Author Topic: How do you add UV to your Plastics ?  (Read 2196 times)

Offline Tom Ratcliff

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How do you add UV to your Plastics ?
« on: 05/24/14 07:39 UTC »
Before or after pouring - I have no clue what to do .....
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Offline ctom

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Re: How do you add UV to your Plastics ?
« Reply #1 on: 05/24/14 08:26 UTC »
I used the Do-It powdered product as an addition to the raw plastic when I am making my batch. If I want to add uv to a plastic I am re-melting, I use an different product that is liquid.

The powdered product is very strong. Here's is how much I put into a colored plastic like chartreuse or fl.orange, blues, purples ambers....basically any color that is transparent except my bluegill glitter, pearls, whites and clear coat for eye which get about 1/2 of this amount shown in the picture. I'll double this for opaque colors and black.

 

That is a typical popsicle stick that I use to stir my plastics.
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