Friendly Plastic Oven Method
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- Friendly Plastic takes on a different look when “baked” vs. using hot water to manipulate the product.
- Toaster ovens work best set at 200 degrees. Ovens vary so watch the Friendly Plastic and adjust temperature if needed.
- Line toaster oven pan with aluminum foil. Do not place plastic directly on pan if you want to continue using pan for food. Lightly spray foil with non-stick cooking spray.
- Cut out your design and lay flat on foil.
- Place foiled pan in toaster oven. Watch the plastic carefully. When the sharp edges of the plastic melt over, the design is done. The plastic becomes dull/shiny.
- Fill a large bowl with ice water and place foil into the water to cool plastic quickly. Never touch hot plastic; it will burn your fingers. Use a hot pad when removing pan from toaster oven.
- If you cut Friendly Plastic into square, heat, remove from oven, and stamp with a rubber stamp or the AMACO stamps, the impression will stay and can be clearly seen.
- You can re-cut a design and re-heat for smooth edges.
- Keep your Friendly Plastic scraps. Place your scraps on foil. Overlap pieces of plastic in several places. Heat and remove from oven. Allow plastic to cool. Now you can cutout shapes from the large mass of scraps. Re-heat to smooth edges.
- You can use the foil to make shapes that the plastic will melt onto.
- AMACO, makers of Friendly Plastic are very consumer oriented. If you have questions, just contact the company at: 4717 W. 16th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222 or visit AMACO’s web site: www.amaco.com
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Linda P :
Date: January 12, 2009 @ 8:31 AM
Just an update: The new address for AMACO is:
6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254
Their phone number:
317-244-6871
SRS :
Date: January 17, 2009 @ 5:01 PM
I have never used this product before. I bought some on Ebay and I think it’s very old. When I went to cut it into strips, it crumbled. I’m very disappointed. I also used the oven method, followed instructions and then tried to use a cookie cutter. The cutter stuck in the melted plastic and when I lifted it out, it left strings all over the area that I wanted to cut out.
Help.
Linda Peterson :
Date: February 4, 2009 @ 5:19 PM
Hi! A couple of tips I learned from Jana Ewy.
Your cutters must be cooled so that they dont stick. Jana uses metal cutters that soak in ice water with a drop of olive oil.
Plastic that is old is brittle. Once it is reheated and cooled, it should get it’s flexibility back.
You may want to check out Jana’s two Friendly Plastic books available on http://www.amaco.com They have helpful techniques and her new griddle method.
Hope this helps. Please check out our FP blog as well listed above.