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lexan vs. crystallite
rampy:
I fail to see how putting instant mix diet iced tea onto your control panel will help the situation.
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rampy
cuthulas:
DON'T DO THE CRYSTALLITE!!! Lexan is WAY better ... you can bend, beat, drill Lexan without any problems. You WILL have to be much more delicate with the Crystallite. I just finished working with lexan on my CP and Marquee and its AWESOME. I have a standard piece of cheapy plexi to place over the bezel, but it sucks and I will be checking the local glass shops for smoked plexi after seeing OSCAR's comparisons.
Anyhow, spend the little extra on the Lexan now and you won't regret it in the long run where someone could accidentally chip a piece off your Crystallite.
Cuth
DeathMonk:
--- Quote from: rampy on March 06, 2003, 12:16:14 pm ---I fail to see how putting instant mix diet iced tea onto your control panel will help the situation.
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rampy
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LOL ;D
Smittydc:
Cuthulas -- it's very unlikely that you'd chip off a piece of crystalite. Its a polycarbonate material (like lexan, tuffad, etc).
Have you actually used the stuff? Or are you just in love with Lexan?
cuthulas:
Chances are you won't chip a piece off of any glass/plexi once you have it installed AND if you machine it properly.
And no, I have worked with crystallite more than playing around with it when I was deciding between the two. Lexan certainly impressed me more. I don't have statistics or specifics, but common knowledge is lexan is more durable ... just play around with both and it is obvious. Also, I have yet to hear of someone accidentally cracking or breaking thier lexan in preparation. And from the way I beat the hell outta my lexan in preparing it, I'm convinced.
I used a jigsaw to cut out the CP , trackball hole, and marquee, a boring bit on my drill to make the holes, and a file to smooth out any rough edges ... for a 4-player panel. Not one scratch, break, crack, or problem to be seen. I did this all fairly "ghetto-style" as I don't have a workshop, workbench, or great tools and it came out perfectly. I doubt I could say the same if I used Crystallite.
I will say that Crystallite WILL work, as it has for many. But Lexan is without a doubt a better material ... so it just comes down to a person deciding what is more important to them: price or quality. Like shoes, I'm the type of person who will put more money into a good pair of shoes in hopes that they will last a longer time versus less money into cheaper shoes of lesser quality.
BRB to make another love stain on my lexan...
Cuth