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Title: Smoked Plexi: Is this a decent price?
Post by: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on February 21, 2008, 06:45:44 pm

http://www.estreetplastics.com/1_4_x_24_x_36_Grey_Smoked_Plexiglass_Acrylic_p/t802090100.htm   

Is that a decent price for a sheet of smoked plexi?  It's being used as the top for a cocktail..

I'm also curious:  Is plexiglass scratch resistant?

Title: Re: Smoked Plexi: Is this a decent price?
Post by: TelcoLou on February 21, 2008, 06:52:18 pm

Well, for $6 more, you can get a sheet of tempered glass (which is scratch-resistant) from onedayglass.com ... I shall be placing an order from them myself tomorrow :)

I have a sheet of plexi that is quite old, and looks horrible; full of 'swirlies' and scratches.

Title: Re: Smoked Plexi: Is this a decent price?
Post by: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on February 21, 2008, 06:53:41 pm

That's all I needed to know!   :cheers:


But I also wanna know this:  Will glass shops cut a piece of glass that YOU bring them?  And can tempered glass be tinted/smoked??

Title: Re: Smoked Plexi: Is this a decent price?
Post by: TelcoLou on February 21, 2008, 07:03:15 pm

Well, onedayglass has a few tinted options (I'm going for the light grey), plus there's no glass shops around in my podunk town :)

Title: Re: Smoked Plexi: Is this a decent price?
Post by: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on February 21, 2008, 07:29:40 pm

Only problem with getting tinted tempered glass with them is that you can only get the 1/4" glass in the SUPER dark tint.  I think that may be too dark.