[Public-list] Lexan or Acrylic ?

[Bill Blevins]

I bought 4 - 12" x 24" smoked sheets of plastic from Canal Plastics 
Center. I am very satisfied with the results, however, I have no idea if 
they were Acrylic or Lexan, however, the owner of this place has a 
sailboat and knew what to recommend to me. I think each sheet at the 
time was $14 and they arrived the next day. This place was recommended 
to me by another sailor who had done similar work. Seems like the 
product I bought had some UV resistance if that makes a difference with 
the smoked tint.

Canal Plastics Center
345 Canal Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 925-1032
(212) 431-5901 (fax)

Bill Blevins
Sabrina #158

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Gary Barker wrote:

>I chose lexan for the ports on my A30 because of their large size. It has
>yellowed
>over the 8 years since they were installed, but since I chose a dark tint,
>it is not so noticeable.
>It has been very resistant to scratches, but we are careful with what we use
>to clean them.
>I would choose acrylic for the smaller ports.
>
>Gary Barker
>Blarney #563
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: public-list-bounces at alberg30.org
>[mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org]On Behalf Of David Timmins
>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:14 PM
>To: public-list at alberg30.org
>Subject: [Public-list] Lexan or Acrylic ?
>
>
>Hi Guys.
>We are having a great debate regarding the best material for port-light
>replacement on the Alberg 22 Newsgroup.
>Some say Lexan, some, including me, say Acrylic.
>I redid my port-lights using 3/8" Acrylic 5 years ago and here are my
>reasons
>for choosing this material.
>For it's great strength, I considered using Lexan for my port-lights on
>Elusive, but
>decided against it for the following reasons.
>1) Alberg 22 ports do not cover a large in area so the high strength
>     of Lexan is of less importance
>2) Lexan does scratch easier than Acrylic.
>3) Scratches that do occur in Acrylic can be polished out.
>4) Lexan has a limited life in the sun and will yellow, yellowed Acrylic
>      can be rejuvenated.
>Some AL22 have have their port-lights mounted on the outside of the
>cabin sides, without bezels. I would be more inclined to use Lexan in
>these cases.
>Lexan drills very well as opposed to Acrylic which chips easily and
>will usually
>crack at the drill hole.
>Anyone want to jump in on this?
>
>David Timmins
>Elusive, AL 22
>
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