 6 inches longer than the mold.
Make adjustments appropriate to the specifications of your project.
Build a molding box a frame that holds the mold in place that is bigger than the size of your template object.