Post #87206 by Chongolio on Tue, Apr 20, 2004 10:27 AM

My experience with cutting that thin acryllic plastic (if that is what I think it is) is that it chips very easily. If you have to use a saw, use a very fine toothed blade. I find that a router and sander or dremmel with a sanding barrel always works best with the least amount of chipping. Also, most paint removers are gnarly on plastic. The ones that arent involve some scraping and you may end up scratching up your surface. It almost looks like it has a texture and is not a smooth surface.

I may have a scrap piece of that acryllic plastic in my shop. Let me know what size that tiki is if you are interested in trying to cut out a new piece.

Sorry but my electricity skills are a bit rusty and without seeing the circuit, I would hate to give out ill advice that could leave your tiki sign in a smoking melted mess.

Benzart brings up a good point too about saving the original pieces and the bypass wiring.

Personally, I dont think the tiki looks all that bad either.

Good luck.
Chongolio

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[ Edited by: Chongolio on 2004-04-20 10:30 ]