Boiling Plastic Parts

[XTR21Truck]

I heard that if you boil plastic parts , it makes them less brittle and therefore less prone to cracking or snapping - is this true?

Are there any drawbacks? Has anyone tried it? And if so , how long should you boil a part for?

Cheers

[Mark73]

Depends on the plastic. People used to boil nylon parts all the time to dye them (and man, I wish cars still came with white nylon parts! They looked so sweet dyed!). Supposedly it relieves internal stresses in the part & will keep it from cracking (don't know it that's true or not). But some kinds of plastic can't take the heat and will MELT. Test it on a scrap or a broken part first. I know RPM parts can be boiled, so can Pro-Line wheels and all the old RC10/T/GT/L white parts.

[MrCrash]

I'm gonna have to try that!

Anyone know where I can find a pot big enough for my whole inferno?:p

[gubby]

Originally posted by MrCrash
I'm gonna have to try that!

Anyone know where I can find a pot big enough for my whole inferno?:p

what will become of the tires, engine, and electronics?:D

[R3VoLuTiOn]

they will be rusty, melted and more rusty and more melted;)

[MrCrash]

I need new tires,and a new radio system,but my servos are good,so maybe I will take a few parts out:p ;)

[bigmike216]

i believe that there might be a pot large enough in the martha stewart collection :D

[MrCrash]

Does it come with black and white stripes,or just standard orange?:p

[3Nracer]

are the composite parts from associated included in the parts that are safe for boiling? [Dunno if they're plastic or whatever]

[bigmike216]

i believe it comes in orange, and orange and purply polka dots.