I'm in the hunt for some blue lexan for my Stude g***er. I've tried local plastic companys and sign shops in the St Louis area and come up with "They don't make it". NHRA does not like plexigl***, so that is not an option. I may have to use another color as some are available in Lexan. Anybody have any leads???????
You might have to settle for the smoke grey or solar bronze tints. They make these colors for solar panels and outside window displays . You'll probably have to go to a fairly large sheet plastics supplier to get this.
What about tint film? I just swapped a set of relatively solid '85 rear doors from one beater van to the next one, and they have a poorly applied purple colored tint film on the gl*** - the same thing as black window tint, but a transparent purple color. I'm actually curious where to get more of that, as I'd like to scare some up for my '50 Chevy's side gl***. Maybe it comes in other colors too.
You could give these guys a call. http://www.keltechplastic.com/contact-keltech-plastics.html. They do alot of custom stuff and I know they sell some colors, not sure if blue is one of them. I bought some red lexan from them.
I heard that the film over lexan/plexigl*** does not work as the plastic emits a gas or something that causes the film to bubble. Thanks to everyone for the leads and info.
hmmm, that causes me to pause. but only for a moment... tomorrow we are tinting the Lexan windows on the Henry J. They will be blue. I hope it doesn't end up looking like ****. Tinting is a big job.
might want to try Pro Gl*** here in Illinois. They do great race car stuff, dont know about blue tint.
I wonder, has anybody ever tried to spray a tinted clear over clear plexi or lexan to get that "tinted" effect? Maybe it wouldn't stick? I've never tried it, but I haven't been able to find any good green tint for my g***er.....so maybe I'll try a sample.
Try Sabic look them up on line. They used to be GE Polimers but got sold to the Arabs when GE decided they needed to look Green. They have a place here in KC but I am sure that they have a place on your side of the state as well. When the wife was working for GE they shared a building and she could get a deal from them and it was still about 800.00 a sheet for tinted lexan. They told her that our best bet for tinted lexan was to buy clear and put window tint on it. I wanted Amber at the time.
The difference between Lexan, and Plexigl***. http://www.rssupplyinc.com/difference_plexigl***_vs_lexan.aspx
I doubt if you'll like the results. I'm betting you'll get a cloudy finish and it won't be optically clear.
A google search for "transparent blue polycarbonate sheet" returned this a**** others: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/308823772/blue_polycarbonate_sheet.html It's a long ways away and probably not the shade (they mention both "lake blue" and "sapphire blue") you're looking for but it's a start.
Don't make this any harder than it has to be. On my old ride, I bought lexan from my local Lowes home center and some blue window tint from Summit Racing. It's Gila brand tint that the tuner crowd uses on their import buzz-bombs. Cheap and effective!
this is blue lexan from hart supply that i left the link to.. there in m.a. but im sure they ship... these windows were just done.
Gl***guy, that looks great! How big of a piece did you have to purchase? I will contac them real soon. Again thanks to everyone for your input.
Gl***guy, I called Hart Supply today and asked for Blue polycarbonate/lexan and the salesman said "No and good luck on finding blue lexan". If you have more info on this I would appreciate it, like maybe who you delt with or a mfg and part #. Thanks Mike
Porkn******, I just called Sabic also and I can get some if I order 800 lbs of it. Anybody out there need the other 799 lbs of it????? Starting to look like a trip to HD and Bo-Bo Zone for some "Tuner" blue spray!!!!!!
I'm reconsidering blue lexan as availabilty seems to be non-existant. I may consider yellow or orange. Does anyone know if it is available? I have not contactact the sources mentioned for this color and will call them on Monday. Thanks
did you contact hart supply???? im almost positive thats were my friend steve (twolane56) just got it for the the 56 chev i posted a pic of.. if not pm him or ill call him.. dave
After calling aroun and coming up with nothing, I talked to Jimmy White of Circle City Hot Rods. He said the place he got his Lexan in California didn't have any more.
Motown Automotive Design has "g***er window tint" in many colors,including blue. A roll 30 inches wide,25 feet long is 100.00. They have an e-bay store
Just called Sabic in Chicago and they have 1/8" yellow 76" x 100" For $300.00. Might go that route if nothing else comes my way as I'm starting to like yellow verses blue.
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