Can you use an Air Fryer to Recycle Plastic?

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5 ай бұрын

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We get a lot of comments saying that you guys want to try melting plastic at home without a lot of the expensive equipment we're fortunate to have in our workshop. Now, we have made a load of videos using a flat-plate panini press, but it seems like that specific machine (Breville VTS026) is quite tricky to get your hands on in some countries. So, we decided we were going to find a suitable alternative for all of you budding DIY recyclers out there!
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@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

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@GrampiesCorner 3 ай бұрын

This wastes a huge amount of energy! If is better to use your oven and melt it all at once, only having to run the oven once, thereby only using energy once for melting!

@Gillespie91 3 ай бұрын

I build repair and do they engineering changes on plastic ejection molds. Been doing it for 16 years so If you need a mold made for something I can help y'all out

@dorcashomes23 5 ай бұрын

As a waste enthusiast myself I love how you are so intentional in re using even the scrapes ,it irks me when I see ppl throw scraps away and call themselves eco friendly. I am inspired by your works and this one I think its so beautiful I want one for myself rn.

@-._._-._ 5 ай бұрын

What matters most to me is how people react to what is called evil and selfishness. Most people hate evil. I don't trust them.

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

We keep everything! It’s the secret hoarder in us 😅

@islanzadi1 5 ай бұрын

As a Enthusiastic waste myself, I enjoy seeing recycling at work.

@sadaesashington7255 5 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake love it 😂🩷🤍

@dennisolsson3119 5 ай бұрын

I find even worse people mixing the plastic waste with sawdust (when for instance cutting on the bandsaw) and then show how they burn their sawdust.

@crescentwind1032 5 ай бұрын

Hmm, an interesting project to make out of recycled plastic would be a chess+checker set. All you'd need are cookie cutters. They sell chess cookie cutters and cutting recycled plastic sheets with them would make them two dimensional. Making a small peg or a tab at the bottom would allow you to insert them standing up on circular pieces of plastic (Probably also cut from cookie cutters) that have a slot in the middle. They'll look like those acrylic standees and I bet they'll look marvelous with the marbling. If you want to play checkers, just remove the chess standees from the disks and use the circular disks as checker pieces. If you want to make the board itself, it might be trickier but I'd imagine it's possible to just cut two different colors of plastic sheet into squares and just arrange them into the checker board pattern. Just a thought but I think those would look amazing with recycled plastic marbling.

@nostreamavailable9090 5 ай бұрын

You guys should make a skateboard and a set of wheels for it . Also, those offcuts look a lot like knife scales used in knifemaking. Custom scratcplate for a guitar would be cool too

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

A skateboard has been on our list for a long time! Making the wheels would be cool! We actually have a video of making knife scales. They turned out so nice!

@TWFDeadzoneII 5 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake Skateboard decks would be cool, especially with the blending color design, and HDPE should be sturdy enough for real life use. The 22" penny board could be a good inspiration. Love what you're doing. best of luck!

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

@@TWFDeadzoneII I agree about the deck. I'm not so confident that it was worth the effort to reinvent the wheel.

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake If you make wheels, then would you please make biodegradable wheels?

@jacobshort6528 3 ай бұрын

@@eugenetswong Would that be something like wooden wheels?

@WahooNo2 5 ай бұрын

I have been using an old air fryer and old soda cans to melt hdpe bags for a few years and it has worked well.

@Amritadivya54 3 ай бұрын

what do you make from the melted plastic??

@cerwelt 2 ай бұрын

Raised in California in the sixties and seventies we rationed water and ran around turn lights off. We learned about ecology and recycling. My mom refinished used furniture and I learned a different way of living. Today I’m constantly looking for ways to reuse used items. I buy clothes through second hand sellers and consignment shops. I make junk journals from junk mail, old packaging and anything others don’t want. I was thrilled to find your channel. You do great work, and encourage this generation to be kinder to our planet. Well done.

@hazey_dazey 3 ай бұрын

I have some silicone molds i use for resin, i bet i could use them for plastic, too!! Thanks for sharing :D

@SollersScrappingandDiving 5 ай бұрын

I absolutely love it, what a stunning handle!! I was amazed that worked, I thought the air fryer would burn the plastic that had been in the longest. The multicolour effect was absolutely stunning!! Great work😁👍

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! We were both surprised and super happy with the results!

@SlimThiccShady 5 ай бұрын

So incredibly glad I stumbled across this channel at 3am

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

😅 go to sleep! We’ll still be here in the morning 👍🏽

@rockytopwrangler2069 5 ай бұрын

... Plastic projects done a few years ago ... using a countertop toaster oven and a couple of baking pans ( as a container and top press ) to make 1x+ sheet pieces to make various items .... watch a few making slingshots ... for additional materials ... can use #2 plastics from paint buckets and sim. detergent plastic bottles etc. ...just remove all paper labels .. .Wow !! ,, linked to your site to see a vast many projects with repurposed plastic ..... well done ... ... Now i have some viewing time to put in ... A huge fan of repurposing "things and stuff" ...

@mrsoph28 5 ай бұрын

The marbling looks so nice! Very satisfying to see it come through as you worked on the shaping, well done guys!

@WantedVisual 5 ай бұрын

This is a very convenient video to come out mere days after the anti-stick on our (non-holey) air fryer has started to fail... That being said, as someone who gets joint pain in her hands, but also occasionally has to "help" a small child get at their lemonade, the chunky, slightly faceted design bottle opener would be much easier to use than the thinner, rounder one. Some surface area under the palm of your (six-year-old's) hand is extremely helpful, especially if the other hand is holding a bottle that's slightly damp with condensation.

@AndrewAhlfield 5 ай бұрын

Super helpful to hear that woodworking tools work great. Love seeing you break out the spoke shave! The ease of melting an offcut to fill an air bubble is great stuff too! :D

@dougpettey7144 5 ай бұрын

Great job as always, gentlemen!

@hoyinching9313 5 ай бұрын

I have some idea. Can we turn plastic waste into bookshelf? Because we don't need to throw the bookshelf and Plastic is quite a long-lasting material that can hold a lot of books. Computer desk is also a longtime furniture, so that we don't need a lot of wood to create it.

@alexa5927 2 ай бұрын

That’s a brilliant idea! Different colors could be used to match any décor. Solid recycled plastic would be much sturdier than the particle board options that are out there.

@Siriuslyyy 4 ай бұрын

Another great video thank you!

@ccorbin83 5 ай бұрын

I love your plastic recycling videos.

@khindall8044 2 ай бұрын

Please believe that the following comments are meant constructively. I love your videos; they have opened a whole new world to me! My main problem is that this still assumes the recycler has a woodshop or garage. I don't. I also do not have high ceilings. (They are very environmentally unfriendly in the Northeastern US.) And making a wooden mold? It's simply not on. Would it be possible to make a video assuming that the recycler has only a kitchen or craft room? I would also really appreciate some options for recycling PP (#5), which is much more common in my life than HDPE, although I grant that may not be possible on my premises. THANK YOU, even if all my suggestions are not possible!

@stephenhobson8456 5 ай бұрын

As someone who's been hoarding 3D printer waste (along with all sorts of other stuff) for recycling I wonder whether this would work with PLA and silicone molds, as per your recent video

@charlessampson6426 3 ай бұрын

Still prefer my old panini press for making flat plastic sheets for craft projects. You lads are the business, thanks for setting me out on the journey .

@dalemiller5271 5 ай бұрын

Another excellent video and neat project. Thanks! I'm going to use these techniques to make some rasp/file and screwdriver handles. Also going to copy your mallet. Love it.

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Awesome idea! Thanks for watching 🤙🏽

@egreen9841 2 ай бұрын

This shape seems fantastic for table legs for maybe a small cabinet or something

@dj_alboe1360 3 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, I feel like this would be a great way to make ergonomic grips for crochet hooks

@nani.9754 2 ай бұрын

Or the crochet hooks them selves!

@yalli5021 4 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL !!!🌎

@wafflebeaver 5 ай бұрын

Spokeshave work is so satisfying

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

So therapeutic!

@kerry-annehill2169 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant! The shape made think of a giant light pull, which then made me think that light pulls would be a great idea 💡

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

They would be!

@mikeycraig8970 4 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake I have this same air fryer. Its from Asda, and only costs 25 brand new 😂

@JTalleda 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I've been collecting these plastic caps for months now and have a bunch of bags. An airfryer makes this doable now!

@GrampiesCorner 3 ай бұрын

This wastes a huge amount of energy! If is better to use your oven and melt it all at once, only having to run the oven once, thereby only using energy once for melting!

@jonathansukanto3052 5 ай бұрын

thanks for ideas.. i love it

@charlottecolley6966 5 ай бұрын

Crazy brothers are so fun to watch!

@joepearson9704 5 ай бұрын

Love the bottle opener. I collect them. I would definitely buy one from your shop. Might try to make one as well, but use my lathe to trim it down. Will be awhile before I can do it though. Using an air fryer might be a great way to go as well.

@lisaalene 2 ай бұрын

Spoon holder for utensils you used to stir pots on your stove with

@garagemonkeysan 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤Great video. Thanks for saving the planet! 🙂🙏

@BrainSlugs83 5 ай бұрын

I know that the metal component is required for a bottle opener, but you could do a little better. I've seen 3D printed openers that use a captive coin (or washer) and I bet with the right mold you could do something similar... Maybe even take it a step further and use a bottle cap for the metal component in the opener. After all, the only part of the bottle opener that really *needs* to be metal is the part that interfaces directly with the bottle. 😉

@fadytawfiq3750 5 ай бұрын

Excellent 🙏🏻

@stuartwilson5827 5 ай бұрын

You all are so inspiring love the videos! I’ve been making a big push to be able to do recycled plastics at the library I work at. Our maker space always has scraps and there is so many fun things we could do. I’d love to see a video on more shredding options not just melting.

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Shredding options is something on our list to make a video on!

@stuartwilson5827 5 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake thank you all so much for everything you do and the reply! Can’t wait to see it! I’m using an old smoothie blender, which worked great until the bottom of the blending cup melted off, I tried making a printable replacement but it doesn’t hold up. I’ve wanted to try and make that open source shredder but not sure where to go to have that cut from metal

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

If you’re in the US I’ve heard great things about SendCutSend

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

If you don't mind shredding the slow way, then tin snips seems to be the way to go.@@stuartwilson5827

@hankstertube4190 5 ай бұрын

the layered sheet y'all were ironing on might make for good enough rainwear. ponchos, coats etc. uses lots of square feet.

@jon545 5 ай бұрын

Probably not the most efficient way to melt plastic but if you don't have anything else it works . Great job fellas . We sold out of all our products so it's back to the old grind to replenish the supply . I made carabiners thursday and the days before was flower pots . Have a great day guys 😄

@ab3000x 5 ай бұрын

I can't be the only asking: burgers in a can?

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

They were honestly terrible

@sharkattack1979 5 ай бұрын

Another cool vid gents 👏👏👏

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Kev!

@farscape3100 5 ай бұрын

im suprised that worked 😊

@RavenLittle 5 ай бұрын

You could possibly use a air fryer silicone liner

@papiliopurpuro Ай бұрын

In our airfryer, lightweight foods blow upwards into the top so I think the same would happen with plastic lids. It's likely a better one than any being demoted to craft use though

@mustafahalukyilmaz102 5 ай бұрын

Amazing project. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Turkey. ♻ Precious Plastic Turkey ♻

@nani.9754 2 ай бұрын

Did you know you can make your own silicone molds?( I found on you tube how to do it) You can make just about anything to make a mold.

@Mattman993 5 ай бұрын

Now, how much of the bottle opener can you make out of plastic before it stops working? I’m imagining the part that lifts the cap needs to be metal, but the rest might be fine

@victormedeiros3144 5 ай бұрын

I would like to know why haven't you tried silicone molds, the ones made for air fryers, It would be a good thing to try if the silicone wont blend with the plastic. I'd also like to say that since I've seen your video on my start page as recommended, I haven't stopped to watch your videos, keep on with the amazing work, looking forward to start trying those methods of melting plastic myself!

@victormedeiros3144 5 ай бұрын

and still talking about the silicone molds, there are ones bigger than the can used on the video, that could fit the whole space inside the Air Fryer.

@RoaringImages 3 ай бұрын

Nice. Gonna be using a old air fryer I was gonna trash. For a my 3d print waste. Thx

@Sketchy_Dood 5 ай бұрын

It’s kinda strange looking at the same model of air fryer I’ve got being used to melt plastic lmao

@sarajohnson6855 5 ай бұрын

Tasty morsels

@eewilson9835 3 ай бұрын

thats so kewlbe

@loolkokos 5 ай бұрын

very nice work to the team also have a great day

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! You too :)

@loolkokos 5 ай бұрын

no problem@@BrothersMake

@MerlinCross13 Ай бұрын

Honeslty I don't know how much work or plastic you would need for this; but I've always kicked around the idea of turning used plastic into crates/boxes to store stuff around the house, or simply make it a laundry basket/hamper. Wonder how that would turn out.

@josephburdell2041 5 ай бұрын

Awesome i just got a Air fryer for free but the front piece was missing so now I got a great use for it thanks

@WilliamsOwen-fz5zr 4 ай бұрын

Hey Joseph 🌹🌹🌹 How are you doing??

@williamrhodes6343 5 ай бұрын

Love🎉what you guys do, have been a follower for a long time. I would love to see you figure out a way to reuse plastic bags into something. I'd love to see an episode on that.

@anniekate76 5 ай бұрын

They have bag videos, they iron the bags together to make sturdier fabric.

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

We have 3 videos on recycled plastic bags! We’ve made wallets, bags and a chair!

@williamrhodes6343 5 ай бұрын

Oh great thanks ya'll I'll be sure to check those out

@richardokeeffe8375 5 ай бұрын

Great as always. Could you turn the blank?

@lizlizardbreath1 5 ай бұрын

I honestly thought you were going to make chair legs out of it, 😆

@keilaestela9833 5 ай бұрын

Nice 🎉🎉🎉

@terryhambleton7717 4 ай бұрын

You are doing some amazing stuff, I a, excited to give this a go. The question I do have is about how you source all your plastics? I know I don't consume enough of anything to have the resources to make some of these things. Keep up this amazing work! Also, can you just melt it in a pot on the stove?

@riyaansheikh7470 3 ай бұрын

Go outside and collect trash from the public trash cans or from the streets

@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ 4 ай бұрын

Hi Guys @BrothersMake - love your videos. Just started making pens and stuff on my lathe . 1. What happens if the hdpe product like say a hand lotion container has printed info etc. on the outside - is it still ok to use? 2. Can I mix HDPE, LDPE, PP together when making my blanks?.

@nimarcalbaracin8834 4 ай бұрын

Good day bros. I Hope you can help inlightened me. Do you have any idea how plastics on disposable razor can be recycled?

@rosadeluca-tao2489 3 ай бұрын

where do you get lids from?

@Frlinkin1 5 ай бұрын

You could have made a flat handle with a hole on top in which the bottle cap would fit then use a metal washer fixed with a little screw to hold the cap for you to open.

@ImogenImogen-mw3nj Ай бұрын

What paper do you put in the air fryer before you put the litds in

@AndyLundell 5 ай бұрын

Seeing the plastic used as a handle makes me wonder if there's a way to use it to add grip to tools that have bare metal handles. Like you might use "Plastidip" for. I can't quite imagine how, but it seems possible.

@DawnDavidson 5 ай бұрын

E6000?

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely. You could use an ordinary paper liner to keep the plastic from sticking. After it melts, put the paper and all on to the handle. It'll be messy, but it'll work. You just need to modify the process to get the right shape.

@lady_draguliana784 5 ай бұрын

new to the channel, have y'all tried heat-polishing? i think a lick with a torch/heat gun would've smothed and shined it up even nicer, to get an almost-polished-stone look!

@rossm6607 4 ай бұрын

Poshos haggling over a fiver. Great work.

@chlistens7742 5 ай бұрын

Since you always say we need to do these projects outside I was wondering if a Coleman Portable Camping Oven with a propane camp stove would work and any suggestions on how to use those safely

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

Some homes and locations have propane pipes and connections for outdoor usage. Maybe that can also be explored.

@elizabethlanning627 3 ай бұрын

Those would make excellent legs on dressers.Or couches or chairs all kinds of cool things

@talkingonthespectrum 4 ай бұрын

I have this air fryer! Funnily enough it's from asda too

@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258 5 ай бұрын

Could a cooking torch flame gently used over the surface provide a smooth look to finished product.

@AlwaysCensored-xp1be 4 ай бұрын

Looks like airfryers have pretty good temperature control. Wonder if they can be programmed for smd reflow.

@delasotv1 3 ай бұрын

How do you now turn the recycled plastic bricks to colors?

@marianneelliot-hansen 4 ай бұрын

Could one use the oven, with a silicone baking sheet instead?

@nuttawatkittisakulnam8723 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm interested in recycle PET cups is it possible to use oven/air fryer to melt them. (HDPE can be sold in my area but PET cup cannot)

@KatoHinata 5 ай бұрын

12:09 Maybe you can use some windproof lighter or hot air station to smooth out the plastic? I dont know what material is begging used on caps, but I do it all the time with my 3D printed PETG part to fixup some scratch

@Lief_Erikson 4 ай бұрын

Make it into 3D printer filament. from trash to raw material is the best way to recycle and if it works good i can imagine ppl giving it a try.

@irin8190 3 ай бұрын

Hi Professor. What is it that you spread on the bottom of the container so that the plastic does not stick to the body of the machine, please?

@ValsLife1 3 ай бұрын

Could you try making something with plastic using a solar oven? I live off grid, so using electricity to heat plastic would be challenging, and propane costs money.

@TripleTrouble2.0 5 ай бұрын

You should make a slingshot out of recycled plastic

@ameliabuns4058 2 ай бұрын

I wanna try this with a toaster oven

@oneeyedphotographer 5 ай бұрын

Skipping rope handles? File handles for the workshop?

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Great ideas!

@shelleydumire8135 5 ай бұрын

Ok so how long did it actually take for you to melt the plastic? To press it into the mold? To complete?

@MattWeber 5 ай бұрын

One of the few times those reusable silicone inserts may actually make sense. They are horrible for cooking food in since the whole point of the air fryer is the convection air movement benefits, but for this it would be great.

@thinkforyourself2109 4 ай бұрын

I want to make about 2000 seedling starters to grow in a greenhouse. They're not cheap online.

@hairyballbastic8943 5 ай бұрын

those colours are driving me absolutely wild...

@rylee3448 5 ай бұрын

What about for someone who wants to go full on industrial? What is its machine called and can you get links to buy them?

@fantasy3d815 4 ай бұрын

What capacity is your injection molder? And where can I get one?

@sofiavalencia3894 5 ай бұрын

I love what you do ❤ 3 questions: 1. What gloves do you use? Could you show me de Amazon link? Thanks 2. When you shine the final product, which liquid you apply to the polish? Also if you have the link would be perfect. 3. What is that black plastic sheet that prevent the plastic to stick to anything? The link please 😅 Thank you so much 😊

@NonJohns 5 ай бұрын

They have a video called "3 easy recycled projects" and they list basically everything to get started!!!

@DawnDavidson 5 ай бұрын

The black sheet is silicone, not plastic per se. You can buy it all sorts of places these days, including restaurant supply stores (as baking sheet pan liners) and even dollar stores like Dollar Tree (in their craft department to set a hot glue gun on, or in the hair accessories area to set curling irons on.) Useful stuff!

@eugenetswong 5 ай бұрын

That's great info. Thank's Dawn!@@DawnDavidson

@sofiavalencia3894 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@CeeJayThe13th 5 ай бұрын

I'm pretty uptight that we didn't get a thorough review of those weird canned burgers 😂

@BrothersMake 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely horrendous! What else do you need 😂

@CeeJayThe13th 5 ай бұрын

@@BrothersMake I really needed to see your faces as you tried them lol. I was OK but then I saw that ketchup sauce and that really set it off lmao

@dadoVRC 5 ай бұрын

Good job as always! A curiosity that I noticed: That factory logo on the orange cap ( af ) is an Italian factory (Affaba e Ferrari). I find them everytime I'm sorting caps, but I can't understand why you have them there... there's not plastic injection factories in the UK? 🤔

@johnharder5618 5 ай бұрын

Nice video I use a Toaster Oven to melt milk jugs I use the blocks of plastic to make 1/2 fishing plugs I hollow out part of the top of each 1/2 and bond the 2 - 1/2's together Before a finish is applied

@user-vp1rl2tz5q 5 ай бұрын

Does it smell when you do it in the oven

@hannahalexander7005 Ай бұрын

Earrings bracelets rings small wall mount mantle

@kerravonsen2810 4 ай бұрын

The handle looks like melted crayons, all bright and colourful.

@stephencuff 5 ай бұрын

Great video guys. I don't know if you can help or not with technique for a beginner. My wife is a kindergarten teacher and she has been using crazy straws (squiggly plastic straws) as a tactile game for her young students to feed things over the top of. Problem is it's getting harder to find those types of straws. I've seen your content and I thought it might be possible to make them out of recycle plastic but I have never done anything like that. I do have a woodworking shop so I've got most of the tools I would need but just curious how you might go about making firm recycle plastic tubing like those crazy straws.