This guide takes you through setting up the process of heating and reforming HDPE plastic, to be moulded into re-usable shapes.

Plastic materials are heated to such a temperature that they will flow and are then forced under pressure into a metal mould or through a die.

Metal objects are heated to a temperature that will cause plastic powders to adhere to the heated surface and, when cooled, produce a plastic covering.

Thermoplastic materials are joined using a jet of hot air to melt and fuse the plastics material. A filler rod of the same material may be used to reinforce the joint.