By: Jack Wylde
Submitted: 2009-12-09 11:26:37 | Word Count: 556
Surely you have heard of Plexiglas and all the benefits that surround such an absolutely brilliant invention for mankind. Imagine there is also use for it inside your car and for your car audio system . In fact this Plexiglas is actually used to protect your car audio system from harm, if the head unit as well as the other accessories and parts of the car audio system are protected by Plexiglas then this means that you get to keep it protected from a lot of things. For instance, all your accessories such as the amplifiers and the speakers and your head unit as well will be shielded well form dust and grime that can cause problems for the proper function of the audio system as a whole. Also, if you have little children who ride in your car often you also get to keep all the controls of the audio system away from them and thus well protected.
The best part about the Plexiglas being used as a cover for the controls and the head unit and the accessories of the car audio unit is that it looks just like a clear plastic sheet but however it isn’t and can in fact be shaped by cutting and etching into whatever desired shape that you like. You can even polish it and create a pretty effect. However getting it into the desired shape and size that you want can actually take up some of your time and would need patience to be dealt with; though the whole procedure is not very difficult to carry out.
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You could cut the Plexiglas for use as a shield for the audio system in your car. You could cut it with a simple table saw or some other kind of saw. But just be careful while you are sawing through the Plexiglas because there will be a shower of shavings that comes off of such Plexiglas being sawed so you would need gear for the protection of your eyes and in fact your whole face. In fact Plexiglas can even be scored through just like you would do with glass. Plexiglas or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) comes in many grades, and is called by many names. Acrylic, plexiglass, plexi and lexan being the most common. Acrylic is a compound used to make Plexiglas from chemical compounds that contain the acryl group derived from acrylic acid. Plexiglass (with 2 s’s) is a tradename or trademarked by a company named Rohm & Haas. Plexi is just a shortened version. Lexan is Polycarbonate, and reacts differently to tooling than Plexiglas.
You could also use the table saw for creating an edging effect; you would have to saw through the edges of the Plexiglas at various angles so that the edging effect can be created. You could also use a router to do the same; however the use of one would have to be done very carefully indeed.
Lastly, you could even bend the Plexiglas to the right size and shape that you would want to cover the audio system of your car with. You would need a heating process for this where you heat the portion of the Plexiglas that you wish to bend using some kind of a small torch and then physically bend that portion. You will need assistance for this process.
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