ThermoMorph - Moldable Plastic Pellets - Reheatable – Reusable – Remoldable Crafting Plastic - Moldable Sculpting Plastic – Heat Pliable, Cool Hard

I bought this intending to do some sculpture and making with it, although it had occurred to me that I might make some repairs, too.Well, the very day after it arrived (it had been in my house < 24 hours!), one of our toilet handles broke. I.e., the piece that connects the flusher handle to the chain that lifts the flapper valve. I thought, "This will never work because it's that sort of rubbery plastic that no glue will hold."I tried to fix it in-place, but the repair was needed just at the point where it clears the nut holding the handle in place, and before the L-bend to the long portion of the arm. But when it cooled, it stuck to the nut, and the arm wouldn't move at all. I didn't get a good seal inside, either. So now I really thought it wasn't going to work!However, I don't easily give up. At first I couldn't get the nut past the knot of ThermoMorph already in place. I finally cut away enough that I could pull it out, dip it in warm water, and remove all of it.Another attempt failed because I pushed the pieces together and some ThermoMorph mushed out beyond the edge of the arm, and the nut wouldn't slip over. Then it hit me that, in this case, the original pieces--on either side of the break--don't need to be exactly together. I.e., I could make the arm longer *before* the L-bend. So this time I grabbed a larger blob of ThermoMorph, formed to a rough cylinder about the size I needed, put it in place and pushed the two pieces of the arm into it, and then--the key for this repair--I "rounded" it with my fingers in-place, so that nothing stuck out beyond the edge of the arm, and the nut would slip around the corner and into position.I held this in place longer than I thought I should. Then gently slid the nut around the L-bend, and screwed it in place. Just to play it safe, I let it set extra-long. Then I came back, filled the tank with water and *gently* flushed. It worked!!! I was amazed! (Mostly because of the type of plastic that the arm is made of, and the small diameter of it.) So I put a little note above the handle to "Flush Gently". I followed that sign for a day or two before I "accidentally" just flushed as I normally do. And it still held! In fact, it feels more solid than it has for a long time. I suspect that arm was partly broken for a while.It's now a week later, and it's still holding just great! I'm going to keep a supply of this for repairs, in addition to any sculpting/making.BTW, in case you're wondering, yes, I've replaced several flapper valves, and arm assemblies like this, in my life. But we're planning to replace our toilets soon, so I couldn't see spending money on a new arm.You'll love it for sculpting/making/robotics, just about anything, I think! Kids, too! (With supervision if they're too young to deal with boiling water, of course.)Don't wait! Add to cart! This stuff is a bargain at twice the price! (Please don't tell the seller I said that. Ha!)

Thermomorph Moldable Plastic Pellets are excellent!Bottom line if you want to skip the verbose write up below: 5 Stars, Excellent Product at a good price, and I would buy again!I've used this for fixing a number of things at home and I now carry a small ziplock bag full of these pellets whenever I travel.The pellets are approximately 3mm in diameter which allows the hot water used to soften them to quickly heat them through.When heated with water at 60 degrees centigrade (140 degrees fahrenheit) the pellets turn clear and are ready to be molded.Note that if you heat the water hotter it becomes "stickier", which can also be very handy for some tasks. Pick the appropriate temp for your need.Once it cools you've got an opaque hard piece of plastic in whatever shape you molded - and if you don't like it just heat it up and try again.Here are some things I've used it for so far...Fixed broken retractable handle on luggage.The mechanism that "locked" the retractable handle of my luggage malfunctioned. The handle would "lock" and not pull out to allow the luggage to be rolled. I used Thermomorph to block the broken locking mechanism. Worked like a charm! I had thought of this fix as a quick temporary "Macgyver" fix, but it has worked so well that I'm leaving it as is. This fix required the plastic to be quite hard and it's standing up to use extremely well.Molded a replacement for a missing plastic piece of an air purifier.Simply put, if you've lost a little plastic piece for something shaping Thermomorph into a replacement piece can make fixing things easy.Replaced large chuck of the plastic housing on a power adapter.The power block of a speaker system had broken and the chuck of plastic that had broken off had been lost. I shaped a chuck of Thermomorph to replace the missing piece.Replaced lost plastic base component of a coffee maker.My sister-in-law had lost a plastic component on the bottom of her coffee maker and was using a piece of cardboard to keep it level. In just couple minutes she created a new piece that worked perfectly.Used to hold a piece of tile that had broken off in place while the glue being used to fix it hardened.I just placed the tile on the table, put a wad of softened Thermomorph under the broken piece as I pushed it into place, then let it harden. This gave me a plastic piece to support the piece of broken tile in the perfect position for it to dry after being glued in placed.Used on multiple USB cablesI had a several USB cables that had cracking insulation - especially near their connecters. I simply molded some Thermomorph around the cable at the point it was cracking and up onto the "plug", sealing the wire and making the end plugs sturdier. It's given new life to these old cables, and if they finally do give out I'll just take the Thermomorph I used on them and reuse it for something else.Great stuff.

Very versatile product...... endless uses.

So easy to form and reform if you mess things up!