HDPE is easy to thermoform and has low water absorption properties. It is easily engineered and fabricated. In addition to the virtuous properties of HDPE engineers and fabricators specify HDPE as it can easily be vacuum and thermoformed, profile cut, extruded and welded. The properties of HDPE sheeting make it ideal for plastic and extrusion welding as well as vacuum forming and profile cutting. Many essential items are manufactured with HDPE including; wear strips, chain guides, fume cabinets, ducting, chemical tanks, automotive parts such as mud flaps and dam linings, packaging, and it is also used for cutting and clicking boards. As one of the most versatile plastic materials around, HDPE plastic is used in a wide variety of applications, including plastic bottles, milk jugs, shampoo bottles, bleach bottles, cutting boards, and piping.