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YGT:
I have to be honest, zytec is not a material I know too much about but I think that freezing them should do the trick.
no longer than 24-36 hours should be needed and i am not sure that after they defrost if they will hold their original straight shape ... but they should defiantly revert to their original during the freezing part

Waxintaxin:
Its the thermo memory of plastic that this is based on

piper:
Yeh its what is known as a thermoset,can find its way back to its origin,thermoplast on the other hand doesn`t,if someone gave you directions to a place and there were say 50 instructions ,left,left again second on the right,first left straight on ...you get the idea...you probably woudn`t find your way back..exactly the same for this type of plastic,can`t find its origin...!!!!

Moose:
Try it ....................




......and I guarantee it's not going to work  :LolLolLolLol:

Philbert:
i don't know what skyways are actually made up of but either way i can't see it working

thermosets will heat up and burn, it doesn't flex, hence thermoset.

thermoplastic will heat up and go floppy before melting, to re-true a wheel it would have to be heated correctly then put back into the proper mould to get its shape

thermomemory refers to the amount of elasticity in the plastic once set. to a point it will spring back, after that the material will stretch and change its density but won't be able to find its 'original state' through heating or freezing

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