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Title: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: Grebo on December 18, 2014, 06:30:44 am
I know we have talked about this before, but I am darned if I can find the thread....
I am about to hit the key & buy another roll of clear vinyl.
Now one of the first rolls I every had was called crystal clear 20/20 @ 0.5mm. This was nice & clear & lasted well but seems to have dissappeared so I tried a taiwanese product which was 20thou = 0.5mm.  this is just ok, tends to be a bit swirly & a PITA to get off the roll.
So I am now looking at a product called Crystal view, which only comes in 10Thou = 0.5mm
My use is mainly for Dodgers which fold down & curtains that zip off.
The last 'sheets' I ordered where just called Crystal Clear, nice but the 'left covers' went all spotty in the tubes & unusable, my supplier insisted that it wiped off. It didn't & now they have stopped selling it.
They now sell a product called 'Ultra glass' very expensive & one the one job I used it on it shrank, a lot.
Strataglass doesn't like being folded down & of course there is the cost, a bit much for the run of the mill dodger :-)

So what do you all use ?


Thanks
Suzi

Title: Re: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: JuneC on December 18, 2014, 07:52:18 am
Aqua-View, 30 gauge.  It's double polished, very clear, and seems to hold up well.  It comes in 20 gauge as well.  See page 35 here...

  http://www.manart-hirsch.com/manart_hirsch_catalog/

Some eBay vendors sell it for crazy money, but it's around for less.  I'll have to look up what I paid for the last roll I got.  I seem to recall it being less than $10 a yard.

June
Title: Re: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: Grebo on December 18, 2014, 08:16:42 am
Thanks June I have emailed them about European suppliers or equivalent product.

Suzi
Title: Re: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: Mike on December 20, 2014, 01:43:08 pm
ask here suzi a lot of fabricators around the globe
http://coverandcushion.com/forum1/index.php
Title: Re: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: scottymc on December 20, 2014, 06:46:56 pm
Hey Mike, thanks for posting that link, it has a lot of information that I have been looking for :)
Title: Re: Dodger windows again ( sorry )
Post by: Grebo on December 22, 2014, 01:34:55 am
Thanks Mike.