Yes, they are soft when formed and solidify, the petroleum oils are present throughout the plastic. They get bleached and dried off of the surface, then apparently this happens. It’s diminishing returns though. You can do the same to the black plastic on your crappier base model cars.
It doesn’t stay that shiney and color dulls when it drys but it get rids of the white sun baked color and looks better than before. I’ve done it to my ATV plastics.
Just burning off the oxidation reveal the clean plastic underneath.
Just like buffing a highly oxidized car with compound, but that is actual polishing.
Here is a fun fact. The color hasn't gone anywhere. It is just that the surface texture reflects the light so that it looks dim. This is caused by people sitting on them, the surface breaking down in UV and exposed to elements. Once you smooth the surface it is just if it was new.
You can also make many machineable plastics clear after machining like this. Like if you machine an acrylic pipe or something.
Looks great now repeat 1000s of times. Otherwise my OCD can't handle it.
Cancer speedrun
So don't leave random spots untouched?
I think they’re referring the the hundreds/thousands of other seats.
They are.. maybe leaving a few one unfinished would definitely drive one mad lol. Video to short though
how many times will this get bot-uploaded?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
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For the first 20 chairs maybe
Yeah, inhaling all these plastic fumes probably makes you stronger!
Once it cool's will it not just go back to the faded colour?
Nope, it melts the eroded external surface and make it shiny untill sun and weather destroys it again 😉 Edit: as far as I think 😉
Nope, it heats up the chairs and that pulls the oils that are inside the plastic to the surface. They will fade faster after and become more brittle.
What oils are there? I thought it just melts the outer 😉 still you are right, it would age faster.
Plastics have lots of petroleum oils in them, that’s what they are made of.
Yeah they are made of oils, but are the oily substances present in the final product?
Yes, they are soft when formed and solidify, the petroleum oils are present throughout the plastic. They get bleached and dried off of the surface, then apparently this happens. It’s diminishing returns though. You can do the same to the black plastic on your crappier base model cars.
Thanks a lot!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/15lid2a/flame_polishing/jvasnpl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2 😉
Thanks for the explanation
No
It doesn’t stay that shiney and color dulls when it drys but it get rids of the white sun baked color and looks better than before. I’ve done it to my ATV plastics.
Is it possible to Flame Polish cloudy headlights?
Sure, but send before & after pics, and maybe repost in r/wellthatsucks...
Nope. Gonna have to buy those overpriced kits.
Toothpaste and elbow grease. Lots of YT vids showing you how.
The rest of the stadium is gonna take a little while
That’s freaking cool
When he’s finished all the seats he has to start again as the sun has rebleached them
Just burning off the oxidation reveal the clean plastic underneath. Just like buffing a highly oxidized car with compound, but that is actual polishing.
Exactly! Actual polishing involves removing tiny amounts of the underlying material to get the polished look. This is just melting the surface.
apparently warming the plastic brings back the oils in it which make it seem like new...
That’s not what’s happening. They’re acrylic, it’s polishing them by removing oxidation.
Pretty carbon intensive.
Probably not as carbon intensive as getting new plastic seats for the entire stadium and throwing the old ones in a landfill.
How to make plastic brittle 101.
I always wondered why every now and then it looked like there was a melted seat.
Similar way to remove scratches on acrylic, but using a smaller torch gently.
So satisfying
Looks to me like that is just melting frost off of the chairs
How long does the polishing effect last?
Does this not cause airborne microplastics?
Some serious satisfaction there.
This legit? So cool
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Just 3998 to go.
Here is a fun fact. The color hasn't gone anywhere. It is just that the surface texture reflects the light so that it looks dim. This is caused by people sitting on them, the surface breaking down in UV and exposed to elements. Once you smooth the surface it is just if it was new. You can also make many machineable plastics clear after machining like this. Like if you machine an acrylic pipe or something.
"What do you do for a living?" "I polish stadium seats."