Good Place to buy Styrene Sheets?

[itsalive]

Where is a good place online to buy very thin white colored styrene sheets? Also what if you were to use a heated tool to shape wax that rests on its surface. Would there be any possible health hazards from the small amount of heat the surface might endure/experience?

 

[cayman shen]

Believe it or not, I used to have a lot of luck on ebay.

 

[Robiwon]

Try these.

http://www.plastruct.com/

and

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Sheets.htm

 

[itsalive]

Thanks Guys

 

[Cpl Potter]

us plastic , ive bought from them a couple times

 

[Bacara]

I've bought lots of plastic from Industrial Plastic Supply in Anaheim, CA. They offer several size/quantity choices, from 12" x 12" for .020 to 24" x 48" for .25

Free shipping on orders over $120. great to deal with.

/B

 

[Dyonisis]

WWW.USPLASTIC.COM This is the best place for sheet styrene for the most reasonable price,and selection on the internet! You can get tubing in acrylic,PTFE,Delrin,acetate,styrene,and many other types,and shapes.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Are they cheaper than Plastruct? I usually get stuff from them.


BTW, for really thin sheets, go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy For Sale signs.

 

[Dyonisis]

Yes. You can buy 2 feet x 6 feet sheets from 0.05" of an inch to 1/4" of an inch thicknesses. This is what you really want if you're going to buy for a lot of scratch building. These can be bought for a fraction of what would normally cost hundreds of dollars from evergreen,and plastruct! These start at $5.00 incrementally on up depending on thickness. The thicker the sheet,the more it costs. These are all 2 feet wide x six feet long.

 

[modeleers]

Most Plastic Suppliers will have a Scrap-Room. I bought a 4x8 sheet of super-thin styrene - that had a damaged corner. The Great thing is Everything in the Scrap-roon sells for $2 per lb. The full sheet weighed about 2 or 3 lbs.

 

[Nwerke]

Do you have any local plastics suppliers or signwriting businesses? If so you can usually pick up 8'x4' styrene sheets in a bunch of thicknesses right there.

 

[JPolacchi]

Tap Plastics.I think they have both 4X6 &6X8 foot sheets,but will cut to any size.They have ABS too.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I'm so stupid! About ten years ago my aunt owned and worked at a sign shop! I should have asked her to send me scraps! :wacko

 

[Scratchy]

I get mine straight from the manufacturer, look in the yellow pages under "plastic" or "plastic manufacturer".