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Originally Posted by brucey
How about a 1800 watt heat gun instead?
Got to try this out just a little so far. I do need to bring the sides down more as at 65 mph it is kind of flapping from the wind, not a lot, only around 2 inches up and down, but enough for me to reinforce it for sure.
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I don't even know if coroplast can be thermo-formed.It was originally extruded through a die set as melted pellets whereas ABS is a sheet compound and designed for thermo-forming,
If you're after compound curves I think you'll need tooling and full heating of the material.
Thermo-formed material has 'memory' and after formed and cooled will return to its pre-formed shape if re-heated.
You'll have only one chance to get it right.
Papier mache is a very low-tech way to achieve extremely complex compound forms and can be 'glassed' to protect it from the elements.