Acrylic Polymer. What is it and where in the UK can I get?

[v-un-v]

I've been trying to get some of this stuff for my front panel- but due to the fact that most art suppliers in this country seem to have disappeared- I have had nothing but no luck.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

cheers

Tom

[Albut]

Hi Tom,

I think Acrylic Polymer is used as an alternative for Perspex by Sign Writers to make shop signs. It is cheaper and easier to cut. You could probably get some offcuts cheap fro a signwriting company, but I think they use 1/4". This may be too thick for a front panel, but they could probably put you in touch with a supplier. Hope this helps.

Albut

[v-un-v]

[Macaba]

Sounds like a spray bottle of 'PCB Laquer' from maplins, as one of the tag lines on the bottle is 'Fast drying acrylic coating'.

[v-un-v]

I'm not to sure if it is- but that one sounds cool too :) I'll have to check some of that out...come to think about it, I may have some of that already. hmmm

[Albut]

Hi Tom,

I use copper clad fibre glass pcb board to make my front panels. I print out my artwork and laminate it, cover the panel with strong thin double sided tape and stick the print out on.

The acrylic polymer Ray used is probably a clear laquer, and he used it as a adhesive by the sound of it. You can get acrylic laquer from car paint suppliers. I had an aerosol made up to laquer some control knob inserts that I sprayed to give a tough gloss finish.

Letraset make a fixative laquer for inkjet printouts, which I have also used.

Albut

[Clack]

you can get spray laquer in halfords in the uk its basically called 'clear laquer' costs £4.99 you can get 3 for the price of 2 oooh

I wouldnt use it on anything other than a lazer print though its quite solventy I think the stuff he uses is waterbased?