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That Plastics Guy — 152 episodes

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Commodity White Masterbatches - Tech Tip Friday

2

Polytives Viscosity Modifier

3

Post Industrial Feedstock for Nylon - Tech Tip Friday

4

Efficiency Tips During a Disruptive Market - Tech Tip Friday

5

Episode 142V - Stop Wasting Resin - Use a Purge Compound - TTF

6

Seeking Fairness During Rising Prices - Tech Tip Friday

7

Let Down Ratios (Encore Presentation) | Tech Tip Friday

8

Tool Review - Milwaukee Colour Match Light - Tech Tip Friday

9

What Temperature is My Colour? - Tech Tip Friday

10

Dealing with Odours - Tech Tip Friday

11

A New Approach to Breaking Down Plastics - RAWS Americas

12

What is Wide Spec Material - Tech Tip Friday

13

Molded in Stress with Wide Spec PP - Tech Tip Friday

14

Soak time when purging - Tech Tip Friday

15

Why Purge? Leveraging Commercial Purging Compounds for Maximum Uptime

16

Purging to Maximize YOUR uptime - Tech Tip Friday

17

Controlling Shrink Through Injection | Tech Tip Friday

18

Cost Per Pound vs Density - Unpacking True Cost | Tech Tip Friday

19

Discussing the Skilled Trades with Darryl Gratrix

20

PP vs PE Molded in Stress | Tech Tip Friday

21

Planned Maintenance for 2026 | Tech Tip Friday

22

Holiday Special - Purging for Extended Shutdown | Tech Tip Friday

23

Looking After Your Environment | Tech Tip Friday

24

Sustainable Gift Giving | Tech Tip Friday

25

Be an Industry Advocate | Tech Tip Friday

26

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) - A Follow-up Interview with Justin Riney

27

Polystyrene Recycling | Tech Tip Friday

28

Perseverance | Tech Tip Friday

29

Building Customer Relationships | Tech Tip Friday

30

Going alone - When entrepreneurship is YOUR path

31

The Halloween Special! | Tech Tip Friday

32

Leveraging AI in Plastics | Tech Tip Friday

33

Let Down Ratios | Tech Tip Friday

34

Lower the Cost of Colourant | Tech Tip Friday

35

Plastic - How Did We Get Here?

36

Regrind for Better Colour | Tech Tip Friday

37

Colour Spaces | Tech Tip Friday

38

Know When to Stop | Tech Tip Friday

39

Be Safe! | Tech Tip Friday

40

Flow Modifiers

41

Don't Give Up! | Tech Tip Friday

42

FDA Approved vs Compliant | Tech Tip Friday

43

TPU and Moisture | Tech Tip Friday

44

An interview with Darrel Fry of ABC3D - Conductive Polymers

45

New Product Alert - Conductive Polymer | Tech Tip Friday

46

Running the ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin | Tech Tip Friday

47

Happy 100th to "That Plastics Guy"!!

48

Drying Material During the Summer Months | Tech Tip Friday

49

Viscosity vs Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday

50

Our interview with Brett Minken of Andicor Specialty Chemicals

51

Resin Buying in Uncertain Times | Tech Tip Friday

52

Foil Bag Liners | Tech Tip Friday

53

Water Soluble vs Biopolymer | Tech Tip Friday

54

An Introduction to Sulapac BioPolymers!

55

More Biopolymers from Sulapac! | Tech Tip Friday

56

Biopolymers from Sulapac | Tech Tip Friday

57

An Interview with Jonathan Knott from Explore Skilled Trades

58

Handling Aged Inventory | Tech Tip Friday

59

Mechanical vs Chemical Purging Compounds | Tech Tip Friday

60

Chemical Foaming Agents | Tech Tip Friday

61

Interview with Mehdi Sheikhzadeh and Steve Reaume – Canadian Extrusion Research Laboratory at Lambton College

62

Long Glass Materials | Tech Tip Friday

63

Polymers 101 - Thermoplastic Polyurethane

64

Small Sprue Design | Tech Tip Friday

65

Uncertainty | Tech Tip Friday

66

ECOrrect - Water Soluble Applications

67

Silos and Bulk Trucks | Tech Tip Friday

68

Product Education - ECOrrect | Tech Tip Friday

69

Encore Presentation - An Interview with Bindi Patel, Creator of ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin

70

Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday

71

Success via the Basics | Tech Tip Friday

72

Purging Compound - Fresh Start

73

Canadian Pride | Tech Tip Friday

74

Draft Angles | Tech Tip Friday

75

Recycling Standard for Plastics | Tech Tip Friday

76

The ABCs of Blending, with Advanced Blending Solutions

77

Recharge Yourself | Tech Tip Friday

78

Tariff Talks

79

Material Density Revisited | Tech Tip Friday

80

Implementing Check Lists | Tech Tip Friday

81

Encore Presentation - Interview with Dharmendra Khanolkar of ExCista Corporation

82

Melt Flow Revisited | Tech Tip Friday

83

UV Inhibitors | Tech Tip Friday

84

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance - an interview with Justin Riney of INEOS Styrolution

85

Gloss Levels | Tech Tip Friday

86

Tie Bar Stretch | Tech Tip Friday

87

2025 Economic Outlook

88

Returning from Holidays | Tech Tip Friday

89

The Skilled Trades in Ontario - an Interview with Darryl Gratrix of MPC

90

Shutting Down with Purge Compound | Tech Tip Friday

91

Impact Modified Nylon | Tech Tip Friday

92

Doctor Chris DeArmitt – Microplastics: Fact vs. Fiction

93

White Masterbatch | Tech Tip Friday

94

Mineral Masterbatches | Tech Tip Friday

95

Introduction to Antimicrobials

96

Planned Maintenance | Tech Tip Friday

97

Black Concentrate Pt 3/3 | Tech Tip Friday

98

50th Podcast Celebration, plus thoughts on the incoming Trump administration

99

Black Concentrate Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday

100

Black Concentrate Let Down Ratio Pt 1/3 | Tech Tip Friday

101

Lessons Learned from Running a Sample

102

Creating a Purging Firewall | Tech Tip Friday

103

Water Lines | Tech Tip Friday

104

Case Study - Processing for Optimal Appearance

105

Colourant Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday

106

Causes of Flash | Tech Tip Friday

107

Water Absorption in Resins

108

Purging Through Valve Gates | Tech Tip Friday

109

Drying Resins Pt 2/2 | Tech Tip Friday

110

Plastics 101 - Nylon - A History and Applications

111

Drying Resins Pt 1/2 | Tech Tip Friday

112

Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday

113

Parting Lines

114

The Local Material Supplier | Tech Tip Friday

115

Shrink Rate Range | Tech Tip Friday

116

Consulting with the Consultants - Jim Pelot and Cher Cunningham of Podium Prosperity and Tradewinds

117

FDA Approval vs Compliance | Tech Tip Friday

118

Flammability Ratings - Glow Wire | Tech Tip Friday

119

Flammability and Flame Ratings

120

Flammability Ratings | Tech Tip Friday

121

Interview with Bindi Patel of ECOrrect Pt 2/2

122

Vicat Softening Point | Tech Tip Friday

123

Heat Deflection Temperature | Tech Tip Friday

124

Interviewing the Interviewer - A conversation with Mark Stephen of Canadian Plastics

125

Flexural Strength | Tech Tip Friday

126

Notched Izod Impact | Tech Tip Friday

127

Energy Conservation with VFDs - An interview with Bill Hartwick of Filter Specialties Inc.

128

Flex Mod | Tech Tip Friday

129

Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday

130

Industry Musings - Energy Conservation...Let's Start the Conversation!

131

What is Material Density | Tech Tip Friday

132

Purging with Purging Compounds Pt 4/4 | Tech Tip Friday

133

Tech Series - Plastics 101 - PVC

134

Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday

135

Purging Compound Types Pt 2/4 | Tech Tip Friday

136

Playing in the Traffic - an Interview with Drew Pearson from Crossdock

137

Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 1/4 | Tech Tip Friday

138

Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday

139

Industry Commentary - Plastics Pollution - the 1% Problem

140

Proper Draft Angle | Tech Tip Friday

141

The Check Ring | Tech Tip Friday

142

Tech Series - Diving into Colour Dispersion

143

Gate Placement | Tech Tip Friday

144

Tech Series - Water Soluble Resins, the ECOrrect Way!

145

Tech Series - Silaplast - The Additive with a Difference

146

An Introduction to Injection Molding

147

The Wonderful World of Colour!

148

Plastics 101 - Polyolefins

149

Plastics - Our Responsibility

150

A Plastics Registry in Canada

151

Introducing "That Plastics Guy"!

152

That Plastics Guy - Trailer