Thin walled light cover. What sort of opaque plastic to use?
Thin walled light cover. What sort of opaque plastic to use?
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Hi there,
I need some information on what plastics would be best for a product I am developing.
The part will be a small LED light cover that will be injection molded. It will be an exterior product so needs to be UV resistant, hard wearing and produced in both a black and a white version.
A key element is that it needs to block as much light as possible (i.e. not glow) but the walls of the part are only 1 mm thick.
Do you have any recommendations on what plastic will be best for this use?
Thanks
I need some information on what plastics would be best for a product I am developing.
The part will be a small LED light cover that will be injection molded. It will be an exterior product so needs to be UV resistant, hard wearing and produced in both a black and a white version.
A key element is that it needs to block as much light as possible (i.e. not glow) but the walls of the part are only 1 mm thick.
Do you have any recommendations on what plastic will be best for this use?
Thanks





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