There is a product called mar-gard that should help. They use it in signs, lenses and headlight covers. I was told that it is a silicon based product, but that could be totally off.
Bryan Gebhart
Phoenix Recycling Inc.
www.plasticscrap.us
PEEK is the most expensive plastic on the market, with varying grades going from $45 pp. I would take a second look at PEI in the $6-$8 range.
Bryan Gebhart
Phoenix Recycling Inc.
www.plasticscrap.us
Actually, I am kind of interested in this post. I am an aquarium owner. In our next house, we talked about putting one inside the wall. With water only, I came up with about 4,100 lbs of water weight for this example, but with rocks and sand, usually there is more weight shifted downward and...
I have always had troubles finding what I want with NIST, but they are a good resource too. Matweb.com is another site I use for finding specs, like MFI.
Bryan Gebhart
Phoenix Recycling Inc.
www.plasticscrap.us
PTFE is very expensive, so recycled is a good option. For some natural Dupont PTFE, I have seen it go for $5-7 / lb on the virign market, but under $.50 / lb for recycled pulverized. You will lose some M.W. property with recycled, but not enough that should cause a problem for gears in my...