Plastic is a highly useful material, but one that can also be a pain as it ages. Owners of vintage equipment the world over are suffering, as knobs break off, bezels get cracked and parts warp ...

Since the parts might get hot, the plastic is PETG. The trick is that parts need to be conductive in order to use electroplating — typically plastic isn’t conductive. [Clem] paints the plastic ...

Over the last 15-plus years, many foreign and domestic brands joined the cost-saver bandwagon and switched from metal versions to plastic: At least 14 BMW models, any Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/RAM with ...

Let's start with one of the most ubiquitous parts — the fat ... we even use cattle leftovers in plastic surgery. Collagen — from the hide — is purified and injected into the face for ...