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Polymorph Plastic
donn - January 31st, 2014 at 05:45 AM

I have been looking at this POLYMORPH mouldable plastic for a project I have on the go, anyone here used it and know of an Australian supplier? any goods and bads that you have heard of or better still first hand knowledge


Klaus - January 31st, 2014 at 07:06 AM

Just typed it in google and looks like jay car can supply it ..technology is amazing :)


waltermitty - January 31st, 2014 at 08:04 AM

Here follows original posting, but I may have been to fast announcing this, not all glues sticks will apply.

Want "Polymorph", or "Shapelock" - that Uh, so expensive and hard to get materials?

Well, here is the news; It it is the same stuff that melt-gluegun-glue sticks are made of!

Yes, it's true. Get some sticks, boil them (erh - do not boil them, they get sticky - keep them below 62 celsius, but get them there.. make sure they are all heated through.. take the spaghetti up, mold it, cool it down.. bingo!

See this thread for more, this is fantastic, I am going to be molding now!



OK - have doe some more testing :)

Strange - different companies glue sticks behave differently; Some will melt again, and some gets sort of tough and hard for ever once melted. If you mic them, you will get hard pieces inside nice mody stuff - so don't



Hot water out of my tap at home has perfect temperature!

Full manual on this on the PDF here!

Holy moldy! This is really fantastic, I always wanted to try this material, and I always used melt glue.. and now I understand it is the same :D Only the melt-to 62 degress in water-trick does the difference!


donn - January 31st, 2014 at 09:24 AM

Glue sticks ! really ! I'm off to try one out, thanks.. I'll have to go into Jaycar and do the face to face thing, the phone call tells me they don't have it.


Klaus - January 31st, 2014 at 11:51 AM

On there website