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AlanS17:
My control panel is metal and has a curver in it. The covering that was on it when I got it was plexi. I'll admit it looked awful, but then again the guys would but it on don't give a ^&*% about their machines. It was cracked and stuff. The bend was there but it was crooked and ugly.

So when I did mine i only covered up to the edge of the curve and didn't cover the front - only the part with controls on it. It looks good, but I may consider doing the whole thing this next go around with it.

I'll tell you if the hair dryer works! (I wish I had that thin laminate...)

IIOIOOIOO:
Usually, with the bendy plastics, you just throw them in the oven, with their paper sidings still on. Then take it out, form it, and allow to cool in place. Then pick it up and remove the paper coverings... enjoy!

AlanS17:
When I bought mine it came with a plastic covering, not paper.

Besides that, how long do you have to leave it in? and how do you handle it when it's hot like that?

(Sounds like a good idea, though.)

IIOIOOIOO:
Just look it up online. I remember in middle-school tech class (which I TA'd for like all 3 years to avoid art etc) that we just used oven-mitts. Just keep checking it... it reaches a point where it's JUST pliable enough to manipulate, but not like.... gooey.

Generic Eric:
I saw a webpage on how to make a storm trooper costume out of plastic.  The directions said to put it in the oven to warm it up until you could put it on a form.

I just wonder what its going to do to the oven?  Are you supposed to leave the oven on for awhile, or is it safe to bake your cassarole afterwards?

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