How to Make a Bowl from Recycled Plastic | Beginner's HDPE Project

After taking a month off to work on setting up our new workshop, we're back with another DIY recycled plastic project for you guys. This one has been in our heads for a while and we're happy we got to finally give it a try. We made a simple bowl using two pet food bowls as a DIY mould. This worked surprisingly well once we'd had a few practice attempts at it.

Do you have any other ideas on household/readily available items that could be turned into a mould for plastic recycling? Drop any ideas down in the comments and maybe we can try some out in a future video!

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[abtinbarzin]

You know, this seems like an easy way to make DIY plant pots for those of us who don't have the mold you two used. I may well try this out myself. Thanks a load.

[amydavis]

I've just discovered this channel and have been binge-watching it all evening. You guys are amazing! I love your personalities, and the things you make WHILE saving the planet are incredible! I wish I had the tools (and the physical ability) to make things like you do. I've made little wallets and other small items out of plastic bags from the grocery by ironing them into a "fabric", but that's about it. I also cut plastic bags into strips and crochet with them. Thank you so much for all that you do!!!

[amandasnider]

Ideas for more HDPE projects to try:
. Stringable Beads (Round, hollow and shapes)
. Walking Cane Handles
. Drawer Knobs
. Tiles for a Back Splash (especially how to install with adhesives)
. Kids Toys
. Frisbee
. Bath time kids toys (like floating ducks and little boats)

[s.s.]

I really appreciate that you guys are willing to try new things and to make some mistakes and share those mistakes! It's so helpful for people who are just starting out. I hope more people get into crafting with recycled plastic.

[gammapowered]

Next time you should try freezing the bouls before you start the mold process. Plastic has to have help cooling down. Most injection modes have a water system. Plastic tends to warp when it cools down. But if you emerge it in water immediately after molded It takes its form immediately.

[KTG]

This simply beats the pots video you made about 11 months ago. This means us laymen can now start to recycle. I'm trying this out !!! Thanks bros.

[bettinaintveen]

Mother Earth needs more people than you☝️😊 Great Ideas and I have a lot of fun watching your Videos😁 Greetings from Bavaria😘💞

[AthomewithKaren]

I've been collecting caps and thought I'd start with a keyring but those plant pots you have look amazing! I'm gonna need more caps!

[kolaiktomi]

I was just thinking about this while bagging up grocery and other shopping bags. The melting point of polyethylene is around 114 to 128 C but I do remember making similar projects in the 1990's around 145 to 155 C which made the material far too sticky for practical consideration of future prospects as an artist and now also engineer. Tomorrow, I will try a marble/Damascus knife or short sword using our shopping bags. I expect delamination but love learning from my failures. I also intend to make beads and maybe even shoes and boots. Thank you for doing some of the maths for me/us, it cuts my/our time down. Best of wishes to you and yours.

[dsfarmns]

fill the inside bowl with concrete and make a wood frame for the outside bowl and fill the outside around with concrete, place a couple spacers for the press that the press cant go deeper and you have a strong mould and always the same wall thickness

[AG-pvgj]

Dealing with plastics, molds, pressing and vacuum forms it helps with detail to warm the mold or item you're using. Plastic cool and harden very quickly when they come in contact with a cooler surface

[GeorgiosB]

Bowls are great for storage, but boxes would provide a more efficient and safe storage solution, especially with the use of hinges and latches for locks. Maybe with a semi-clear top so one can see the contents.

[Rouverius]

You know, it does look a bit like molten hard candy. I wonder if any tools or skills of that trade might prove useful or at least interesting for future projects.

[bongbai]

You just have us a job
Thanks guys ❤️❤️❤️❤️from Ghana northern Region Dagbon Kingdom west Africa Tamale ..

[clintrobinson]

Could you make your own storage bins?
I love seeing items in your shop that you made yourself

[OrganicMommaGA]

I absolutely adore this idea! These would perhaps be great items to make in different sizes and color schemes to donate to local pet shelters or as part of pet adoption gift bags. My biggest question then is where to source the needed (used) HDPE lids? It would take our small household decades to collect enough for a handful of small bowls.

[hengkiereza]

Hello whats the name of black sheet is that?

[FotixTheMonster]

now that was very nice AND useful at the same time,
also of course you guys whatever you had made so far is for homes and useful at the same time,
i really like how people around the world including you guys have find ways to use trash and make stuff out of them instead of throw them and end up to landfills and god knows what will happen to them and how will the compose, i mean especially plastic can last 500 years imagine making a house out of it,
anyways wonderful video as always and it also helps me with a project about a video game im making.

[fthurman]

I'm imagining a Bespoke HDPE Plastics buffet, where there are shavings of various colours to choose from so you can make your own mix from what's currently available, and then you bring it to the end, and pick from one of four or so simple items (plectrum, coaster, clipboard, tumbler/bowl sorta things), and then it's melted and extruded into your shape for you. That would be so nifty as a step-by-step makerspace sort of experience, and give folks who'd never get up the motivation to do it on their own an opportunity to do what you fellas are doing!

[travel-rome]

Because you show us that you tried an till you got it will follow an share your channel....