Tag Archives: VINYL

SINGLE SHEET – HEATING VINYL HEALTH CONCERNS

I EXPERIENCED SOME PRETTY NASTY FUMES WHEN EXPERIMENTING WITH HEATING VINYL AND RESEARCHED THE POTENTIAL RISKS

YINYL RECORDS ARE MADE OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYL ACETATE. WHEN HEATED ABOVE ROOM TEMP THESE WILL OFF GAS CHLORINE AND DIOXIDES – BOTH ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

BECAUSE OF THESE DANGERS AND THE SUB-OPTIMAL TEST REULTS I DECIDED TO NOT EXPERIMENT RUTHER WITH VINYL.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION ON DIOXINS: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dioxins-and-their-effects-on-human-health

POLYVINYL ACETATE SAFETY SHEET, AMERICAN POLY,ER STANDARDS CORPORATION: www.ampolymer.com/SDS/PolyvinylAcetateSDS.html

CHLORINE, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/chlorine/basics/facts.asp

SINGLE SHEET – VINYL PRODUCTS AND FORMS

WHEN I KNEW I COULD REFORM VINYL WITH RELATIVE EASE BUT LACKED CONSISTENCY I HAD A LOOK ONLINE AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD ACHIEVED.

vinyl bowl

BOWL: www.hometalk.com

vinyl book ends

BOOK ENDS: www.hometalk.com

vinyl pen holder

PEN POT: www.bomdesign.nl

vinyl plant pot

PLANT POT: www.hometalk.com

Vinyl wine rack

WINE RACK: www.recyclart.org

WHAT I TOOK FROM MY RESEARCH AND CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS WAS THAT A VINYL RECORD IS ALRADY A PRODUCT WITH AN ASSIGNED (NON-MONETARY) VALUE. I DON’T COSIDER THERE TO BE ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE  VALUE OF THE  FORMS AND APPEARANCES OF THE RESULTING PRODUCTS – EVEN IF THE VALUE STARTED LOW IN THE CASE OF ‘BAD’ RECORDS.

SINGLE SHEET – VINYL RECORD TESTS & THOUGHTS

MY INNITIAL THOUGHT WEN RECIEVING THE BRIEF WAS TO TRY AND USE A WASTE MATERIAL THAT ALREADY EXISTS AS A SHEET. I INNITIALLY RESEARCHED AND EXPERIMENTED WITH VINYL RECORDS.

old vinyl records

IT WAS EASY TO GET DAMAGED AND UNWATED VINYL RECORDS

pouring boiled kettle onto vinyl record

ABOUT 10 SECONDS OF EXPOSURE TO BOILED WATER IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE VINYL MALLEABLE

malleable vinyl

THE VINYL HAD TO BE WORKED QUICKLY AS IT FIRMED UP WITHIN SECONDS OF BEING REMOVED FROM THE HEAT SOURCE

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HOW EASY IT WAS TO MAKE THE MATERIAL MALLEABLE AND HOW EVENLY IT WOULD TAKE ON A FORM