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andsoitgoes
02-16-2007, 07:38 PM
I went to Revy and nearly passed out at the $16/sheet price listed there - and that's for an 18x24 sheet, too!

Yikes.

I need to build baffled for my sump, it almost seems cheaper to tear apart my old 10g tank than buy stuff to do it! Anyone have suggestions on where to go to get this stuff on the cheap in the Lower Mainland?

Danke!!! :)
Midknight
02-16-2007, 09:24 PM
Sooo.... watch ya need? :vamp:

A deal for you I make. Not even like for mine brother.
fishface
02-16-2007, 10:03 PM
http://www.plasticworks.ca/

lotsa off cuts at low prices, close to home too! have fun:mrgreen:
justinl
02-16-2007, 11:47 PM
It's funny how little people know this... Any place that deals with Acrylic (industrial plastics for example) will have a scrap bin. You can buy these scraps anywhere from cheap to free (three cheers for free!). The catch is that you have to finish the edges (not hard) and probably cut it yourself too (or know a friend who can do it for you). If you can do that, then you're set.
StirCrazy
02-17-2007, 05:13 PM
I went to Revy and nearly passed out at the $16/sheet price listed there - and that's for an 18x24 sheet, too!



depending on the thick ness this is a pretty good price, 3/16" is usaly about 7.00 a sq^ft so your 18x 24 is 3 sq^ft so it would be about 21.00 here. if it is 1/4" you can add 6 bucks.

Steve
Dennis-Pir
02-19-2007, 05:55 PM
Ummm, Do you know where one of these 'stores' would be..? lol

I am looking for some for baffles for my DIY sump
muck
02-19-2007, 05:58 PM
Welcome to Canreef Dennis!
Where about are you located? Would help in pointing you in the right direction.

Ryan.
Dennis-Pir
02-20-2007, 03:24 PM
Ha ha my bad, I'm in Vancouver......

Just looking to myake some baffles for my sump... and a small overflow box for my drilled tank
justinl
02-20-2007, 08:53 PM
I like Industrial Plastics & paints. They're located in Richmond and Poco.

ippnet.com
Dennis-Pir
02-22-2007, 02:54 PM
Anywhere else..? that has this so called "scrap pieces" laying around
andsoitgoes
02-27-2007, 08:36 PM
Awesome - Midknight has helped me out and we took some glass from, get this, a PICTURE FRAME.

Hooray for other people's garbage!!!

Anyway, I'll have the sump up and running this weekend if all goes well!! :) :)

Dennis - Do glass. It's not that hard to cut and it's way easier to find cheap scrap pieces, trust me =/
BCOrchidGuy
02-28-2007, 02:19 AM
Dennis, Fiber tek on Boundary road has scrap bits, it's boundary and Kitchener so the Vancouver Burnaby boarder. IF you decide to try glass there is a place on the MaryHill Bypass that recycles glass and sells used glass, they always have scrap glass left outside the gate for free, yesterday there was a sliding glass door there, enough glass for a project or two I'd imagine.

Doug