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How would I go about molding plastic?

Hey i need to create a see through mask, i have the mold for it, just need to kno how to mold the plastic.Can i use the Laminate material without the paper in the middle? or a plastic bag? or from a polymer based container? would i use a blow dryer to make it bendy? or would i use hot waterHelP!@$@#@$#@

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difficult problem. research from google or bing. it will help!
This is a great question. Why would someone use the non-wood crown molding? I personally have never used platic, but I did use an engineered MDF type product. I chose it over wood for a very specific reason, my walls weren't perfectly square. With the Medium Density Fiberboard or MDF I got the wiggle room necessary to make a really good fit. MDF is slighly less rigid than its hardwood counterpart. For my application the difference in this area made the difference for the project because I was going to pain the wood a semi-gloss white either way. I strongly recommend the malleability of the MDF over the hardwood. Plastic would be an acceptable option because once you have it in place, nobody is ever going to touch it. Also, I chose a molding that didn't have a lot of intricate cuts of dental work. If I had chosen a more historical molding that had these types of design effects I probably would have considered a plastic over the wood product simply because of price. It is much cheaper to create as compared to the wood products, and as such, you are able to experiment more with it. But once it is on the wall, the casual person shouldn't be able to tell the difference between any of these products if it has been installed correctly. Essentially, install, putty, paint. Once it has been painted, they should look essentially the same.

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