JohnHMich
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- Feb 17, 2020
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- Lost a loved one
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- 4/2020
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- MI
- City
- Ann Arbor
My wife has been having trouble flushing the toilet as her left hand weakness has increased. We will probably replace her toilet with a bidet, but in the interim I am trying out one of the moldable plastics that my prototyping friends use. The first one is InstaMorph. It comes in beads that you soften in 150 degree water. Then you can form it by hand. I made a first attempt at building a larger toilet flush handle to see how that goes. Like the previous poster on this topic, I am not above using a set of vice grips while we wait for a plumber to become available. I will post a photo of the finished handle (or the last failure). It has a couple of advantages. It can be reformed and reused multiple times. And it is pretty cheap.
Instructions
Heat some water to approximate 150 degrees F. Water can easily be heated on a stove top or in a microwave oven.(You can also also heat InstaMorph using hot air from a heat gun or oven. The InstaMorph pellets must reach the same activation temperature. Once achieved, you can skip to step 5). 2...
www.instamorph.com