small amounts off acrylic for some pictures

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:17 pm

i am trying to source some acrylic at reasonable price
i have a freind who is virtualy house bound because of epeleptic fits and other health issues
he asked me to frame 3 tutankamun stitch by number pictures complete 450 x325 and an LMS 1936 print of 600x400mm of 2 locos and carriges
total sheet required 900x925 required

i told him for all the wood my time and trouble [a beer/cider]plus plastic it would be about £30 then find the plastic will be in excess of £40 on its own

any ideas of where i can get acrylic at reasonable prices

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Thu May 07, 2009 6:30 am

You could try your local signmakers as they may have an off cut.

Probably one of the cheapest places to buy it is from perspex distribution-

http://www.perspexdistribution.co.uk/

They might sell unbranded sheet, which will be a little cheaper than buying a branded product.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Thu May 07, 2009 8:44 am

thanks uhm cant find prices anywhere though

bredred · Post by **bredred** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:25 am

I used to do a lot of acrylic work - selling on ebay etc. The sheet size i used was 5 & 6mm thick 4' x 8' and it cost me around £60.

That is too much acrylic and is possibly too thick for what you need. For framing i would suggest 3mm thick.

The place i got my acrylic from was a local acrylic (plastics) supplier that i found on yell.com - searching for acrylic suppliers in my area.

Any good supplier will give you an off-cut rather than have you needing to buy a whole sheet. £40 for your acrylic is well off the mark - i would expect half of that, but thats based on what i used to pay.