Acrylic sheet have outstanding resistance to long-term exposure to sunlight and weathering. Acrylic has excellent optical properties and is more resistant to impact than glass. In addition, acrylic has low water absorption, good electrical resistivity, and fair tensile strength. Applications are infinite, including art installations, outdoor signs, glazing, aircraft canopies, skylights, automotive taillights, dials, buttons, lighting applications, knobs, and machine covers.
Acrylic sheet is 17 times stronger than glass, has excellent clarity, durability, is lightweight and weather-able. Acrylic can be sawed, routed, drilled, formed, line bent, cemented and painted.
- Lightweight and stronger alternative to glass
- Highly transparent (also available in opaque)
- Excellent resistance to UV damage
- Easy to machine, fabricate, and glue
- Low water absorption