overanalyze said:Heat it, Bend it. Have you ever priced full sheets? Eek! Also a ton of waste that way. I have done both ways and the heat forming was easy. Just a small side note, the wood grain tends to flatten out a bit with the heating process.
Heat it, Bend it. Have you ever priced full sheets? Eek! Also a ton of waste that way. I have done both ways and the heat forming was easy. Just a small side note, the wood grain tends to flatten out a bit with the heating process.
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I would love to bend it I feel like it would be cheaper and easier. What's that setup with the heater you are using?
HE says 280-290F but at that temp the end swill burn as he said in that post. Azek says it's malleable at 212 and when cooled will remain in that shape. Higher temps are just wasting money on fuel and time on heat.
Another way is to boil the azek in a trough this make sure there is no hot spots and no burnt ends.
Cole
Yep..the one end did burn. That was the temp recommended by Kleer PVC. It was fine because we added for waste to our material being bent. I will say there seems to be a sweet spot that makes it workable but not burnt.
Yep..the one end did burn. That was the temp recommended by Kleer PVC. It was fine because we added for waste to our material being bent. I will say there seems to be a sweet spot that makes it workable but not burnt.
I've bent a bunch of PVC myself and I 100% agree there is a sweet spot. Slow in low is my best advice to give. Plan on the end burning a little so make sure you have extra to cut off.
I love your setup overanylze. I'll be building something similar next time I have a job to bend. I just used sonotubes and some rebar. Works fine and stores nicely.
http://thecontractorsclub.com/gallery/bending-pvc-sheet-goods/cheap-pvc-oven-dp1
Here is some flower boxes I made. I had a couple hundred to make:
http://thecontractorsclub.com/gallery/bending-pvc-into-flower-boxes
Here is some sheet goods I bent for another project.
http://thecontractorsclub.com/gallery/bending-pvc-sheet-goods
We'll I've been trying to get it heated up using a torpedo heater I max out around 190, and it not very even heat, I guess I can't it hot enough. Trying to figure out what I'm going to do to get this stuff bent.
Call you lumber yard and get a local rep's name. We have had them come out on site bend a radius or two for us. They use heating blankets.