Im helping my sister with a video clip that she is doing for school and i had the idea of hanging melted clocks from a tree. When i say melted clocks i was inspired by Dali. So does anyone know if its possible to melt plastic wall clock and if so the best way. Thanks heaps
yeah thats what im was kind of concerned about the fumes released when the plastic starts to melt
Is it possible to melt wall clocks without them completly burning?
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I think it would get pretty smelly, but you could try in an oven, very carefully.
Comment by sweetpea — May 4, 2010 @ 5:18 am
Yes you need to heat it to the melting point but not to the burning point. This can be done in a variety of ways, but since you want then to sag or drip you might try a torch and keep it several inches away. You should take caution not to burn yourself as the plastic could ignite and drip burning plastic.
Comment by cheezyhill — May 4, 2010 @ 6:12 am
no i don’t think so it wold be hard there smelly
Comment by josh2167@rocketmail.com — May 4, 2010 @ 6:38 am
absolutely. great idea and by the way i have that dali painting. use a heat gun. you can regulate the heat by moving it just close enough to start it sagging without burning or discoloring it. good luck
Comment by larry o — May 4, 2010 @ 7:34 am
you could use a heat gun, carefully of course. but a safer way would be to make fake props for the video, thats what the professionals do, get creative using cardboard, foil, cellophane,paint, etc, if you do use plastic clocks, they are really inexpensive at ikea, you can take the thing apart really easily to melt the plastic parts without burning to clockface paper.
Comment by missb — May 4, 2010 @ 7:53 am