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Grump

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Wotchya Stu.
Welcome from Hertfordshire to Herefordshire init?
You don't have to be Looneytoons to fit in here but it dunalf elp if u r.
 
rowdyyates115

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Welcome Stuart, this is the place - to learn, the amount of skill here is amazing and they all are prepared to pass on the skill.... Enjoy
Look forward to seeing your acrylic work.... I have only played with Polyester.....:winking::winking:
WELCOME
 
Grump

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Doug said:
Weren`t she the lead singer with X-ray Specs ? :eeeeek:


Ohh no that was Poly Styrene.........:roflmao:


I wonder if they were related :thinks:


:bwink:
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Polyester and polystyrene are related to each other in that they are both thermo plastics but the molecular structure of the monomers differ.
In the diagrams you will see they are related by family (plastics) with a gender and hierarchy but one runs lateral to the other giving it more flexibility.
To give an example a polyester tow rope will stretch 1.5 times its length before snapping, Now try stretching a ceiling tile or a snackwagon cup.

polyester.jpg 150px-Polystyrene.svg.png

I hope that has helped to answer your question.
On a foot note I would add:
Don't trust the atoms, they make everything up.
 
Terry

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Grump said:
Polyester and polystyrene are related to each other in that they are both thermo plastics but the molecular structure of the monomers differ.
In the diagrams you will see they are related by family (plastics) with a gender and hierarchy but one runs lateral to the other giving it more flexibility.
To give an example a polyester tow rope will stretch 1.5 times its length before snapping, Now try stretching a ceiling tile or a snackwagon cup.

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I hope that has helped to answer your question.
On a foot note I would add:
Don't trust the atoms, they make everything up.
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You must have got this info from George!!!!!!!:ciggrin::ciggrin::frenchkiss:
 
Doug

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Grump said:
Polyester and polystyrene are related to each other in that they are both thermo plastics
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So did the thermo plastics come before the plasmatics or were they a completely different group?

I will never forget Wendy O`s rendition of Butcher baby, classic :whistler::blowx:
 
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