Hey, all
My name is david and i’m an architect with a young design / fabrication business in NYC called craftTECH.
In addition to commissioned works, i also have some designs that i have fabricated for the gallery scene. one of my designs is for a monolithic cast clear table. currently, i am considering acrylic, fiberglass resin, and other monomer/polymer-based solutions.
My question is: does anyone know what the best material for this unusual application might be? and where to get it in large enough quantities for it to be affordable, (as in 55-gal drums)?
I am THAT GUY, whom the hardware store guys ask, ‘well, what are you using it for?’ and i always reply – ‘the wrong application,’ because i almost never use products for their designed purpose. So the answer to my query may be something completely out of left field, or guam, whichever is further from our given realities.
So, please, if anyone has anything to say to a mad scientist who still thinks he can change the world, please respond. any advice will be welcomed and appreciated.
thanks for your time,
-david z
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ha..just melt down a bunch of sugar and cast it..then you can eat the table too.
no, not a clue..lexan maybe
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fiber glass resins will cloud up with exposure to U.V. rays, and moisture. is it imperstive to have to mix and cast the creation to stay pure to your objective?? i know there's is as previously stated that lexan and there bonding agents( laminations can get very clear results). i'd research with owen/cornings products, now here another possibility, i live on long island and know the city pretty well. and on canal street on the north side a couple blocks east of west broadway there an "hardware store" that sells the largest variety of rubbers, plastic's and a whole cornicopia of weird and sublime concotions and the guy's areal character( go figure). and he may be able to get you started on your quest.... like i said i live on the island and brooklyn got so many nook's a crannies kind of places for this kinda of stuff.
where are you located ?? anyhow good luck and let us how you make out.........slainte bear