How to Finish Recycled Plastic Projects - HDPE Cheese Board

In this video we make a charcuterie board using 100% recycled plastic and give you 3 different options for how to finish your recycled plastic projects for the perfect shine! Perfect for the Christmas cheese board! This is made entirely from recycled milk bottle tops - all the plastic used in this project is food grade. For more details on the food safety elements of working with recycled plastic scroll to the bottom of the description. 05:29 - Finishing guide 10:09 - Final product reveal 1️⃣ Machine Finish: 05:53 Works great for turning on a wood lathe or metalworking lathe. Use a sharp tool and keep the feed super steady and the finish will be great! Perfect for turned mallets. 2️⃣ High Polish Finish: 06:13 - Sand to as high grit as possible (3000g) - You can use Filament Cup Brushes for awkward sanding: - For smaller projects we then use MicroMesh: - Polish using a range of pads on a car polishing tool: - Finish with a woollen polishing mop: 3️⃣ Every-Day Finish (our fav!): 07:12 - Sand from 120-800 grit - Polish with a woollen mop on a car polishing tool (see above) #BrothersMake #HDPE #PreciousPlastic #HDPERecycling #RecycledPlastic #RecycledPlasticBottles #PlasticRecycling #CharcuterieBoard #CuttingBoard ♻️♻️♻️ Check out our brand new WEBSITE and online SHOP: Consider supporting us on PATREON: Follow us on INSTAGRAM: Link to our MERCH store: Check out our PLAYLIST with all of our HDPE videos: Music by Epidemic Sound ♻️♻️♻️ FAQ: ➡️ We sell 100% plastic products on our website! ➡️ HDPE doesn’t give off any smells or toxic fumes when melted providing it is kept below the burning point of 180 degrees C (we stick to 150-160 C). ➡️ We don’t buy any of our plastic. It all comes from collection and donations. We have a video all about it: ➡️ Our workshop is powered 100% by renewable energy. We don’t use any energy from fossil fuels whatsoever. ➡️ The black sheets we use on the grill are called ’Teflon Baking Mats’: ➡️ The gloves we use are called ’Silicone Oven Mitts’ ♻️♻️♻️ We are aware that there will be a lot of comments regarding the safety of using recycled plastic for items that come into contact with food. We have researched this fairly extensively and we are confident that our process is clean enough to produce food-grade HDPE: HDPE is a food-grade plastic, hence why it is used for milk bottles and packaging for other edible goods. This is most likely sourced from raw (or ’virgin’) polymer which means that it has not gone through a recycling process. This issue with recycling plastic is that there are multiple avenues for the plastic to become contaminated. The 3 main ones being; 1) Remains from the previous content it was holding 2) Labels/residue left on the plastic itself 3) Potential ’burning’ of the plastic, which introduces toxins (both as fumes and within the resulting plastic product itself) We are very meticulous when it comes to the cleaning of our plastic. All plastic that we receive is hand-sorted to ensure it is indeed HDPE and that there are no non-plastic contaminants left on the plastic. We run the plastic through at least 3 sorting and cleaning cycles before we ever introduce it to heat. This covers (1) and (2). HDPE’s burning point is anything over 180 degrees Celcius. We have had enough experience with melting this plastic to know when it has got too hot. We keep our over/grill at around 140-160 degrees, which never introduces any fumes or burning to any of the plastic. This covers (3). The US Food and Drug Administration has recently (March 2020) approved recycled HDPE to be used for food and drink packaging providing the feedstock is food-grade and contaminant concentrations were below its “threshold of regulatory concern” (0.5 parts per billion or less in the food). [] If you are still concerned about the use of recycled HDPE for use with food then feel free to not use it yourself! We have done the research and have decided that we think it is safe based on our specific process. This video is not telling you that you have to do this, rather it is showing you what is possible! If you enjoyed the video or learnt something new, please consider subscribing. Thanks!