Black Acrylic at reverse garbage

[Tom Davies]

They have a lot of 3mm(?) sheets at $20 for 'large' 1200?x800?

[Franc Carter]

Grab some if you can.

If you can't get them then I'll try to grab them in the next couple of days as I live close by

cheers

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Tom Davies <tgda...@gmail.com> wrote:

They have a lot of 3mm(?) sheets at $20 for 'large' 1200?x800?

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[Tom Davies]

Note that it isn't pristine Acrylic -- plenty of minor surface scuffing.

[Franc Carter]

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Tom Davies <tgda...@gmail.com> wrote:

Note that it isn't pristine Acrylic -- plenty of minor surface scuffing.

thanks, good to know

cheers

 

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[Gerard]

Has anyone been there recently, and do you know if there's any of it left?

Thanks

Gerard

[Tom Davies]

I'd be confident that there is, there was a lot of it -- I'll be there again on Saturday morning and can update you if you like. Incidentally they also have quite a lot of 3mm PVC foam, thick hardboard and smaller quantities of other thicknesses/colours of Acrylic -- that comes and goes.

I'm always hoping they'll get some ABS or polycarbonate sheet, but no luck so far...

[Gerard]

Hi, would appreciate the update.

Planning to pick some up Sunday and check out the market while I'm there (but may not bother if they've run out).

Thanks

[Tom Davies]

Still plenty

[Tom Davies]

Did anyone else buy any of this? I've just started actually using it, and I don't think it's Acrylic after all.

It seems more flexible and impact resistant than acrylic, and gets rapidly softened by Xylene, unlike the Acrylic I tried.

I did a burn test, (http://www.boedeker.com/burntest.htm) and it didn't drip, which isn't consistent with ABS or Polystyrene -- an ABS/Polycarbonate blend matches, but is that likely? It has a Polystyrene smell when you cut it with a hacksaw.

Any ideas on how to identify it?