Acrylic Splashbacks: anyone got a source?

[ToughButterCup]

SWMBO has fallen in love. With acrylic splashbacks. While on the one hand wanting to make her happy, the other says I can be my usual mean self while sourcing one (them).

 

I have done this google search, but out of caution I just thought I'd check with you all. Presumably I'd have to have to invest in an 80 tooth saw blade to cut it on my cross cut saw?

[Gone West]

I have bought perspex from here and they also do splashbacks.

 

http://www.cutplasticsheeting.co.uk/acrylic-kitchen-splashbacks/

 

We decided on a glass splashback instead of acrylic because I was worried about possible deformation due to heat.

[PeterW]

Gloss acrylic will show any wall imperfection as it forms to the wall shape - around sockets for example it may deform slightly. 

 

Cutting it it is fairly easy as you just go slowly and carefully as any pressure just forms heat and it bunches up the swarf on the saw. The link @PeterStarck mentions is a good one but also what he says is correct - it's not heatproof above 95c where  it will start to deform, and once scratched is a pain to get polished out. Glass is better but less forgiving as a material to work with.  

[Stones]

I've been looking at acrylic, but SWMBO isn't keen. What appealed to me was being able to get it cut to size, including cut outs for sockets for 1/4 of the cost of coloured glass.

[ToughButterCup]

1 hour ago, Stones said:

[...] What appealed to me was being able to get it cut to size, including cut outs for sockets for 1/4 of the cost of coloured glass.

 

Ohhhh yes.

[ToughButterCup]

Right then, how thick does this stuff have to be for ;

• shower room splash back
• kitchen (non heat-sensitive areas)

3mm, 5mm? does it matter?  Looking at this site (local to me)

 

[ryder72]

Avoid acrylic. Toughened glass is much better.

 

Acrylic is poor heat resistance and will scratch easily from cleaning..
Glass will be dearer but much better.

[Ferdinand]

We have one which is annealed glass in roughly international orange. 

 

Expensive (several hundred) but pretty good. And gives a surprisingly effective counterpoint to a light birch kitchen.

 

Just do not get the size slightly too large.

 

This printed one looks to be fun at £135 for 600x600 in toughened glass:

eg http://www.mysplashbacks.co.uk/Digitally-Printed-Splashbacks/473/Bald-Eagles

 

They do custom with your own photos. 

 

Ferdinand

Edited May 17, 2017 by Ferdinand