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    Posted: 02 Sep 2013 at 7:23pm
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone on here has used a Thermoplastic Elastomer? If so what's your experience like and do you continue to use it or would you use it again?
 
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Gaschy, what particular product do you refer to ??, there are several types

There are six generic classes of commercial TPEs:

  1. Styrenic block copolymers (TPE-s)
  2. Polyolefin blends (TPE-o)
  3. Elastomeric alloys (TPE-v or TPV)
  4. Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU)
  5. Thermoplastic copolyester
  6. Thermoplastic polyamides.

(from wiki)


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I can't even pronounce them much less use them . LOL
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My experience with polymers was that it created a lot of heat when setting and set quick , this was back in the nineties , i suppose you are looking to make lures out of it , i put it in the to hard basket myself along with a lot of other stuff i tried , the silicon moulds would have to be heat resistant similar to those used for lead pouring, would be alright for high speed bibless lures but i think you would have to have a mould that made a hollow lure for the lure to float i do remember it having a high viscosity to fill small spaces , polymers are used today with those new fandangled 3 d machines in tube form that is melted through the machine, cheers pearcey
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