What temperature can corrugated plastic withstand?

May 29, 2010 5 Replies
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I'm building a smallish incubator, which I want to hold at 100 degrees for several hours and want to know whether corrugated plastic ( aka 'Coroplast' ) can withstand that temp.?



My attempts at a search haven't come up with this information and your help will be appreciated.



TIA.



Lewis


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This may help:

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It should easily accept your end use, assuming you're talking 100 deg. Fahrenheit.

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L

Thanks, guys, you have been very helpful.

Kind regards.

Lewis.

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Coroplast is used to make signs that sit out in direct sunlight here in South Florida. 100 deg F should not be a problem.

Of course, that doesn't necessarily make it the right chouce for an incubator. You can buy 2 inch thick styrofoam sheets at HD for around the same price as coroplast and many times the insulating value...

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Coroplast.com has some of the information you seek. Indirectly. Look at the temperatures in the MSDS and chemicals pages. THey also suggest trial heating it.

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