Ive seen a couple people with curved pvc pipes that they use as toys after theyre wrapped in fleece, where do you guys get these?? Or do you curve them yourselves?
Now we are up to boiling PVC?!? The things we do for our babies. Oh I will have to try this, I want to try this. The only way I was able to make spiral toys was with thick electrical cable. It works well, but let's boil some PVC, why not?
I bake mine. Wrap in paper towels and bake at 250 degrees for about 10 minutes. It comes out like a spaghetti noodle. Just make sure you have good ventilation while doing it, a window open and/or a fan running.
I use the regular PVC pipe. My cutters only ran me 12 bucks and they last forever. They are red and black. I don't fill with sand, I just go really slow.
Here is a closeup of a finished product of my own.
This picture was taken prior to me adding the chain that goes through the "handle".
Last edited by chattrbabe; 10/22/1003:58 PM. Reason: I did an oops and forgot to wait for the picture to be added rofl!
That is AWESOME!!!! Wow if I try this it will confirm that I really have lost my marbles. My family is already pretty sure I have! But what a cool idea. Am going to have to give this a try.
U can also put the pipe in the oven (keeping a close eye on it) my husband used to make bird PVC Stands and that's the way he did it before he bought his big one -
Im really excited this thread has so much attention! after halloween i am deff going to try also! Id love to see other pictures as well, i know it takes me a century to upload photos, but i will eventuallly after i give it a try!
what do you all bend your pipe around to have a uniform curl or do you just wing it? And do you bend the pipe using a pair of pliers to grip it with or can you use your hands?
Re: curvy pvc pipe??
[Re: Kayla]
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I had some wood stands that hubby built me for outside oil lamps for the yard. I took two of them and screwed two different size cans onto the tops of them. I heat the pipe and then bend them around the cans (one is a coffee can, the other a large soup can).
If you want to make consistant S shapes, you can screw some cans down onto a peice of lumber and then use it each time to get the same shape.
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