Using polycaprolactone (aka shapelock)

[Rus121]

A friend recently gave me some of this 'shapelock' stuff. Its a low melting point plastic that can be worked with a little hot water. Once warmed, it bunches up and goes into a clear putty that you can mold quite easily with your hands. Once cool again, it dries to a white solid. I had a bit of a play yesterday and made a crude mould from my old no fear mountain. Its very tough once cool and i suspect you could fix a whole variety of pinball related stuff with it.
Anyone else use this stuff before?

 

[Mooseman]

That looks good rus. Ive heard of it but never experienced it.
Does it not go soft and plyabul again when warm? Ie inside a pin machine
or once set its good to go?
rus please stick it near a radiator or something warm to see how it reacts.
Also where is it purchased from as ive only read about americans using it
cheers

 

[Paul]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Friendly-...ts-500g-Easy-To-Colour-Reusable-/170720943663

Good for making plaster molds tho, and then repro'ing the original item i guess???

 

[Wizcat]

Saw it in the Maplins catalogue the other day. Was thinking about pinball related applications myself!

 

[replicas]

I have used it on loads of Pinbal related stuff. Great for most stuff and easy to use and mold to whatever you need.

 

[Rus121]

Placed some right next to a very hot radiator (1 cm away) and it held its shape nicely. After several hours it was still hard, but did soften on the outer layer ever so slightly. With a melting point of 66 degrees celcius, i think it should be ok inside a pin.

 

[highjon]

I used this to make a missing foot for my Judge Dredd eagle topper - looks ok but was a difficult shape to work with. Also repaired a brake lever on a Manx TT machine.
It only melts in nearly boiling water so temperature shouldnt be an issue. I did notice it contracts ever so slightly on curing / going cold.
Handy stuff!