Alternative to Rowmark ColorCast Acrylics?

[Steve Clarkson]

Has anyone used the Rowmark ColorCast Acrylics? Johnsons has it for just under $20 sq ft.......a little expensive if you need a lot.

I need the glossy burgundy. Is it reverse engravable? Is it just really nice cast acrylic? So will my settings to cut/engrave be closer to my acrylic settings or closer to normal Rowmark settings?

Are there any cheaper alternatives?

[Rodne Gold]

It looks like its the same as any other cell cast acrylic. $20 a sq ft is exhorbitant and a total rip off , 1/8th thick colour acvrylic should be round $3 a sq ft and that would be an expensive price , my top quality cast acrylic I imported from china is round $2 a sq ft.

[Scott Shepherd]

Just buy clear acrylic and paint it with a rattle can of spray paint. It will look amazing and you can have any color that the spray paint comes in. You can reverse engrave it as well.

I paint acrylic quite often. It turns out outstanding. You can do a crummy job on the paint side, but when you flip it over, the paint looks like glass it's so smooth.

[Steve Clarkson]

Scott,

Normally I woud suggest that, but they want it to match existing signage.

I just can't believe how much this stuff costs and that no one else carries it or something similar.

[Joe Pelonio]

Scott,

Normally I woud suggest that, but they want it to match existing signage.

I just can't believe how much this stuff costs and that no one else carries it or something similar.

I have done it and matched, but it takes a lot of extra time to match the paint color, so the savings is uses up in labor.
If you have to match something that's not a standard color it's the only way to go, other than paying Rowmark for custom and that is really expensive.

[Angus Hines]

@Steve contact Howard at www.norvaplastics.com and he'll hook you up a lot cheaper than $20 a sqft.

[john passek]

You got it cheap, I just looked up 1/8 colorcast in Canada and its $37.50 sq ft.