Just keep in mind acrylic is pretty inexpensive to buy and easy to find in all shades, shapes and sizes. I like a dark bronze to keep the heat out. I use regular wood shop tools to shape it like a table saw with a sharp carbide blade, a router table and pattern bit to make exact copies of ports and hatches just using double sided tape. The sheets come adhesive paper coated so scratching is less likely. Any rough or irregular edges can be sanded. Lexan works too but it scratches a little easier once installed. I have no intention of putting up with my warped sliding hatch come spring. It’s just too easy to swap out and I have a half sheet in my inventory. Just search plastics in your area to find a supplier. Toronto for example, has a few choices. Plasticworld.ca was where I got my last sheet of bronze acrylic. If you can shape a piece of plywood that size you certainly can cut your own acrylic! Just contact me if I can help at all. It’s not a project to shy away from. I fabricated the 3/8 thick side lights on Crazy Legs this summer and there are two ~8 foot and two ~4 foot port lights installed with VHB tape and Dow Corning 795. I just wish I did it sooner! Len Mitchell S/V Crazy Legs 1989 C&C 37+ Midland On. |
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