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Re: Coating revisited -- Acrylic/glass prices

2002-04-15 by pleistocenehome

Hi Roy,

Would you please let us know how to contact this supplier.  Is 
there a website?  Thanks,

Tom Andrews
www.wildlandart.com

> 
> I also use standard acrylic for all my photos.  I started at places 
like TAP
> Plastics that had very high prices.  I eventually found a 
wholesale
> suppier of all kinds of plastics.  The last time I went there I 
bought 2
> 51x100 inch sheets.  They cut them up into 8 22x28's and 8 
20x24's for free.
> Total cost: $102.   So yes it really pays to shop around.
> 
> Roy
>  
> > 
> > Here are the prices for 22x28 inch acrylic that I use for my 
framed 16x20
> > prints.
> > 
> > Light Impressions:  $39 for Acrylite OP-3 UV acrylic; $50 for 
the scratch
> > resistant "AR OP-3."
> > 
> > My Los Angeles supplier (Solter on Pico in West L.A.): $9.36 
for standard
> > acrylic; $23.44 for Acrylite OP-3 UV acrylic.
> > 
> > Standard acrylic from other sources can be over $20 for a 
22x28 piece -- so,
> > shop around.  The best internet prices I found were at
> > www.pictureframe-usa.com.  However, my L.A. supplier is 
cheaper.
> > 
> > So, for my uses, the $9 standard acrylic for a 22x28 will do 
just fine.  But
> > if someone wants to pay big bucks for the ultimate protection, 
the Light
> > Impressions $50 AR OP-3 is the ticket.
> > 
> > Paul
> > http://www.PaulRoark.com

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