Making BioPlastics, Environmentally Friendly Plastics

Step 5 Yay you're done

Well done you now know how to contribute to the environment by making plastics that do not harm the earth. Happy Earth week! and don't forget to vote!



Note:

This particular batch turned out to be more of a rigid gel type material.
If I had added just little more corn starch and kept in the microwave longer then it would have been more like a hard plastic.

Also once it dries completely you can run it under water without it falling apart, but I would not put it in the dishwasher.

Comments

[AACRJimbo]

This sounds really awesome and useful, could you be more descriptive possibly of the end result material? I am making large pieces of a game board and would like to use something like this. The way you described it, they are not very heat resistant? Can they be milled, sanded, shaved, drilled ect after they are dried?

[nrepak]

Of course I let one dry for a week and it was not to brittle and I could easily drill it and cut it. Just make sure to make it bigger then you want it because the outside will crack a little