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rea5245:
Hi. I'm restoring an old nixie tube calculator. The lens over the display is damaged so I'd like to replace it. It's 1mm thick transparent orange plastic.

I'm able to find plenty of sources for 3mm thick colored acrylic or 1mm thick untinted transparent acrylic, but no 1mm colored. Anyone know of a source? Or an alternative?

Thanks,
   Bob

DaJMasta:
If you can tolerate thinner, look for professional stage lighting gels.  Some could be that thickness, but I think most are thinner, but they come in a wide variety of colors and are probably cheap used (since so much is going RGB LEDs and makes them obsolete).

LapTop006:
TAP Plastics have 1/8" which might be close enough for you.

https://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/cut_to_size_plastic/acrylic_sheets_transparent_colors/519

Update: Took a few minutes for my metric brain to realise that 1/8" is ~= 3mm. Still, TAP might be worth contacting.

rea5245:

--- Quote from: DaJMasta on March 30, 2019, 01:53:41 am ---If you can tolerate thinner, look for professional stage lighting gels.

--- End quote ---

That looks like the perfect solution. Thank you!

- Bob

ajb:
Stage lighting gels are films, not rigid sheets. You may be able to laminate them to a rigid substrate, though.

Another option is dyeing a clear plastic sheet.  Rit (sold in many craft stores) has dyes specifically made for synthetic materials that should work on many types of rigid plastic sheeting.

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