Stiff Plastic Pants
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 7:49 pm
Hi everyone, I've been using plastic pants for several years during the night. I've found that it doesn't take long for the plastic to stiffen around the leg openings and waist. Once that happens the pants tend to get uncomfortable. Even worse the plastic begins tear at the leg openings.
I read somewhere a few years ago that plastic softener can soften the plastic. So I did some digging and found a plastic fishing lure company that sells plastic softener for plastic worms. I figured what the heck, I'll give it a try. I started to experiment a bit and found that you can return plastic pants to like new with this stuff.
What I do is coat the stiff plastic areas with a thin film of the softener. I just dip my finger in the softener and coat the plastic. I do the inside and outside of the areas that need softened. Try to keep the stuff off the elastics as it softens them too.
Once you have the plastic coated, gently fold them up in a zip lock bag and heat them in a microwave oven. I do about ten seconds and check them to see how warm they are. It takes about three or four times to get them warm enough. You want the pants to feel uncomfortably warm but not hot. If they get too hot they can melt. You'll know when they are done when the stiffness is gone when they are cool. If you have a few pairs that are exceedingly stiff you'll probably need to recoat them and repeat the whole process. It takes about five minutes to make a pair of old plastic pants like new.
If you're interested in giving it a try you can get the softener at pouryourownworms.com/plastic-softener
A pint of softener is $13.20 plus shipping and will soften at least a dozen pairs of plastic pants. I've saved at least a dozen pairs from the trash can by doing this. Ted
I read somewhere a few years ago that plastic softener can soften the plastic. So I did some digging and found a plastic fishing lure company that sells plastic softener for plastic worms. I figured what the heck, I'll give it a try. I started to experiment a bit and found that you can return plastic pants to like new with this stuff.
What I do is coat the stiff plastic areas with a thin film of the softener. I just dip my finger in the softener and coat the plastic. I do the inside and outside of the areas that need softened. Try to keep the stuff off the elastics as it softens them too.
Once you have the plastic coated, gently fold them up in a zip lock bag and heat them in a microwave oven. I do about ten seconds and check them to see how warm they are. It takes about three or four times to get them warm enough. You want the pants to feel uncomfortably warm but not hot. If they get too hot they can melt. You'll know when they are done when the stiffness is gone when they are cool. If you have a few pairs that are exceedingly stiff you'll probably need to recoat them and repeat the whole process. It takes about five minutes to make a pair of old plastic pants like new.
If you're interested in giving it a try you can get the softener at pouryourownworms.com/plastic-softener
A pint of softener is $13.20 plus shipping and will soften at least a dozen pairs of plastic pants. I've saved at least a dozen pairs from the trash can by doing this. Ted