It makes the bioplastic more sturdy, but it's difficult to show the difference on video. You can do the recipe without it and it'll still work, but it'll be a bit more flimsy.
I know it's more for fun and school projects, but since it's not water resistant, it's really poor choice for packaging fruit. I mean it looks great and it's a cool thing by itself, but I see more uses of it as an edible plastic substitute, perhaps for cake decorating and such, instead of regular plastic. For packaging people still should use reusable bags. Up until 1990 it was common to make your own fruit and vegetable mesh bag by crotcheting, where I live.
I'd love to see some stress tests of this plastic. Seems fairly strong already, but could probably be reinforced with cellulose or animal fiber for added strength.
I tried your process for bioplastic made of agar agar however I found out that it's shear strength is kind of weak. Is there any solution for this? Will the shear strength be better for gelatin based?
Dude the bioplastic that i made keeps cracking up even with no fan assistance controlled drying and really levelled sheet. I know it's due to the shrinkage but I don't know how to fix it. Please suggest something.
Ok , now make it vegan 🙈🙈🙈🙈 ( I hope it also sounds funny in English and not meen ...or disrespectful or something ...) But seriously ...I would love to see somewhere home I can make this in a vegan way 🙈
Can we use a normal tray or does it need to be a moulding one? And will it harm the tray in any way? Also if it's a normal tray does it need to be prepped beforehand to prevent it from sticking or something
I have never seen this before, it’s wonderful video but I wonder if you use biodegradable ingredients make the product susceptible to bacteria and how can we solve this problem 😢
That's a problem but at the same time I guess that's what makes them biodegradable, so maybe it can be a good thing in the end? (I'm also not sure, I'm not an expert in chemistry)
Hi! I love your videos; they are so helpful, and the bioplastics are so amazing!! I have a question, and I hope you can help me with it. Do you know how I get the bioplastics to be less sticky? When I tried to do the agar agar and the gelatin recipes and use it for the bag they were sticking to each other and everywhere around.
Probably, if it can withstand 80⁰ - 90⁰ C heat, if yes there is also another factor whether or not you need a faster drying, time that needs heat. And one risk factor is glass can break, and/or be a nuisance just by laying it somewhere,
Hello, love ur videos. Im working on my thesis project for uni and im making some bioplastics. Your receipies have been amazing. I have a question with this recipe. For some reasony pectin doesn't completely dissolve in hot water and it leaves a sort jelly bits. How can i solve this ?
@@trishot8213 not sure, it seems to become fragile when in contact with water, as in this case: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DGp1-hdExMY.html
HELP! For three days we waited for the drying process and the body of the plastic was covered in molds! How could this happen?? Is it because I used cornstarch as an alternative to pectin? I have heard that cornstarch can be an alternative to pectin. Or maybe because I touched the plastic?
