Anyone used Acrylite Abrasion Resistant Acrylic

Saleenfan · 02-03-2008, 01:43 PM

I was looking around just for fun at acrylic sheeting to see how big I could make my dream tank (I have allways been a real dreamer) and I saw that US plastics now has "Abrasion resistant acrylic". And I got thinking that it would be kind of nice for a fish tank, you wouldnt have to be quite as carefull around the acrylic when cleaning or anything else that could potentially scratch a normal acryilic tank. This would thus lead to less scratches in the tank and a better looking tank overall. Now I dont know even if it would be tank safe for chemical reasons but I thought I would ask.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...duct%5Fid=9909

Doug1 · 02-03-2008, 03:41 PM

I doubt that the abrasion resistant coating would be harmful, but man its at twice as much

, maybe just the front viewing panel, that might not be so bad

Fly Guy · 02-03-2008, 04:21 PM

one thing to note too......is that the brand you linked is much cheaper than the equivelant in Spartech or even Plexiglas G which most of the higher end custom shops use. I looked around for a sec and both spartech and plexiglas G have abrasion resistant coatings available as well.

Im not familiar with it but I havent heard of any of the top custom shops using the abrasion resistant stuff. I imagine there is a reason for this....i just dont know it