Guitar Picks From Bio Plastics

[@HyunAYuchi]

Was waiting for Robert to pop up near the end, and add graphene to the bioplastic to make it more durable, conductive or use it for batteries, supercapacitors semiconductors or solar cells :)

[@awheeles1]

I once made a speaker using a big metal popcorn bowl as a kid hahaha!

[@Graham_Wideman]

"using a big metal popcorn bowl as a kid "

[@zanshin720]

👌 nice 👌 I wonder what it would be like combine with hemp fiber as a composite

[@MyNameIsLukey]

I wonder? That would be pretty cool! Thanks mate!

[@BushImports]

Is that type plastic water proof? You need to wash your hands before you play your guitar, you don't want to run the risk of grinding anything into the fretboard. I love playing guitar, I'm not as good as I would like to be either, you just have to practice all you can and you should get better and better until you get where you want to be.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

I'm unsure if it is waterproof, it might be water resistant but I will have to test this. Also playing the guitar is awesome, but you're right it is all about practice. Thanks mate!

[@btryba]

What is the reaction taking place here?

[@TheMNBlackBear]

I'm a guitar player, so I want this for making my own picks. I've made ordinary milkstone, but it's not strong enough. I've used the milkstone made with formaldehyde. That stuff is perfect. I wonder if this is different.

[@fredneedle123]

What a lovely boy. I hope your parents are proud. All the best.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thank you!

[@CAPT_Charlie]

It would be super cool to see how long it would take for them to degrade in the dirt.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

That is a cool idea! I wonder as well, i might have to take a look at this. :)

[@fallknight5405]

Did you paint the picks black or did they tan that way over time

[@MyNameIsLukey]

No, The colour change happens during the curing process. Thanks mate!

[@Graham_Wideman]

I believe it's due to Luke's fingers and the picks reaching equilibrium :-)

[@jaytee2395]

Can you let us know the overall cost of you making these plectrums and total time. Good idea. Made useful plectrums out of many things over the years, necessity can make us creative.

[@stevenw4549]

I use to cut up records for them.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Im unsure of the cost, as we had all the stuff laying around the lab. It only took me around 20-40 mins to make the Bio-Plastic, It is the drying/curing time that takes awhile. (around 48 hours to air dry)

[@jaytee2395]

@@MyNameIsLukey chances of a calculation?

[@jonnyswalk_7]

Fantastic - Well done Luke 👍 - the Murray - Smith force is strong with you 😉 😊 👍 - Warmest wishes from South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jonathan 😊 👍

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Cheers Jonathan! Have a good one mate!

[@awheeles1]

Time for you to make a cool Amplifier and Speaker for that guitar! ;) many great ways to make a speaker with wire a magnet and stuff! Amplifier would be interesting though....

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Great idea! I will definitely think about this. Thanks mate!

[@johnmcfadden9336]

Great presentation 😃

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks mate, I feel like i have definitely improved!

[@markhodgson2348]

Some funky base boom some funky slap base

[@MyNameIsLukey]

My favourite bass style! can't beat it. Cheers mate.

[@fostroggalf]

Would this plastic be usable in a 3d printer?

[@MyNameIsLukey]

I'm very unsure mate, always worth giving it a go!

[@TheMNBlackBear]

I want to make this for my own guitar picks! I have to find the materials! Help!

[@khength3]

Can you make polylactic acid at home ?

[@AdricM]

showing folks your ph paper scale would be handy. the colors are not universal.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Cheers mate!

[@bovinespongiformflu]

but why is it not a bass!

[@MyNameIsLukey]

hahahaha feel this comment lol. I thought it would be a better demonstration to use a guitar.

[@deslomeslager]

Now I do understand English, and I am just over the pond do to speak (NLD). But. What makes things complicated, is all those chemical terms. If I can't see them in words, I am never going to get them right. If it is not to much of a trouble, writing out the recipe in the introduction text would be so helpful to us, non-Englishmen.

[@lnwolf41]

0.3 tan0nic acid0

[@lnwolf41]

0.3 tannic acid, 20 grams citric acid, 3 grams of potasium hydroxide,20 grams casein

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Great point! I will keep this in mind for other videos. Cheers mate.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

@@lnwolf41 Thanks!

[@geodeaholicm4889]

chip off the old block. fingers look like he's been playing in the inks or graphene too.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Hahahahaha can't get enough of the stuff, It's awesome!

[@serta5727]

Quite nice :) Also good guitar play

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks mate!

[@dgpreston5593]

Nice one, Luke.

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Cheers mate!

[@robertjames1259]

So then. Iffin. One ate it. Is it milk protein. And what it taste like. Before and after. Polimeriztion of. Cassin Love your enthusisim

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

Nice SG copy, though it needs plugging into a rockin' amp, ^oo^

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks mate! I wish we had one laying around, would of been so cool!

[@bernardthedisappointedowl6938]

@@MyNameIsLukey Clearly there's an amp project to be made as well, perhaps out of the same plastic, ^oo^

[@MyNameIsLukey]

@@bernardthedisappointedowl6938 Hahahah great idea, I might even do it!

[@colouroboros9993]

awesome!

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks!

[@stevenw4549]

I don't know who this young man is. I'

[@stevenw4549]

I'll try this again. I don't know who this young fellow is but I assume he is related to Robert, he has the same sunny attitude which is always nice to see. He' done a fine job here. I would like to see the recipe for this written down somewhere. I am going to try to make some picks by 3-D printing them, don't know how well they'd hold up. I never heard them called Plectrums. Thanks for the video.

[@nickhadziannis8451]

Gave you a humbs up but waiting for the vegan vid :)

[@truthseeker3907]

Thumbs up! :)

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks mate!

[@jorgealonso2238]

Brilliant:)

[@lnwolf41]

I understand that some of this takes a while to do, but 20 seconds showing you putting in the chemicals slowly, and showing you cutting out the picks( Thats if it was you) would of made the video better

[@MyNameIsLukey]

Thanks for the tip mate!

[@AM-us7cz]

Sorry mate but do we really need more plastic in this world ? Good video though.

[@ThisRandomUsername]

This stuff breaks down in a biological process, unlike normal synthetic plastics. Keep it dry and it should be good for a while, but it might lose some flexibility.

[@ronaldd2154]

Lol I was wondering why go to all this trouble (except maybe if the not too dystopian future comes, this might come in handy provided I am a chemist who's interested in guitar??? 😂 ) I used to make picks from ice cream container lids, old credit cards and even plastic bottles. If I wanted to go fancy I'd get a whole assortment of sea shells (mostly broken pieces) all from the beach......