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Originally posted by kuhli
Is the Acrylite manufacturing process compromised by being in the southern hemisphere?
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LOL
Can't say really, the process itself should not change, but:
We've been using this material for *many* years, hopefully the quality control won't change being in a new plant. Hopefully they will be using the same resins as they always have. Hopefully, but if the masking paper is any indicator, it will change and not for the better I'm afraid.
What absolutely will change is the size of the sheet; from being 35.4 sq ft to 32 sq ft, that is a ~10% reduction in material for the same price. Any NAFTA preferences will change due to not being made in North or Central America.
All cell cast acrylic made outside the USA (with one exception) is IMO trash for our purposes, hopefully this will be another exception.
Many companies will either have to retool to accommodate using 5 x 8' or 6 x 8' sheets or use a more expensive material to keep the "Made in USA" bug as there is now only one company making 4 x 8' sheets of good 1/4" material in this country, in either case the pricing for products could easily go up and with good reason.