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DarkSoul1:
Hi.  First post, be gentle.  Had a quick look but can't find the answer here.

I'm building/designing a cp for a cocktail cab.  Measurements are 40 cm wide x 20 cm deep with a front height of 7 cm and rear height of 10 cm (so it slopes down to the front slightly).

I want to put a clear plastic covering of some sort over the cp artwork.  Must be able to bend over the top of the cp to the front face (7cm hight one).  Will be a bit of a gentle curve rather than a hard near 90 degree corner at the front.

Advice/suggestions appreciated.  I live in Australia.

AlanS17:
Well the 2 options off the top of my head are plexi and lexan. Both are a sort of plastic sold in sheets.

Plexi, however, cracks VERY easily when you try to drill it or cut it. There are tutorials somewhere on this site for using it.

The other option is lexan which is sort of a harder version of plexi. You can drill it, cut and it, and it's virtually bullet proof. You could probably hit it as hard as you wanted with a hammer and it wouldn't break. However, both can scratch easily.

Now neither of them bend easily unless they're very thin (and finding them that thin is kind of difficult).

Usually you'll find it in 1/8 inch thicknesses. It won't bend for anything by itself, but if you heat it you can bend it. Of course, I've never personally tried it so I don't know how hard it is but I know it can be done.  Maybe you can do it with a good hair dryer, but it probably takes a heat gun. I don't honestly know...

Hope I helped more than I hurt.

kspiff:
Don't remember where it was, but they seem to make Lexan in mil-thick sheets, too.. maybe it would be flexible enough..?

Frostillicus:
You can get a piece of black paper laminated and use some kind of adhesive.   If you plan on doing an overlay than you could kill 2 birds with one stone.  

DarkSoul1:
Thanks for the advice guys.  The unbendability of flexi and lexan was a problem.

The clear laminated with backing paper sounds an idea though it may "crinkle" on the inside of the curve.  Might just make up a dummy and see how it goes though.

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