DIY acrylic lilly pipes

**epicfish** · 10-12-2006, 08:43 AM

lol, I'd just swish a small amount of bleach and then thoroughly rinse the bottle to sterilize the DIY CO2 bottle....or....just get a new bottle and rinse out the soda. =P

According to this site: http://www.3d-cam.com/materials/acrylic.asp
The melting point of acrylic is 266 *F. Water boils at 212 *F.

From Boiling Oil & Water
"This is because it's hard to measure the boiling point of oil. The reason is that well before it reaches its boiling point, oil will start to smoke. This is called the 'smoke point'. The smoke points for some common cooking oils are here:

Safflower - 510 F (266 C)
Soybean - 495 F (257 C)
Corn - 475 F (246 C)
Peanut - 440 F (227 C)
Sesame - 420 F (216 C)
Olive - 375 F (191 C)
(from Tools and Techniques)
The exact temperatures will also depend on how pure the oil is."

You could try Safflower oil. LOL!

rlong · 10-12-2006, 02:19 PM

Wow!
That is great!
Thanks for the tips and pictures of your work.
Randy

Mori · 10-12-2006, 03:19 PM

It's hard to stick the middle of a long tube into a pot of water, unfortunately. I did not use a heat gun because I needed both hands to shape my tube while heating. A heat gun would work fine of course, but the stove has the added advantage (to me) of a convenient fume hood, as well as the best lighting in the house. My countertop is also impervious to heat so it's a nice surface to work on. I'm not crazy. I also wasn't doing itty bitty curves, though.

Yzmxer99 · 10-16-2006, 11:57 PM

It just shows there are so many ways to "skin a cat" My hats off to all of the creativity here

**Blacksunshine** · 10-10-2007, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by epicfish

lol, I'd just swish a small amount of bleach and then thoroughly rinse the bottle to sterilize the DIY CO2 bottle....or....just get a new bottle and rinse out the soda. =P

According to this site: http://www.3d-cam.com/materials/acrylic.asp
The melting point of acrylic is 266 *F. Water boils at 212 *F.

From Boiling Oil & Water
"This is because it's hard to measure the boiling point of oil. The reason is that well before it reaches its boiling point, oil will start to smoke. This is called the 'smoke point'. The smoke points for some common cooking oils are here:

Safflower - 510 F (266 C)
Soybean - 495 F (257 C)
Corn - 475 F (246 C)
Peanut - 440 F (227 C)
Sesame - 420 F (216 C)
Olive - 375 F (191 C)
(from Tools and Techniques)
The exact temperatures will also depend on how pure the oil is."

You could try Safflower oil. LOL!

your not trying to make the acrylic melt down you are just trying to soften it. I think 212deg would be a good temp to use since it is lower then the melting point of acrylic. just hot enough to work with it tho.

Mori · 10-10-2007, 11:57 PM

So, what type of cookware does one use to immerse the middle of a 4 foot piece of acrylic into boiling...anything?

I like my J tubes to actually be Us so they're clearish on the outside, too. I guess that's not really necessary. Less obvious than atomic green hose, though.

**helgymatt** · 03-14-2008, 01:51 AM

And is this polycarbonate tubing available at local shops? I hate to have to order an 8' section of this stuff? How does everyone else get a hold of this? I'm sure a plumbing supply store could special order it if they don't have it...right?

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10-12-2006, 08:43 AM	#31 (permalink)
epicfish Planted Tank n00b (View User Tanks) PTrader: (91) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 7,378	lol, I'd just swish a small amount of bleach and then thoroughly rinse the bottle to sterilize the DIY CO2 bottle....or....just get a new bottle and rinse out the soda. =P According to this site: http://www.3d-cam.com/materials/acrylic.asp The melting point of acrylic is 266 F. Water boils at 212 F. From Boiling Oil & Water "This is because it's hard to measure the boiling point of oil. The reason is that well before it reaches its boiling point, oil will start to smoke. This is called the 'smoke point'. The smoke points for some common cooking oils are here: Safflower - 510 F (266 C) Soybean - 495 F (257 C) Corn - 475 F (246 C) Peanut - 440 F (227 C) Sesame - 420 F (216 C) Olive - 375 F (191 C) (from Tools and Techniques) The exact temperatures will also depend on how pure the oil is." You could try Safflower oil. LOL!

10-12-2006, 03:19 PM	#33 (permalink)
Mori Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,158	It's hard to stick the middle of a long tube into a pot of water, unfortunately. I did not use a heat gun because I needed both hands to shape my tube while heating. A heat gun would work fine of course, but the stove has the added advantage (to me) of a convenient fume hood, as well as the best lighting in the house. My countertop is also impervious to heat so it's a nice surface to work on. I'm not crazy. I also wasn't doing itty bitty curves, though.

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Mori Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,158	So, what type of cookware does one use to immerse the middle of a 4 foot piece of acrylic into boiling...anything? I like my J tubes to actually be Us so they're clearish on the outside, too. I guess that's not really necessary. Less obvious than atomic green hose, though.

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helgymatt Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 479	And is this polycarbonate tubing available at local shops? I hate to have to order an 8' section of this stuff? How does everyone else get a hold of this? I'm sure a plumbing supply store could special order it if they don't have it...right?

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