Where to buy Plexiglass

[TheChef]

Where do you buy plexiglass for your projects? Do you know of any sites that have a bright green transparent color or something like it? I'm having a lot of trouble finding a site to buy it from and I dont know of any places around my house.

[Zeus]

have you checked the hardware stores?

places like home depot and lowe's

[crazybillybob]

Mcmaster-carr (http://www.mcmaster.com/) Do a search for Plexiglass or Acrylic sheet. I comes in many colors even clear!

Good Luck,
Crazybillybob

[tybrenis]

I actually buy mine off of eBay. I got 52 LBS of polycarbonate for 35 bucks... SHIPPED!

:)

[Dr. Karras]

Try Professional Plastics website. (see page link below)
http://www.professionalplastics.com/cgi-bin/pp.pl?pgm=co_disp&func=displ&prrfnbr=85259&strfnbr=3&prname=ACRYLIC-SHEETS---EXTRUDED---Plexiglasshttp://www.professionalplastics.com/cgi-bin/pp.pl?pgm=co_disp&func=displ&prrfnbr=85259&strfnbr=3&prname=ACRYLIC-SHEETS---EXTRUDED---Plexiglass
This is where I buy my plexiglass. They have dozens of colors in stock & they cut-to-size. Retail customers are welcome. They ship to my house by UPS within a few days. If that link doesn't work, try www.professionalplastics.com

[gobygoby]

its called acrylic people! well....yes its called plexiglass, but thats really different then acrylic. Acrylic is the good stuff.

sorry, been one of those days......

[tybrenis]

Plexiglass is a brand name of acrylic, or polymethylmethacrylate. It's all the same.

[Chingas]

Might as well add my two sence, just because. GE Plastics manufactures LEXANPOLYCARBONATE sheets in various thickness, size alltho i am not sure of color. I do however know that you can pick up transparent green sheets from "rplastics" online. They carry all sorts of fantastic poly items. Lexan is great for me, actually just picked up a few sheets and am in the process of "etching" or carving a case window as we speak.

[b4i7]

www.tapplastics.com

that was a site posted here a while back...sound like they have decent prices...i plan on checkin them out here soon

and when ive worked with plexy in the past(makin some clear dice at school) it looks really kickin when cut and machined

[tybrenis]

My favorite website ever for this type of stuff:

www.USPlastic.com

Also, http://www.delviesplastics.com/

The flourescent acrylic is UV reactive.

[DaveW]

You don't always have to use plexi-i've seen a great range of things including glass, mesh, plain old holes, paper...

be creative! Plexi's great but you can get some great effects with other stuff.

[nzcubey]

papermash case FTW, imagine how toasty it would get! LOL

[Zephik]

This website is my favorite for plexiglass and polycarbonate (Lexan). They have great prices and discount specials. I think the shipping was pretty low cost too.

www.estreetplastics.com

-SF

[Dr. Karras]

The reason I prefer using Professional Plastics is because they carry all of the colors and can cut to size. You just enter your size & they cut & ship to your door. (see http://www.professionalplastics.com/PLEXIGLASS-ACRYLICSHEET-EXTRUDED ).

They also have the plastic fabricating tools if you prefer to do it yourself. (See http://www.professionalplastics.com/PlasticToolsAccessories )