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Matthew Rossi
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Want to shape a some 3/4" plastic edge cap/snap trim around oval shaped overlaid plywood...heard you heat it and bend...any helpful hints?

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Rick Cooper
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I think that heating will work for small radius' only. The extra material on the two sides of the edge cap will tend to bunch up.

I just did a sign with an arc at the top. We cut each side of the edge cap with a hacksaw perpendicular to the edge cap about every inch or less. This way, we could bend it to shape without it bunching up. Of course, if you look, you see the cuts on the finished sign but it's still a fast, easy frame.

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the way i do it is to run the edge cap
thru a edger and cut it down about 50%
then it is easier to get it to conform
to the curve

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Jimmy Chatham
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I've used a heatgun with a lot of success. I just heat up the puckers and press them down. Thats about all it takes.

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