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"Polycarb! (and Lily Allen)
Ξ February 24th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ General |
I was at a loss for where to get glass panes (or some substitute material) for my handforged lanterns. Looking online didn’t turn up much in the small-quantity department — it was all industrial orders.
Dropped by Binswanger Glass, and they quoted me something absurd for 4 5″x8″ panes.
Today, I swung by Home Depot to find some screen mesh for making a screen door to fit over my balcony’s French doors.
The doors and balcony sound swankier than the reality — the doors are each barely shoulder width, and so’s the balcony. Plus we’re a wimpy stone’s throw from BW 8, so anytime other than midnight to 5 a.m. is kinda obnoxious rather than relaxing. And boy howdy, when the cops and fire engines go by, it’s just like the movies. One night around 2 a.m., when I had the door cracked open, I heard a cop siren spin up and Doppler off into the distance. Before it had died, a second one spun up. And another. I lost count around 7, and it sounded like they were fading out quite rapidly. Sounds like maybe some hotshots were replaying The Fast and the Furious on the tollway.
So, the mesh. And in the doors and windows department, right next to the screen mesh were panes of polycarb, glass, and acrylic. Duh.
I picked up 2 8″x10″ panes of polycarb (the product label for which says it’s heat and yellowing resistant) in addition to my roll of mesh. Gonna practice cutting them in half without fracturing or crazing them. The material costs for a lantern just dropped to $8! Or $4 if I use glass.
And for those people who don’t read Xanga, wouldn’t want to leave you out…
