Hello

I am in the process of making wooden planters but I am having trouble
finding a company to supply fitted plastic liners. I just wondered if
anybody out there could suggest a company that might be able to supply
quantities of about 100 at a time.

Thanks In advance

Steve


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Stephen Harris

"Stephen Harris" <Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk...
>
> Hello
>
> I am in the process of making wooden planters but I am having trouble
> finding a company to supply fitted plastic liners. I just wondered if
> anybody out there could suggest a company that might be able to supply
> quantities of about 100 at a time.

Could you describe what shape they're going to be ?

Because you'd be much better off lining them with glass fibre
yourself. Just mix up a first lot of resin and hardener and
paint it on the inside. Let it get tacky and apply the glass
and tamp it down with the second coat of resin. If you do
it in warm weather you could have one done in half an hour
at the most. As no structural strength is required a second
layer of glass should be unecessary. This would be much more
substantial than varnish, and would be the nearest equivalent
to the traditional galvanised steel.

The tooling for individual plastic mouldings - which are
machined in stainless steel can cost upwards of £5,000 per item
to produce. The more complex the item - the higher the cost.
This goes both for injection moulding and vaccum forming
and is only economical for use on automatic machines churning
out batches by the tens of thousands around the clock.

Either use fibreglass, or find a suitable sized plastic
container, and design the planters around that.


michael adams

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>
> Thanks In advance
>
> Steve
>
>
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> Stephen Harris

michael adams wrote:
> "Stephen Harris" <Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in mess=
age
> news:Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk...
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I am in the process of making wooden planters but I am having trouble
> > finding a company to supply fitted plastic liners. I just wondered if
> > anybody out there could suggest a company that might be able to supply
> > quantities of about 100 at a time.
>
> Could you describe what shape they're going to be ?
>
> Because you'd be much better off lining them with glass fibre
> yourself. Just mix up a first lot of resin and hardener and
> paint it on the inside. Let it get tacky and apply the glass
> and tamp it down with the second coat of resin. If you do
> it in warm weather you could have one done in half an hour
> at the most. As no structural strength is required a second
> layer of glass should be unecessary. This would be much more
> substantial than varnish, and would be the nearest equivalent
> to the traditional galvanised steel.
>
> The tooling for individual plastic mouldings - which are
> machined in stainless steel can cost upwards of =A35,000 per item
> to produce. The more complex the item - the higher the cost.
> This goes both for injection moulding and vaccum forming
> and is only economical for use on automatic machines churning
> out batches by the tens of thousands around the clock.
>
> Either use fibreglass, or find a suitable sized plastic
> container, and design the planters around that.
>
Or perhaps line with black plastic sheet, using a staple gun to tack it
in place.

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Mike.

michael adams Wrote:
> "Stephen Harris" Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk wrote in
> message
> news:Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk...
>
> Hello
>
> I am in the process of making wooden planters but I am having trouble
> finding a company to supply fitted plastic liners. I just wondered
> if
> anybody out there could suggest a company that might be able to
> supply
> quantities of about 100 at a time.
>
> Could you describe what shape they're going to be ?
>
> Because you'd be much better off lining them with glass fibre
> yourself. Just mix up a first lot of resin and hardener and
> paint it on the inside. Let it get tacky and apply the glass
> and tamp it down with the second coat of resin. If you do
> it in warm weather you could have one done in half an hour
> at the most. As no structural strength is required a second
> layer of glass should be unecessary. This would be much more
> substantial than varnish, and would be the nearest equivalent
> to the traditional galvanised steel.
>
> The tooling for individual plastic mouldings - which are
> machined in stainless steel can cost upwards of £5,000 per item
> to produce. The more complex the item - the higher the cost.
> This goes both for injection moulding and vaccum forming
> and is only economical for use on automatic machines churning
> out batches by the tens of thousands around the clock.
>
> Either use fibreglass, or find a suitable sized plastic
> container, and design the planters around that.
>
>
> michael adams
>
> ....
>
>
> The Pots are tapered round and square - because of costs I am only
> looking for a flexible material (Polypropylene). I think this can be
> vaccum moulded or formed which might be expensive but I would imagine
> somebody must be making these in the UK already?
>
> As for glass fibre - because the making of the pots is very time
> consuming and the materials already are expensive I am looking for a
> simple drop in solution (costs permitting). At the end of the day a
> pot is just a pot, so if it becomes too expensive it will just not
> sell.
>
> Thanks Steve


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Stephen Harris

Mike Lyle Wrote:
> michael adams wrote:
> "Stephen Harris" Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk wrote in
> message
> news:Stephen.Harris.284080 [at] gardenbanter.co.uk...
>
> Hello
>
> I am in the process of making wooden planters but I am having
> trouble
> finding a company to supply fitted plastic liners. I just wondered
> if
> anybody out there could suggest a company that might be able to
> supply
> quantities of about 100 at a time.
>
> Could you describe what shape they're going to be ?
>
> Because you'd be much better off lining them with glass fibre
> yourself. Just mix up a first lot of resin and hardener and
> paint it on the inside. Let it get tacky and apply the glass
> and tamp it down with the second coat of resin. If you do
> it in warm weather you could have one done in half an hour
> at the most. As no structural strength is required a second
> layer of glass should be unecessary. This would be much more
> substantial than varnish, and would be the nearest equivalent
> to the traditional galvanised steel.
>
> The tooling for individual plastic mouldings - which are
> machined in stainless steel can cost upwards of £5,000 per item
> to produce. The more complex the item - the higher the cost.
> This goes both for injection moulding and vaccum forming
> and is only economical for use on automatic machines churning
> out batches by the tens of thousands around the clock.
>
> Either use fibreglass, or find a suitable sized plastic
> container, and design the planters around that.
>
> Or perhaps line with black plastic sheet, using a staple gun to tack
> it
> in place.
>
> --
> Mike.

Because the pots are expensive I was looking for a neater end result.

Steve


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Stephen Harris