Polydoh moldable plastic 454g / 16oz (white/natural) [like polymorph friendly plastic plastimake]

A couple of the raking fins broke off of our freezer ice maker. It's GE brand so they don't sell individual parts and a new one would be over $100. Ridiculous to replace it just for two small plastic pieces. Looked at sugru first and didn't like what I read. Took a shot in the dark trying this and it worked awesome.I just used about 1/4 cup of beads into ~150 F water (use teflon as it doesn't stick to that as easily when melted) molded a thin piece and just stuck it right onto the ice maker as you can see in the picture. I waited about a couple minutes for it to start stiffening up a bit but as soon as it did, I cut out the parts I needed with an exacto knife. Really do not have a lot of leeway before it hardens fully and by the end of cutting out the parts, it was pretty difficult to do so - about a minute or two of time to make your cuts and shape as needed; that's it.But once done it was rock hard and knew it would work for my needs. Won't win any beauty pageants but tested it out and it worked perfect. As they say, 'if it looks stupid but it works - it's not stupid'.Can't wait to figure out some other repairs this could be used for. Awesome stuff.

Loved this used it to make fake teeth for some halloween makeup and a big chain for a pumpkin contest lol , Turned out really well , all tho i should have got the lower temp one so i didnt have to keep boiling water over and over when making small batches. over all good product tho. easy to work with as well as long as you have the water hot enough

My family have been using thermal beads for a long time. We used to have to buy them from an online shop out of Australia because it was the only place we could find it, so I love that this is so readily available everywhere now!I use these beads for just about anything. At one time I had a broken tooth, so I was using this to make a filler for it. I've used it to repair things, to make makeshift holders for things when I needed something in a pinch haha.My favourite thing about this stuff is that it's reusable. In a world where everything seems to be one-time use and gets tossed out the next day, this stuff you can reheat and use again. Mess something up? No problem, toss it back in the water and giv'er another go. Should seriously be in everyone's toolbag!

I'm horrible with things like clay and I've never used this or any other brand before but I found it very easy to use. I suggest boiling your water, then pour it over the amount of polydough you're going to use in a small glass dish, and let it sit for 2 minutes (give or take). You want the entire bead of polydough to become activated by the hot water but you don't want the water to start cooling down before you begin molding. Try to get it in the general shape you need first and then once it begins cooling you can kinda work out a few kinks. I haven't tried reshaping once it cooled so I don't know if this works very well, but I think as long as you don't need to reshape a large amount it would be easy. The reason is that boiling water would have a hard time reaching the middle of something with many layers.

I have used different brands of thermoplastic like this (polymorph style) in the past. They all seem to be fine. This particular brand has smaller beads which seem to transition from hard to pliable better than the others I have used. It is interesting that it is made in Poland -- I am happy to support a Polish industry if the product is good, and it seems to be.The trick I have found to working with this type of moldable plastic is to keep a constant temperature water bath going. Heating and cooling water all the time is tedious and often it is too hot or too cold. I am using a lab hotplate which can hold the temp anywhere from 20C - 550C, so that is beneficial. Most kitchen-style hotplates are tough to get a steady low temperature, so your experience will vary based on that. If needed, you can set a bowl of water inside a pot of water and try to regulate a constant temperature with that.At the rated 'morphing' temperature of 150F/63C I have no problems putting my hand in the water and it does not burn me. It is not pleasant, but anyone who cooks regularly should have no issues with it for short periods. Monitor kids though -- they can hurt themselves and freak out and knock the hot water over and then it will a big deal -- I am sure you know this anyway, but I thought I should mention it.