Every once in while you'll find Acrylite acrylic that has plain brown masking on both sides but this is very rare. It's likely a plastic called Acrycast or another import. There are a coupla ways to verify but difficult to explain in writing. In a nutshell, unless you have the documentation that says exactly what plant it was made in - it's essentially garbage for our application as you can't count on it. We need material we can count on. IMO take it back and get good material, namely; Polycast, Acrylite GP, or Plexi-Glas G.
Because not all cell cast acrylics will hold a joint, to put it simply. The 3 brands I recommend are fairly consistent from batch to batch and with each other. Most import brands are very inconsistent and tend to have molecular chains which are too long to hold a joint very well. You need molecular chains which are long enough to resist crazing and other stresses yet short enough to break down under chemical stress (solvents and WO 40)
Eran,
Laird also buys from various other companies - not just Arkema.
FWIW, I have never seen Plex G with no writing on it. Not saying it can't happen, but I tend to doubt it.
OTOH, use it if you want to, not sure what else to tell ya
James
Eran,
Laird also buys from various other companies - not just Arkema.
FWIW, I have never seen Plex G with no writing on it. Not saying it can't happen, but I tend to doubt it.
OTOH, use it if you want to, not sure what else to tell ya
James
Hmm, maybe the newer stuff is moving in. Up here it still is the old stuff, at least the heavy gauge, I never see anything less than 1/2".
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