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So yeah, I was playing around with the plastic left over from my gretchin set and I bought it would be fun to melt it on the radiator. It was all going smoothly and then I thought to myself: "isn't melted plastic toxic or something?"so I took it off to cool down and now I'm worried that my room is contaminated with toxic gasses.
Anyone know anything?

Well seeing as you did it on a radiator, you are only really deforming he plastic not fully melting, and poisonous gases would only really be released from exposing it to another chemical or burning it.

Cool, thanks. But just to be safe I won't do it again.

Good plan going forward.

Hahahaha
"realistic melta damage"

Mukkin'About wrote:Hahahaha
"realistic melta damage"

Lol a friend of mine left his rhinos out in the sun in the middle of a 100 degree summer day. That was his exact excuse.

I lived in the country and I cleaned out the shed and burnt the rubish on the fire, including some plastic stuff. Long story short, I stood too close and got a high and a migraine from it. So if the mdoel released gasses it wont kill you, but you won't feel too good.

I wouldn't stick that plastic up your nose and take a whiff or anything, but you should be okay. Melting plastic does release toxic gas though.

@bforber-if you had said "land raiders" and "drop pods" instead of rhinos, I'd ask which of my friends you were-I've left both out...both were accidents that I didn't realize and I sold them as damaged models...Oh well, one drop pod had been free due to an error and I paid a total of 40 bucks for both land raiders in total and got back exactly what I paid for them when I sold them, so it wasn't TOO bad of a loss...

Now, the Empire halberdier that I leave on the back window of my car all summer long just to see how badly he'll melt...hehe. He's there on purpose. Oh well, with winter now upon us, he can rest without the pain...

For the sake of the genepool, place the plastic upon an open flame and shut all of your doors and windows.

I would rather smell plastic fumes than scented candles...

Or perfume. I hate going through taht section >_<

MechaEmperor7000 wrote:Or perfume. I hate going through taht section >_<

Since when does GW sell perfume?

Essence of ork.

Eau de Ulthwé - The new fragrance; by Eldrad.

Mmm, that sweet hydrocarbon smell.

As BluntmanDC said, heating it on a radiator won't make it a plastic piece of nurgle (sorry I had to say it), but don't burn it with fire, or apply acids to it. If you have to, open the windows and take a gasmask!

Yeah only burning over an open flame would produce toxic gases. And if your burning what I imagine would be small amount, unless your sitting in a closed closet they should disperse quickly enough that you shouldn't have a problem.