The video course describes in detail how to make transparent plexiglass coasters for booklets, jewelry, cosmetics, Cell Phones, wallets, shoes and other products made of plexiglass (acrylic). As well as transparent holders for price tags - price tag holders. You will learn what tools (with a minimum price) and materials are needed for this, where to get them and how to process them.
"How to make money on plexiglass products"
The video course describes in detail how to make transparent plexiglass coasters for booklets, jewelry, cosmetics, cell phones, wallets, shoes and other plexiglass (acrylic) products. As well as transparent holders for price tags - price tag holders.
You will learn what tools (with a minimum price) and materials are needed for this, where to get them and how to process them.
What can be done with plexiglass?
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Does anyone need these gizmos and is it possible to make money on them?
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Here are approximate calculations of the cost of products and the price for the customer:
- 1 sq.m. PVC transparent 0.8 mm costs 163 rubles.
- 1 sq.m. Plexiglas 1.5 mm. costs 378 rubles.
- Price tag 3 cm x 5 cm.
- The total area of the material is 0.003 sq.m. The cost price is 0.57 rubles.
- The price for the client is 5-6 rubles:
- Stand for a wallet (or other goods).
- The total area of the material is 0.023 sq.m. The cost price is 8.7 rubles. Price: 52 rubles.
- Stand for mobile phone.
- The total area of the material is 0.015 sq.m. The cost price is 5.7 rubles. Price: 33 rub.
Prices for materials and prices for finished products may fluctuate depending on where you live. But still, you saw that by making such products you can earn. Moreover, such products are ordered by tens, hundreds, and sometimes thousands.
You can make these products yourself:
What's inside the course?
You will see the menu:
And 12 video lessons lasting 1 hour 10 minutes:
Lesson 1. Materials and tools:
Lesson 2. Where to get materials:
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Present!
Lesson on making decorative mirrors. How to make a plastic mirror. + Ready-made mirror templates
Now it has become fashionable to decorate the interior with figured mirrors. Unlike glass mirrors, plastic mirrors are lightweight and safe. Even if a child or you miss or accidentally hit such a mirror, the risk of injury is minimal.
Decorative mirrors give the room a great look and volume. Moreover, your any fantasies can be realized. Mirrors can be made in any shape and size.
Will the owners of online stores selling mirrors share the secret of their manufacture? Hardly!
If you are interested in the technology of manufacturing interior mirrors and small mirror fridge magnets, then you will learn about it from my video tutorial.
For buyers of the Plexiglas video course, I give this video tutorial and ready-made mirror templates for free!
Lesson 12
Mirror templates that you will receive as a gift!
Often the desire to make their home even more attractive and interesting encourages the owners to use very rare and intricate materials in their work. Previously, vinyl records and metal alloys were used for decoration, matchboxes and scorched wood, textiles and leatherette, as well as much more: experienced master finds a use for everything. Today, polymer plexiglass has gained wide popularity, which can be used both for decorative purposes and as a material for creating intricate fixtures. domestic use. Thanks to a creative approach, skillful hands and certain knowledge of organic glass, you can create a truly unique items, which will later become your pride and decoration of the house.
A little about the material
The named material is a polymer alloy with high strength and at the same time maximum ductility (subject to the use high temperatures). The composition of plexiglass includes amorphous polymers, which mainly consist of unfolded and linear macromolecules. This composition of the material allows you to achieve its absolute transparency, strength and lightness.
A new material that significantly expanded the possibilities of builders and designers
The advantages of plexiglass used as a material for creating decorative elements interior are:
Therefore, organic glass is becoming more and more popular among jacks of all trades.
It is worth noting that completely different intricate gizmos can be created from plexiglass. It can be cute whatnots and fancy shelves, small aquariums or pots under houseplants, semicircular partitions in the room or simple countertops. At the same time, in some cases, it may be necessary to bend the plexiglass at a given angle.
You can carry out this task at home in compliance with the basic rules for working with plexiglass.
Several principles of working with plexiglass
Before you start melting and bending plexiglass, you need to learn a few principles that will help you get the job done as productively as possible and without unnecessary waste of material.
- So, to form a detail right size it is necessary to cut off a piece of material of the desired parameters from a whole sheet of plexiglass. This will result in an economical consumption of material and higher productivity of the work performed.
- For work it is necessary to use only pure plexiglass. For this purpose, it is recommended to wash the material.
It is important not to use abrasive materials to clean plexiglass. Only a soft cloth and natural drying of the polymer sheet. Otherwise, visible and unsightly scratches and streaks form on the plexiglass, which spoil appearance material and reduce its transparency.
- After washing the plexiglass, do not immediately start bending work. Let the material dry. This will take at least a day in a dry room with room temperature. Alternatively, blow dry at 80 degrees Celsius.
The principle of calculating the drying time of plexiglass with a hair dryer should be as follows: 1 hour per 1 mm of material thickness in each of its sections.
- Starting to heat plexiglass in order to deform it under right angle, please note that the heat treatment of the material must be carried out on the opposite side relative to the bending angle. That is, we heat the top of the material and bend it down.
- To bend plexiglass, it is enough to use a heating temperature of 150 degrees, and for melting the material and pouring it into prepared molds, a temperature of at least 170 degrees is needed.
Important: for proper bending of plexiglass at home, you need to heat up an area of \u200b\u200bthe material that is three times its thickness. That is, if your plexiglass has a thickness of 3 mm, then for its even and beautiful bending, you need to warm up such a section along the line of the intended fold, the width of which will be 9 mm. With this thickness of plexiglass, it will be sufficient to process with a thermal device on one side of the material. If the thickness of the plexiglass exceeds 5 mm, then it will be necessary to carry out the process of heating it from both sides along the line of the intended fold.
- After bending the plexiglass, it is important to allow it to cool naturally. Do not use water or cold air as a cooler. It can harm finished product in the form of cracks, bubbles, etc.
Ways to bend at home
Necessary materials
In order to give plexiglass desired configuration, you can use one of several popular methods:
- Heating the material with a building hair dryer;
- By boiling;
- By using nichrome wire.
Depending on how the plexiglass is bent, you will need a heating element (building hair dryer, nichrome wire, or a saucepan of boiling water). In addition, prepare:
- Hacksaw for metal;
- Vice for reliable fixation of the Plexiglas plate;
- Foma for bending (pipe, bar, countertop, etc.);
- Abrasive material for grinding the edges of the product;
- A little water (to cool the material while it is being cut).
Preparatory work
If your future product requires the use of a small piece of plexiglass, then you first need to cut it off from the common canvas. To do this, securely fix the plexiglass in a vise and cut off the desired piece with a hacksaw. In places of fixation, do not forget to lay soft material, which will prevent damage to the plexiglass.
For cutting plexiglass can be used as hand saw, and electric jigsaw
Important: Use only a sharp hacksaw. Otherwise, the material may be damaged and deformed. When cutting Plexiglas, cool the cutting line with water. This will avoid overheating of the plexiglass and its possible melting.
If a crack appears on the material during cutting, do not worry. It can be removed with a little trick: treat the edges of the split with chilled acetic acid. By shearing the plexiglass at the split point, allow acetic acid penetrate deeper into the pores of the material. Then squeeze the plexiglass at the crack. The material will fuse and the polished crack will not be visible.
Boil bending
This is the easiest way to bend plexiglass, requiring almost no additional tools.
Be sure to use protective gloves to avoid burns.
5. Leave the part formed from plexiglass until it cools completely.
With a hair dryer
If you have to bend enough big piece Plexiglas, then use a building hair dryer for these purposes. Its power will allow processing a large area of organic polymer material in an extremely short time.
With nichrome wire
With the help of a nichrome wire carefully stretched under the plexiglass, it is possible to achieve bending of the material in a straight line without effort. To do this, you must perform the following steps:
Video: bending plexiglass with nichrome wire
We bring to your attention a short video that will clearly demonstrate how to bend plexiglass using nichrome wire.
Plexiglas crafts are becoming more and more popular. This beautiful and malleable material is suitable for making figurines, photo frames and other interesting and beautiful things. In this article, we will tell you how to make a price tag holder and a phone stand out of plexiglass.
Advantages and disadvantages
Plexiglas has become a popular craft material due to the following qualities:
- ease;
- durability;
- resistance to ultraviolet radiation;
- impact resistance;
- pliability to many types of processing and decoration.
The disadvantages of this material include flammability and poor scratch resistance.
Video "Making a plexiglass ring"
From this video you will learn how to make a ring from plexiglass with your own hands.
Classification
There are several types of plexiglass.
- Transparent. Colorless smooth sheets that transmit up to 95% of light. Suitable for etching and engraving. A frame or a carved figure made of such material looks great with an LED garland fixed around the perimeter.
- Color. The material has a uniform color, transmits 20-75% of the light, depending on the thickness of the sheet and the saturation of the shade. Such plexiglass can be relatively transparent or frosted, gently diffusing light. It makes spectacular stained-glass windows and lamps. Sheets that let in a minimum of light are especially good for nightlights.
- corrugated. On one side of the sheet there is a convex pattern. Such plexiglass can be both transparent and colored. It is rarely used for crafts.
General Instructions
Now let's look at how to make simple but very useful things out of plexiglass: a price tag holder and a phone stand.
Instrument preparation
To work with plexiglass, you will need the following tools:
- ruler;
- knife, a circular saw or jigsaw;
- weight;
- inclined stop;
- thermal cutter.
The cutter can be made by yourself. For this you will need:
- nitrochrome wire 0.5–1 mm thick and 30–50 cm long;
- frame;
- 12 V power supply.
Thanks to the special plexiglass knife, you can easily cut the right details from this material
The wire is fixed on the frame and connected to a power source. This device is needed to bend plexiglass.
Draw the exact outlines of the blanks in advance: an error of 1 cm can make the item unusable. Both designs have vertically arranged parts, so the base must be secure so that they do not fall.
Making a price tag holder
There are several types of price tag holders. For example, consider the manufacture of a desktop. It has the following shape: an inclined vertical part extends from the base with a tight clamp at the top, thanks to which the price sheet does not fall out. For such a product, you need a transparent sheet with a thickness of 1.5-3 mm.
The work is done like this:
Making a phone stand
For example, consider creating a stand with a base, a vertical part, a bottom stop and side holders. All these parts can be rectangular or made in an artistic form.
Money earned by one's own labor always evokes a feeling of pride (a product was obtained that was useful to people) and joy (the plan came true, it was possible to please both yourself and your family with a long-awaited profit). There are many earning options. There are things that are always in demand, because they are necessary in Everyday life. That's exactly what they are hot commodity. Why not try to fix production of plexiglass products? They really can captivate with their charming appearance and will be easily sold.
What can be done with plexiglass?
Cute coasters for plates, aquariums for fish for private customers, strict price tags, transparent or original colored trays, which look so good on shop windows or jewelry, perfumes, accessories and shoes - for shops. That's what you need to focus on when setting up production.
For industrial enterprises and small firms, order in documents is a sure guarantee of accurate work. If they are stored in beautiful transparent folders-stands Plexiglas, and even made in different colors to make them easier to find, such products will enjoy continued popularity in this direction.
Numbers, tags, lototrons and plexiglass tokens V in public places(theaters, restaurants, entertainment venues) create the image of the organization, because they start not only with hangers, but also with numbers too. Many self-respecting stores and businesses will gladly purchase for different needs necessary little things. plexiglass- it is, in fact, a solid material that was created on the basis of polymers. It is obtained by the most complex method chemical reactions from acrylic acid. That's where the name came from. In other words, the material is called plexiglass. The prefix "org" in the word "plexiglass" means organic origin, since the production of the material is completely based on the reactions of organic chemistry.
Plexiglas is very unpretentious. It is easy to process: sawing, cutting, planing and sharpening, creating desired shape. Devices and tools with which products appear under skillful hands masters are the most familiar: cutters, drills, cutters, chisels, blowtorch, circular saw, lathe and milling machines. Even gluing individual parts is not difficult, and the seams are almost invisible. It is a pleasure to work with the material: it easily softens when heated, it is easy to process it both on machines and manually, and with many plumbing tools.
Several types of plexiglass production
- Casting. It is a compound of methyl methacrylate and other substances that are poured into a mold made of silicate glass. The result is an excellent plexiglass. It is durable, and thanks to the production method (casting) it can withstand a sufficient load. The material lends itself well to processing, molding, polishing without sufficient effort.
- extrusion is a slightly different method of obtaining plexiglass. Polymethyl methacrylate, which is in granules, is heated in an extrusion machine and squeezed out onto special devices.
Many master this type of craftsmanship, since plexiglass is an environmentally friendly material, it has a high light transmission. No matter how much time passes, this quality remains unchanged. The same applies to colored products. Plexiglas is light and weighs less than ordinary glass, so you do not have to spend money on supports during assembly.
An excellent quality is the fact that the material is not afraid of moisture and various microorganisms, therefore it is installed in shop windows, on water transport, on protective devices as glazing, and for small fish it serves as an aquarium. Glass resists frost and has electrical insulating properties. It is not affected chemical substances, and it is very difficult to break it.
When a transparent sheet lies on the table with a completely smooth surface and beautiful shine, a lot of ideas are born in the head of the designer. frosted plexiglass is white and colored. The first has excellent light scattering properties, and the second is a uniformly colored sheet, which is used to create teaching aids and advertising, on catwalks, as well as suspended ceilings.
White corrugated plexiglass has a convex surface in the form of drops, waves and honeycombs on one side. At the same time, the other side remains perfectly flat. This type is mainly used to create original interior: various interior partitions, doors, as a piece of furniture and in showers.
From plexiglass, you can create a lot of amazing things by setting up your business. Of course, you will have to find worthy partners, skilled people, purchase equipment, but all costs will pay off over time.
