Plastic Piggy Bank

Dr Virago Pete's

Plastic Piggy Bank (99% complete as shipped)

As you know, it is important to save save save ... for a rainy day ... or for the future ... or for whatever you goal may be!

Every penny, nickel, dime, quarter, dollar  etc adds up. The very easiest way to save is to always empty your pocket from coins - into your bank.

Now having your very own stylish Dr Virago Pete's Piggy Bank is drastically cooler than a box or an old peanut butter jar in which to regularly put your loose change etc.

Well what's so special about THIS Piggy Bank?

1. Unique Colors

2. Rare to find this model

3. Made in good ol' USA (I know because I make this myself)

4. Made in a one-man-small-shop

5. I can customize how much color and glitter effect to use.

When was the last time you have actually SEEN any piggy banks? Lets face it that a cute Piggy Bank is a rare find indeed.

Available Colors

1. Solid White (standard price)

2. ChickenPoxPink (standard price)

3. Custom (customizing the color affects the price)

Please note that there are no coin slots or coin door. What you get is a hollow plastic Dr Virago Pete's Plastic Piggy Bank without any accessories and no cutouts.

1. It is up to the buyer to make cutouts, slots, holes- whatever you want to do to it.

2. Nothing else is included- The Pig, Only the Pig, and Nothing But the Pig ... So ... LOL

How do I make this wonderful Piggy Bank?

I purchased a machine many years ago which was made by a Company called EMCO and this machine came with a very rare Piggy Bank mold intended for use in schools and vocational centers where students could learn how to make plastic Rotationally Molded items. Since that time I have purchased several molds for this machine.

I have also successfully developed a method for combining colors into the mold to create unusual and pretty plastic colors. The one I am most proud of is what I call "Chickenpox" in which the pig looks like it is blushing and has chicken pox. The color is slighty glittery and shimmers in the light. The "chickenpox" effect is due to the coloring and glitter and base color white being very very slightly blotchy which gives a unique and pretty color effect. Every batch of Piggy Banks come out very slightly unique. No two are exactly alike but are very very similar. The blotchy effect is cute and seems to be enhanced where there are curved areas such as rounded cheeks etc where more plastic flows and this gives a "rosey cheeks" and plump areas are pinker etc. Please keep in mind that there is a certain "randomness" in which the color flows - you get what you get and every Piggy Bank is unique in color "chickenpox-ness"

What I can control is how much color and glitter I add - and the buyer CAN request more or less or gradiants etc which affects the color effects.

The plastic is LDPE which stands for Low Density PolyEthylene

See how I have underlined the parts of the word that actually spells LDPE.

This is a similar plastic to that used in common household plastics. The plastic that I use starts out as very very very fine plastic granules of white LDPE and I mix some special glitter and coloring and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE until the plastic powder and color and glitter is mixed. Then this customized powder is poured into the mold.

YOU KNOW WHAT? The Pre-Pig plastic powder sure does take up a large volume. It is amazing how much plastic powder actually goes into the mold - only to end up hollow!

Well why do I use so much plastic powder in making this wonderful Dr Virago Pete's Plastic Piggy Bank? Because - I want the walls of this bank to be nice and tough and durable. 

What does the plastic feel like?

A mustard jar, A weedtrimmer gastank, a milkjug (but much thicker), etc. Now those things are made of a different type of plastic - but that is what it feels like to the touch. It is tough and stiff but you can push in on it a little. 

It is not a fragile plastic and even though I wouldn't say it is indestructible (everything is destructible in the wrong hands) It is something that needs no special care.

Everything you can do with a mustard jar ... you can do with this piggy bank.

Can you drop a mustard jar? Yes.

Can you press on a mustard jar without cracking? Yes

Can you cut a mustard jar with a utility knife? yes

Can you paint a mustard jar? Yes and No - but with the right paints - due to not all paints stick to all plastics.

Im not going to offer any warranty or guaranty for breaking or damage or inability of paint to stick. if you plan on painting this then

plan on experimenting with which paints will or wont stick to it.

If you are a creative person, you can create your own paints, stickers, neck ribbons, bow ties, 3d printed accessories ... but that is ENTIRELY up to the buyer to do whatever you can imagine or create to customize.

HOWEVER nothing else is included...

HOWEVER nothing else is included...

HOWEVER nothing else is included...

Just 1ea Pig with no cutouts and nothing else.

If you plan on using this for food use (no) please note that I am not certifying for food use. If you plan on using for fuel storage (no) please note that I am not certifying it for fuel. If you do weird stuff (no) with this Piggy Bank then that is 100% your fault. I ONLY am selling a piggy bank which has no loose parts and is not swallowable by children. If you make cutouts or accessories- make sure that you make things kid-safe and child-proof and any small parts or cutouts such that no one gets hurt or choking hazard etc. Please plan on checking the edges for plastic flash which may need to be sanded slightly or shaved off (carefully) with a hobby knife.

In otherwords. This is a Piggy Bank but is NOT a finished product. It is 99% complete but the buyer must put the 1% effort and time into actually make this molded plastic pig into a kid-safe bank.

How does this ship?

Well this item fits into a US Post Office Flat Rate Box and is shippable anywhere that the Post Office delivers to.

If this were a "kit" then it would contain extra parts and accosories and instructions - but it is NOT a KIT. There is no instructions and no accessories. I am selling this item as "99% Piggy Bank" in which the buyer completes this by customizing on their own.

NOW tell me - where else in the world are you going to find a Chickenpox colored piggy bank that you can customize?

As a point of Interest - here is a link to my other page in which I am selling my instructions on how I made this Piggy Bank

http://www.drviragopete.com/plasticmolder.php

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Yes I accept Paypal.

$35 each plus shipping anywhere that the US Post Office ships to.

Shipping and handling cost is $16 via US Post Office Flat Rate Box

My paypal email address is drviragopete@att.net

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Dr Virago Pete

Phone (847) 454-7858 between 11am and 7pm daily

Email drviragopete@att.net

Located Illinois, USA

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