[Public-list] Lexan or Acrylic ?

[George Dinwiddie]

We replaced ours this spring and used acrylic, for the reasons you
mention.  We went with with 1/4" which, being thicker than the original
3/16" acrylic, should be plenty strong.  I don't consider ultimate
strength to be the most important characteristic.

 - George

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:13:47PM -0400, David Timmins wrote:
> 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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