In my project for Maker Faire I tried to create phone cases using old shampoo bottles. My inspiration for this project was to reuse plastic to create plastic pollution. In the beginning of my project I hit a roadblock with what I was going to do for Maker Faire, then I thought about everyday objects I use that I could recreate for the environment.
I started by cutting out flat sheets of plastic off the shampoo bottles. Then I traced a phone on 2-3 pieces of cardboard, I also traced a phone case on the plastic but a few centimeters larger than the phone. This is because the next step is to heat the plastic with the cardboard model in the middle then mold the edges to the cardboard model.
Along the process I ran into many problems, during the first weeks I had a shortage of shampoo bottles which slowed my progress. Another problem I ran into was the fact that not all the plastics are the same meaning that certain plastic would burn faster and others don't burn as fast making the molding process very difficult. I tired lots of different burning tools like candles,lighters and candle lighters but they either burned the plastic or slightly heat the plastic so I didn't succeed in completing my project.
I learned that not all shampoo bottles have the same kind of plastic and that keeping the lighter at different distances to the plastic makes a huge impact. If I had more time to work on my project I would have used a easier to use material or done more research on how to mold plastic. If someone else tried to make this project I would recommend having more shampoo bottles to use ahead of time.
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