Plexi or Acrylic

[almo181 10+ year member]

Which is better acrylic or plexi glass?? How much do either cost???? Where can you find these???

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[uncleroman 10+ year member]

plexi is acrylic. i would guess your question would be acrylic or poly carbonate{lexan}? lexan is expensive but unbreakable.

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

plexi is acrylic. i would guess your question would be acrylic or poly carbonate{lexan}? lexan is expensive but unbreakable.

break resistant--by no means is it unbreakable--i've broken it quite a few times at my job.

 

[almo181 10+ year member]

ok

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

lexan is the way to go. what are you using this for?

 

[almo181 10+ year member]

Its for a speaker box, http://www.decware.com/whorn.htm that one, how much wouldi cost to cover one side?

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

1400$

J/k

 

[kjwiehoff 10+ year member]

that box is freaking ridiculous.......

i want one...

 

[idiot 10+ year member]

lexan is the way to go. what are you using this for?

Yep. Plexiglass is too prone to shattering, in my experience, while lexan tends to hold up much better. However, I haven't used the obscenely thick versions of plexi, so your mileage with that variety might vary.

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

1/2" of lexan should do the trick.

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

What is lexan? Ive never even heard of it until now, hahah

 

[paikiah 5,000+ posts]

aren't they bullet resistant "glass" as used on mythbusters?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

that box is freaking ridiculous.......


i want one...

then make one;

http://www.decware.com/whornok.htm

i think i might try it with some smaller woofers! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[TimberJon 10+ year member]

I use UL-listed 752 Bullet Resistant Acrylic. Works great in 3/4 or 1" thickness. If you brace strong enough, and seal that acrylic flush or inset on the INTERIOR of the enclosure, you wont barely sense that anything is flexing. like a rock, with i dunno... dual 2000 watters inside? Whatever you want. It'd be a tank.

 

[almo181 10+ year member]

Where can you buy this lexan stuff? home depot canadian tire???? Still how much??? to ocver it im the 24 by 36 size