Plascharge disposal

[nobrainsd]

Disposing of small quantities of plastisol through the shirt oven works great. I made a nice door mat by repeatedly smearing ink on a t shirt until it was about 3/4 of an inch thick. But it is not an efficient way to solidify a large quantity of ink.

I picked up some old ink stock. Some of it was highly suspect and I didn't know what kind of solvents or additives may have been used (like mineral spirits, because the original owner was old school). I would not use my household oven. Instead I picked up a couple of metal gallon paint cans. The ink that was in plastic buckets went into the cans. I used a folding Coleman camping oven on top of a camp stove. Placed it outside and let it cook. Fumes were dispersed rather than concentrating indoors. Worked great to solidify larger quantities of plastisol. Definitely cheaper than purchasing a heater wrap. If you have larger amounts of ink to dispose the camp oven is a good option.

[tonypep]

Ray-Paul hatched a scheme to actually make doormats out of unwanted plastisol. They poured it in a mold and slow cured in one of their ovens.

[mk162]

That isn't a bad idea. 

[ebscreen]

I hear that fishing lures are made of plastisol. I'm going to be looking into this shortly.

[Shawn (EIP)]

I mix all of my random color matches together and make brown or sometimes a weird military green color that I use for my band's shirts. Someone mentioned before to add black dye and turn it black?

[ebscreen]

The more pigments in a particular color, the uglier the color, IMO.

Shop black is never quite black.

[mk162]

A lot of times I will mix the trash black with a real black 50/50.  That takes out any funky color.  Just don't try to blow too much of the black out of the shirt...the pigments tend to really show up.

[ErinAllenLamb]

You can take an EQualizer which is a balanced colorant and add that to a shop black or mix of your colors. However, know that it will not be a true black and you don't want to go more then 50/50 with the addition.

Oh and fishing lures are made out of plastisol.

Erin

[mk162]

This statement needs more clarification.

What sort of lures are we talking about?  Rubber worms?  I don't know of a plastisol that it strong enough to hold up with a hard bodied lure.

[ErinAllenLamb]

It isn't the same exact formulation that is used for garment decorating, but it is a plastisol formulation.  Yes, it is worms and wiggly things, etc.

[ebscreen]

Hi Erin!

This is the coolest thing I've heard in awhile. Is there anything I can add
to my plastisol to be able to pour lures? Commercial rubber worms are much
softer and jigglier than what I know plastisol to cure like. Curable reducer?

[mk162]

Dude, rubber worms are cheap as hell.  Why would you want to pour your own?

If you can't find what you want on Bass Pro or Cabela's, you don't need to own it.

[ebscreen]

Novelty, custom colors, usage of otherwise waste plastisol, finding
a home use for the stuff I play with at work, etc.
Also something to do during the winter when I'm not fishing.

[Frog]

Hi Erin!

This is the coolest thing I've heard in awhile. Is there anything I can add
to my plastisol to be able to pour lures? Commercial rubber worms are much
softer and jigglier than what I know plastisol to cure like. Curable reducer?

How about an extra hit or two of pthalates? That's where the suppleness comes from.

[ebscreen]

So much for my Epic series of rubber worms.

Back to the drawing board.