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Plastic suppliers sell to the sign suppliers that sell to the sign shops.
I'm a sign shop and pay about $9.00 per 4 x 8 sheet. Just check your yellow pages for plastic suppliers. There's also polypropolene and PVC Foam board. |
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i will prolly head down to lowes and see what they got.:p |
They sell it at Home Depot and Rona here.
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yea they had it, it would probably work but i would have to buy 2 sheets
($60) and it seemed almost too flexable. so whats a lighter, better outsidoor proof plastic? |
Vette, you can get a 10mm coroplast that would be plenty sturdy for a bed cover with minimal framing. Also the shower wall is a good idea. Sometimes home depot sells a fiberglass based shower wall thats pretty sturdy. You could get that and glass the frame to it. Another good source of sheet steel is roofing steel suppliers. We have one locally in tennessee that rolls 29gauge roofing steel in 15 different colors. You can go in and buy the flat stock also.
Project84 you could call these guys and see if they have it. Ask if they sell to the public Aristech 7350 Empire Drive Florence, KY 41042 Phone: (859) 283-1501 Business Categories: Plastic Fabrics Film Sheets & Rods Manufacturers |
Aristech is right down the street from my house..... lol
I'll give them a call |
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hmm interesting, ive held up some 26 guage steel and that seemed to be sturdy enough, 29 guage stuff or flashing as they call it i belive seems way to thin (i have a piece on my chevette, while its strong, it rips easy liek a popcan) yea that shower wall stuff seemed liek a good choice, BUT i would have to add bracing every 10" it seemed tho, i plan to put a slight arch (liek a bubble) in the middle so that will aid in water removal and strength:) :D yea i will have to look around some more, id love to make the frame for it out of aluminum but its just way too expensive for 20+ feet of angle iron... |
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i plan to weld the bottom frame and top frame then sandwitch the big sheet of whatever in between and secure with small bolts(so if it does break its easy to dissasemble)
i will have to see if my friends dad could get some scraps of different thicknesses then i can compare them(they have a HUGE scrap bin at his work but not useable scraps, im talkin like odd shaped small small triangles, curved chunks etc)) |
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