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IIRC, ABS is a thermoset plastic. The first time you melt it it's workable
at a relatively low temp and solidifies nicely, but heating it again won't
melt it, only deform it and finally burn it : (
-Xanthra47
Ross Crawford <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message
news:GsIupy.Kv9@lugnet.com...
> My guess would be 109C may be more likely - I'd be surprised if they could • mold
> it at 109F. I'm guessing my bad experience with the heater was well over • 109F
> (they were quite close to it), and they didn't "flow" anywhere near enough • that
> I'd expect they'd need for molding.
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In lugnet.technic, Jason S. Mantor writes:
> IIRC, ABS is a thermoset plastic. The first time you melt it it's workable
> at a relatively low temp and solidifies nicely, but heating it again won't
> melt it, only deform it and finally burn it : (
That explains it. And it smells pretty bad too - that's what alerted me when I
had my "accident".
ROSCO
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In lugnet.technic, Jason S. Mantor writes:
> IIRC, ABS is a thermoset plastic.
No, it's thermoplastic. But too much heat, or even localized hot spots, can
scorch it and make it unusable.
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