I just purchased a plastic ladder. I want put a nice bend in it like a circle /hook on one end...any idear on how to put a bend in it... Candeling does not work don't ask....I need to warm the plastic then bend it around a piece of 1/2" copper pipe... As a electrician I can bend pvc pipe by heating it in warming blanket, it gets rubbery and I can bend away. Will Hot water get it rubbery enough? Any idea's?
Tanks

Michael

warm water maybe

A hair dryer has worked for me once in the past. Just don't hold the dryer too close.

you need about 200-210 degF to soften styrene, hot water for this purpose means close to boiling - the hair dryer will also certainly do it.

practice with some scraps or sprues first, the transition comes on suddenly and not necessarily evenly.

That's for the sugestions.....I used my wife's curling iron ...worked ok the plastic melted suddenly... I got a nice neat even bend on the first try.

Michael