Visor, Would Plexiglass Work?

[A Guardian]

Im thinking of buying some thin Plexiglas, and using my heat gun to shape it into visors.

So i can do eva, security, and my recon.

But i dont know if it would work.

Can anyone help me?

 

[Trigger]

I just read about someone trying this let me see if I can find the link to the topic for you I literally just saw this...



http://405th.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24156 doesn't say how to vac form but im sure you can look up a tutorial or something but someone gives a site that sells colored plexiglass and they talk about spray painting the plexiglass anyways good luck.

 

[Propbuilder]

You can use thin plexi to do a make shift heat form but you need to work it slowly cause if you heat it to fast then you will burn it a cause melt spots, Go slow and I would recommend making plug to form over something hard in the shape you want so you can mold quickly. Heat it in your oven and pull it out and place it over your mold it will work pretty good....

 

[Drgnfyre4]

You can use thin plexi to do a make shift heat form but you need to work it slowly cause if you heat it to fast then you will burn it a cause melt spots, Go slow and I would recommend making plug to form over something hard in the shape you want so you can mold quickly. Heat it in your oven and pull it out and place it over your mold it will work pretty good....

Be aware heating plastics in your home oven WILL leave a residue. When plastic is heated to a point where it softens and can be thermal formed it WILL outgas and that will leave residue on your oven walls. If you then cook food in that oven then you will have that contaminate what you eat. This is going to be my last post trying to help people on this site as it seems folks are hell bent on doing unsafe things to be CHEAP.

 

[Eugene Encabo]

I got my visor from this guy, Really cheap cost me five bucks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110467821093

 

[mattmann1]

I think he wants the bowl shape of eva so no one of those visors (good link though might buy one myself) here is a link for vacuume former video

but I have never heard of the residue problem and I have myself never done this but have done a lot of research.

 

[Propbuilder]

Be aware heating plastics in your home oven WILL leave a residue. When plastic is heated to a point where it softens and can be thermal formed it WILL outgas and that will leave residue on your oven walls. If you then cook food in that oven then you will have that contaminate what you eat.

He is absolutely correct and Mom,Dad, girl friend, wife, room mate will not like the smell either which lingers in the house for awhile which also may be Toxic. My last post though correct was not well thought out as I have a garage and found an electric Stove/Oven that I only use to heat plastic, make foam latex pieces etc. on, I could clean it after every use with oven cleaner but who has the time, so unless you microwave everything or eat out all the time and do not use your stove take Drgnfyre4 advise and do not use your primary oven as a heat source for working any non food related items.



Just a side note to Drgnfyre4 I would hate to see you stop posting as you have great ideas and a lot to offer us here and myself would find it a blow to this site not to have your insight.It is a discussion site and the more option we have the better off we all are.

 

[LastSpartan]

The material doesn't matter much, it's the tint that is the problem.

 

[Propbuilder]

I'm working on a candy chrome theory that may work just not sure how see through it will be I think it will work just fine but I never used this method for a visor before,I'll keep everyone posted...

 

[GremlinLord]

Plexiglass is a name brand for acrylic sheets. That stuff will out gas and the gas is explosive in a gas oven at the right fuel air ratio which for me happens right as you open the door (can result is loss of eyebrow). Next thing is don't use cheap chrome or automotive chrome paint it goes on way to thick for our purposes. Use and airbrush and something like Alclad 2 Chrome for the base and go with a transparent acrylic for the top coat. It makes a real easy candy coat that looks great... after a few attempts.

 

[Sir Tsaboc]

I use 3/16 polycarbonate sheet for my visors, and it works really well. You will probably get similar results with it. It also requires no heating unless you REALLY want it to retain its shape.

 

[A Guardian]

I use 3/16 polycarbonate sheet for my visors, and it works really well. You will probably get similar results with it. It also requires no heating unless you REALLY want it to retain its shape.

Do you have a link, or do you buy from a store?

 

[Aaron]

plexiglass might work. this guy tells how he makes visor: http://www.youtube.com/ryandement012