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Plastic kick plates – what material could I use? Help?
Got a customer opening a Nursing home and wants to know if I can supply clear plastic kickplates for all internal doors. I would’ve thought ali composite was the the ideal but customer doesn’t fancy it – any ideas?
CheersMartin
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I think you would find ali composite would dent and mark with time.
They used to be made from a material called ‘Darvic’ which was a high impact coloured PVC.
If you just want them clear probably Polycarbonate would be your best bet, its tough stuff.
If they are longer than 500mm you should be looking at about 4mm thick as they will bow between the fixings (unless you put loads in)
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Yeah, I remember Darvic all right but haven’t heard of it for years. I’ll try my Perspex supplier, otherwise I’ll go for Polycarb as you suggest (price may well scare ’em off though!) Thanks a lot….
Martin
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This link may help its what replaced Darvic as far as i know don’t know who supplies it would expect normal companies Robert Horne, Amari etc
http://www.sallu.co.uk/salluplastics/pdfs/salbexinfosheet.pdf
Kev
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