source for acrylic sheet in northern virginia?

I'm setting out to build a sump for a new 75 gallon reef.

Can anyone recommend a supplier in Northern Virginia / Washington DC?

"Tom Walton" wrote in message
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| I'm setting out to build a sump for a new 75 gallon reef.
|
| Can anyone recommend a supplier in Northern Virginia / Washington
DC?
|

Lowes? Gloucester, Newport News, Williamsburg, Winchester,
Gainsville, they're all over the place over there. Home Depot, too,
maybe.

I built a skimmer using plastic from http://www.usplastic.com/.

Here is a link to their acrylic sheets:

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=10477

That project was my first ...it worked fairly well, but I had a hard
time figuring out how to bond the sheets together. I ended up relying
on water pressure from the tank.

Acrylic bonding seems to be tough and finding something that's
non-toxic is even tougher.

Good luck!

You need a product called Weld-On #4 and #16.

Marc


h153 wrote:

I built a skimmer using plastic from http://www.usplastic.com/.

Here is a link to their acrylic sheets:

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=10477

That project was my first ...it worked fairly well, but I had a hard
time figuring out how to bond the sheets together. I ended up relying
on water pressure from the tank.

Acrylic bonding seems to be tough and finding something that's
non-toxic is even tougher.

Good luck!


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I'm in Northern VA. There's Acme Plastics, its off of Edsall road on 395 near
the mixing bowl.

Acme Plastics Inc
5655 General Washington Dr, Alexandria, VA 22312
~John