For making a snake rack. I am very very confused here, because I have been reading over and over "use PVCX, it's light weight. Melamine weighs a ton!". Then I found a supplier of PVCX and he can't answer my questions about whether it is hard enough for snake rack etc. The best he could do was let me visit their factory and inspect a sheet of their PVCX myself. They had Komatex and Komacel. I lifted the 4X8 foot sheets and they were heavier than I imagined, although not heavy. Obviously this isn't an indication of what a small sheet would weigh so I looked up the specs and it seems that plywood is MUCH lighter than PVCX!Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles
What are you using it for?
Before my ex wife ruined my company (grumble grumble) we used to manufacturer showcases and enclosures out of acrylic. It's very light.
To top it off, I had always thought when you guys talked about melamine that you meant plywood with the melamine coating on top, which is what I am using in my old racks. Thus, I thought PVCX would be a lightweight alternative (turns out it is even heavier?). Then a member here who has been trying to help, messaged me telling me not to use melamine because of many problems, but at the end one alternative he suggests melamine on plywood?? So "don't use melamine, use melamine on plywood instead"?
What exactly do you guys mean when you talk about "melamine"? Is it plywood or wood of some kind coated in a "melamine" cover? Or do you mean sheets of PURE melamine, which I didn't even know existed?
I feel like I'm tripping on acid. I think I am losing it.
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