Presto Pot Question

[kevtherev]

Anybody ever put a gallon of plastisol in their Presto Pot/Stirrer and come back in 30 minutes or whatever ready to pour?  I seem to waste a lot of time heating up cups of plastic and pouring them in.  Thanks.

[DaveMc1]

its faster to do it the way you are doing it

[Baitjunkys]

I have put 10 cups in. It took all of an hour.i agree heat in micro first but not fully. In my micro I heat 2 cups on high for 3 minutes. Dump in pot. I did ten the other day and was shooting in 30 minutes.

[Basseducer]

I don't have much of a problem with my prestos. I usually put in 32 to 64 ounces of plastic and it is ready in about 30 minutes or so. I just use that time to lay out the molds and get everything else ready.

[kevtherev]

Thanks guys.  What temp are you using on the pot for the heatup?

[Kajan]

   Way I do it is, I put plastisol in the pot, I turn on the heat all the way up. Turn the stir motor on and leave it be until it reachs temp, usually around 337 F with Thermometer . I then make sure all little micro bubbles are gone, lower temp to approx. 300 on dial, start mixing colours. Then I add some glitter, some I don't add til it treachs 300 F, add those and at this point I turn the stir motor off. I use the nozzle to hand pour, so I usually do around 4 molds then turn stir motor on for approx. 3 seconds to keep plastic moving and keeping glitters mixed.

 

   The softer the plastic, the faster it will heat to temp.