new screen required for centre console - perspex or acrylic?
Submitted by pelagicyachts on Mon, 2019-02-18 10:51
hi guys
I have recently rebuilt my console in my CC - in doing so I chucked the old screen as it was smoked and crazed and am looking to get a new one made which will run on the inside of the stainless top rail- just looking for clear but trying to understand if there is any reason to go acrylic or Perspex ?
any thoughts?
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The Saint
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I would just go glass, won't
I would just go glass, won't craze, won't easily scratch and you will most likely never need to replace it again.
Alpha
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Date Joined: 13/02/17
Same stuff
From my understanding Perspex is a brand of Arcylic it’s all the same. You can buy a big sheet of it for about $250 and make a heap of them. One gets scratched later on change it out. They come in different thickness 4, 5, 6mm and thicker I think. Cheapest I found was BCJ plastic products in kewdale.
Or go glass as The Saint suggested.
Work to Fish
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BCJ in Kewdale helped me out
BCJ in Kewdale helped me out when I replaced windscreen on my runabout last year.
They were very helpful (and cheap) considering how small my job was.
Even chucked in a spare piece in case I stuffed up.
pelagicyachts
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nice one thanks guys - curved
nice one thanks guys - curved glass would be really expensive - alternatively I was looking at these (link below) but may be a bit hard to see through and keep clean
https://www.arnoldsboatshop.com.au/universal-t-top-spray-shield.html?id=23830616&quantity=1
Stevo81
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similar
I would just get quality custom clears made up. Strataglass is worth the extra $$. Get a zipped window on the front to close when it gets a bit wet.
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pelagicyachts
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the boat is pretty dry so I
the boat is pretty dry so I don't think I would ever unzip it - was out on the weekend for the first time (without a screen) and couldn't believe windage (assume its flicking up over the console- making it worse) so from a windage point of view alone it would never be unzipped! (maybe I am just soft!)
ps - nice boat in your avatar
tiimmbo
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I actually bought one of
I actually bought one of these spray shield from Arnold’s boat shop for my console, if you want to have a look at it let me know. Does a pretty good job.
Fathom
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Light scratches
Scratches in acrylic can be buffed out easy using Brasso, done it heaps of times on my underwater camera ports, Brasso + heat from buffing = no worries