Gold and Silver Kit for Moldable Plastic Pellets

This stuff is neat. Very easy to use. I recommend an electric kettle and starting with really hot water and letting it cool to a handleable temperature after becoming translucent and removing from the water. Although I did read the instructions, without thinking I donned my vinyl food service gloves. I barely poked the softened material before realizing that was a bad idea. It would have stuck to it. So I quickly removed them and carried on. Now, the reason I bought these thermoplastic pellets (in addition to just being the crafty sort of individual) is for an off label use. The instructions clearly state that it is not for internal use and I accept any liability in my usage of it. With that disclaimer in mind, it does work for making a mold of your teeth. It doesn't taste bad or like anything actually while molding it to teeth. I can imagine that it could very well stick pretty well to teeth if you swished cold water around and it really set up, but that's not what I'm trying to do with it. I love that you can just keep warming it back up to reuse it. I can see using it for many different prototypes and quick fixes where you need to replace a lost piece. Done with one modeled item? Make a mistake? Remelt it and make it into something else. It is fairly flexible when cooled, but solid, not brittle. I tested it by bending several times and it didn't break. Excess material needed to be cut away. They say it can be sanded but I haven't tested that yet. It is white in color but is not fully opaque. I can't wait to try coloring it! And now that I have a better idea of its material qualities, I can't wait to see what uses I will find for it. The 7oz I purchased will go a long way but I can definitely see myself reordering!

Love, love, love this thermoplastic and the bulk price for large projects. It's easy to use and does the job. Examples and tips follow. Fixed a shelf in my fridge where a plastic support had snapped off. Did an approximation and then used a hair dryer to remelt and fine-tune the shape. It's been holding up the shelf for 7 months now (as one of 4 weight-bearing points). For watercolor painting, made a drip-tray/ slanted brush rest for under a canning jar, and a set of brush holders attached to the lid ring. Now I can support my brushes properly, fibers down, while painting. Sculpted a dorsal fin for my friend's pool-cleaning robot that her kids were calling Shamu. Used Instamorph color pellets to make it black and a hair dryer to remelt the base to attach it to the robot. Currently using it to modify retail-store storage bins into a custom flotation apparatus for my lab. Tips: roughen slick surfaces you want it to stick to. If plastic, soften them as well with a heat gun on low. To melt lots of pellets for a big job, I pour them into water in a small Pyrex casserole dish in a workshop-only toaster oven (both from thrift stores). 15 minutes later, when transparent, I stir the goo with tongs and lift it into a silicone pot holder to knead it into shape and press the water out. I pinch off lumps and return the rest to the hot water to keep it pliable. For items that must have flat or smooth surfaces, I use Polly Pellets to attach Kydex sheets, softened with a heat gun.

...of a dumb person. That dumb person is me. Once upon a time, a complete idiot put a non-dishwasher-safe water bottle into the dishwasher and washed it. The bottle emerged warped, and thankfully the lid still screwed on so it was usable, but the bottom had shrunk so the plastic in the center stuck out, making it unable to stand upright. The child who owned the water bottle was none too pleased. That left the dumb person with a conundrum. How to fix the water bottle? Then, a flash of inspiration. The dumb person sought out and purchased a bag of Polly Plastics pellets, having used a similar plastic in the past for making silly things like props and monster teeth for LARPing in their youth. In the old days, this friendly plastic came in strips and was a hassle to heat and shape. The Polly Plastics pellets, however, were very easy to use - with only boiled water from a kettle, the dumb person was able to put some pellets into a coffee mug that the water bottle fit snugly into, heat them with the water, then pour off the water and jam the water bottle into the mug. After twisting it to and fro a few times, the dumb person easily extracted the water bottle and was delighted to find that it now sported a crude-but-functional flat bottom. The child was pleased, and the dumb person was now slightly less dumb, and could almost be considered innovative. Please note that the water bottle certainly now cannot go into the dishwasher as melting Polly Plastics pellets would surely wreak havoc, but fortunately this water bottle is very distinctive and the lesson has certainly been learned. Since repairing the water bottle the child has absconded with the bag of Polly Plastics pellets, as they are working on cosplay and were very keen to use it to make teeth and claws and all sorts of thingamajigs. Thank you, Polly Plastics, as your pellets have positively saved the day.

Was sticky but used the same material in dental practice so I understood the procedure. Material is amazingly sticky ( use wet nitrile gloves) pliable (when hot) and really TOUGH! Good stuff.

This material is perfect for quickly securing small rocks to pieces of wood that are then fit into the vice of a lapidary slab saw, allowing me to make precision slices from rocks that I will then turn into non-faceted gemstones. It is much quicker, for both attaching and removing the stones from the wood block, unlike most glue solutions.

Really nice but needs the original plastic pellets to work with. Can't use on their own. A little goes a long way too Can get varied shades of gold and silver and pretty easy to mix in once heated