What y'all think about using electric friers for plastic? Plastic is very close to greese in terms of thickness and the good friers you can set the temp to 350 or whatever and it will maintain itself. Mmmm food for thought
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What y'all think about using electric friers for plastic? Plastic is very close to greese in terms of thickness and the good friers you can set the temp to 350 or whatever and it will maintain itself. Mmmm food for thought
Well I've used mine for boiling peanuts and steaming oysters when we were in our RV and did not have room for a bigger cooker, but I hope you using and old one cause I smell a potential disaster.
I believe all the Friars would be good just watch your temperature we have two Presto that we use often on for big batches most the time we do not use them but I would say a little fry daddy would work pretty not only that but for duel injection side-by-side would be maybe terrific we will have to look into that good ideal mo.
Ive never tried them. BUT ive always heard they arent good for plastic because they dont keep the temp constant. THats why everyone uses presto pots instead. The problem with prestos is having to use so much plastic at once that you have to be making a huge run of one color... Which is why most small bait guys just revert to the ole mic!
What about small metal container sitting in an electric skillet? I use one to fry in because of it's thermostat. I'm thinking maybe a tuna can sized container with a pinch in the side to act as a spout. Lower profile containers would be more consistent in maintaining a given temp. Just ran thru my head as I read this. Would also be able to heat more than one color and keep temps pretty close.
You might be on to something there. They do have metal measuring cups and since you are not using the microwave as a heat source it just might work. Be sure to use welding gloves to handle the cups so you don't burn yourself. Perhaps you could use a pyrex cup to melt the plastisol in the microwave then when it is finished, pour it into the metal cup to keep it at a constant temp while you inject another color.Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
I use an hotplate with a sauce pan...just gotta stir to distribute the heat. works very well. only problem is fumes....gotta open the garage door.
I have a small hotplate on which I set a one quart saucepan filled part way up with sugar sand. Initially I wet the sand so I could push a pyrex i cup ramakin into it leaving about 1/2" of the glass above the sand for setting in and removing, but after using it the sand dries leaving a perfect socket for future use if I handle the cups carefully. I used cooking oil in the cup to find the temp I needed to keep the plastic at 335-340 degrees. I simply unplug the unit when I want to shut it down and leave the thermostat alone. Plug it in and its soon ready to go. I heat the plastic initially in the microwave, then set the cup in the depression left in the sand from the previous cup. When I am not using the hotplate/pan, I set an empty cup in the socket. If I muff it up I just start over with the damp sand.
The sand in the pan distributes the heat evenly and I don't see cold spots. I should note too that the indent for the cup does not go thru the sand entirely so the cup in on the pan's bottom. There is at least 1/2" of sand under the cup.
Nice ideas here. Thank you for sharing them.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
There is a presto kettle that has temp control. Close to price of the fry daddy.CF
What about using a small electric skillet with a bit of water to keep the temp even across the pirex dish?
NO NO on the water!!! Keep all water far far away! I don't know why but water will pop and splatter like crazy if it touches plasticQuote:
Originally Posted by jhardy
yeah, as soon as I sent it, my "dumb a**" alarm went off
If you want to use a pan on a hot plate, use a heat diffuser to eliminate hotspots where the coils are.
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Well I don't know 2 cents about making plastics but you all talk of keeping plastics between 335-350 degrees and as you know water boils @220 degrees F. so yes when small amounts of water comes in contact with heated plastic it will instantly start to boil and pop like popcorn, I would guess some tiny small amounts of plastic could be sprayed about with the exploding water droplets. just my cent and a half.Quote:
Originally Posted by MO QWACK