Translucent Containers Needed - Help!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:56 pm
The images are a small upside down translucent plastic bottle. Inside the bottle is a fork handle
with riveted black veneers. You can easily see a rivet through the milky colored plastic.
I need several much larger round plastic containers with similar opacity. There will be a light source.
I want to diffuse the light enough, so the hardware inside the container is somewhat obscured. I've
already tried a couple of white containers that reduced the light output too much.
Most round storage containers are wider at the top and taper toward the bottom. That's ok. I need
a container about 10 inches diameter at the bottom. Miminum 6 inches height. I have tools in my
shop for cutting and shaping plastic without overheating. About ten years ago I built a jig for clamping
round objects up to 36 inches. I can accurately cut a round container to any needed height.
Tapered containers that are 12-to-14 inches diameter at the top are usually close to 10 inches at the
bottom.
This is very important! The container must be blank. Except for peel off labels, it cannot have any
raised print or markings. Simple translucent banding lines around the container would be acceptable.
There are "natural" color 5-gallon buckets. Their opacity is similar to the attached bottle images.
Unfortunately, they're all covered with heat or chemically etched print.
I'm going slightly crazy trying to find the right container. I've already ordered and returned a few large
containers from Amazon. Maybe surplus outlets are the place to search.
A couple of friends got me involved in this little nightmare! I'm almost ready to quit. Before I tell them
it's impossible to continue, I'm asking you guys for assistance.
with riveted black veneers. You can easily see a rivet through the milky colored plastic.
I need several much larger round plastic containers with similar opacity. There will be a light source.
I want to diffuse the light enough, so the hardware inside the container is somewhat obscured. I've
already tried a couple of white containers that reduced the light output too much.
Most round storage containers are wider at the top and taper toward the bottom. That's ok. I need
a container about 10 inches diameter at the bottom. Miminum 6 inches height. I have tools in my
shop for cutting and shaping plastic without overheating. About ten years ago I built a jig for clamping
round objects up to 36 inches. I can accurately cut a round container to any needed height.
Tapered containers that are 12-to-14 inches diameter at the top are usually close to 10 inches at the
bottom.
This is very important! The container must be blank. Except for peel off labels, it cannot have any
raised print or markings. Simple translucent banding lines around the container would be acceptable.
There are "natural" color 5-gallon buckets. Their opacity is similar to the attached bottle images.
Unfortunately, they're all covered with heat or chemically etched print.
I'm going slightly crazy trying to find the right container. I've already ordered and returned a few large
containers from Amazon. Maybe surplus outlets are the place to search.
A couple of friends got me involved in this little nightmare! I'm almost ready to quit. Before I tell them
it's impossible to continue, I'm asking you guys for assistance.