Acrylic Purchase

[engwife36]

I'm looking for the cheapest place to buy acrylic sheets. I know there is a few people out there that use it all the time so any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[Darth-Tater]

Two places I buy from in SA are Allied Plastic and Regal Plastic. Allied is open on Sat morning (I was there today) and Regal is not. Both places are open til 5 during the week. Also, both are in the same general area East S.A.

Tater

[engwife36]

Thanks, do you know of any good priced places online? Being that I'm at Fort Hood it would probably be better to buy online or maybe go to Austin.

[captexas]

How big are the pieces you are wanting? Getting a large sheet of acrylic shipped will cost you some bucks. Check the yellow pages under plastics. There may be a place in Killeen or Temple that sell it. If not, there are places in Austin.

[LoneStar]

For precut sizes, this site is not too bad. May work out cheaper than driving all the way from Killeen.

http://freckleface.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/plasticmaterial.html

There is a Regal Plastics in Austin, which would make it closer.
http://www.regal-plastics.com/

[engwife36]

Thanks guys for the info...

[apedroza]

There is a regal plastics in Austin too!!!

[Headless_donkey]

Sometimes ebay has good prices.

[matt]

I'm not sure what you're building, but if it's a sizable sump or tank you'll want to get high quality cast acrylic, preferably Cyro GP or Spartech polycast. Personally I would not use any other brand for anything that's got to hold water.

Mcmaster-carr online has a huge catalog and sells cut pieces of acrylic, like 2'X2', 2X4, 4X4, etc. So you might check there.

[captexas]

I'm starting to think Matt owns stock in the Cyro GP company! :-)

[matt]

Actually, Spartech is better plastic; it has the best optical qualities and I have found that I get the best joints with it. But Cyro is fine too, especially if you're not building a show tank and so don't care about the great clarity. I will never use anything other than these two, however; the molecular weight of other brands is too inconsistant, and that means I have trouble getting perfect joints in "off" brands.

This is all in cast acrylic, and extruded is much softer and more consistant. Since most people are using extruded, I honestly don't think it matters too much what brand they get for that. Cyro FF is fine.