Bottle smooth formed Plastic

Stef

Of course you can do a lot of different things with a smooth formed Plastic Bottle, I made a separate article on the subject.

Materials needed to make a smooth formed bottle

Light weight PET Bottle

Tools to make a smooth formed bottle

Big pan

Protective glasses (very important for safety)

Protective gloves (very important for safety)

How to make a smooth formed bottle

Unfolding the bottles

1. Take the labels off the bottles.
   
2. Put boiling water in the PET bottles.
3. Tighten the screw cap on the PET bottles.
4. Put the PET bottles in a pan, and heat up so the water in the PET bottles will steam.
5. After a few seconds the heat and the steam will unfold the bottom of the PET bottles.
   

The bottle gets proximately 10% smaller

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  etiquet

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  bottle in pan

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  unfolding

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  WARNING

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  Cool down

WARNING - Only steam the PET bottle for a few seconds, otherwise the screwcap will pop off and the bottle will fold together rendering it useless

Cool down the PET bottles until there is no pressure inside.

Unfolding the bottle with pump

1. Make valve in cap.
   
2. Put boiling water in the PET bottle.
3. Tighten the screw cap on the PET bottle.
4. Cap not to Hot .
5. pump up the bottle
6. After a few seconds the heat and the steam will unfold the bottom of the PET bottles.
   

The bottle gets proximately 10% smaller

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  Valve through the drilled hole in the PET-bottle cap

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  Steaming water in the PET-bottle shut cap

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  WARNING The Cap not to hot

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  Pump up the air pressure in the bottle

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  WARNING Pressure not to high

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  Cool down the PET-Bottle

WARNING - Only steam the PET bottle for a few seconds, otherwise the screwcap will pop off and the bottle will fold together rendering it useless

Cool down the PET bottles until there is no pressure inside.

Now you have a Smooth formed plastic bottle.

Plastic material

• The bottle is smaller

• The surface is smooth formed

• The surface is easy to clean

• The plastic material is thicker and stronger, This can have advantages, for some uses

cutting the plastic

Use a sharp knife to cut the plastic and melt the edges to prevent it from tearing.

Useful material

• You can do a lot of thing with a smooth formed bottle such as:

-solar water disinfection

-protective lamp cap

-food plate

-3rd world CCFL lamp (2007 model)

-If you glue reflective material inside you can make a reflector for a camping lamp

Interwiki links

• Wikipedia:Recycling_of_PET_Bottles