Anyone know a cheap alt. to lexan for a snowboard box top?

Question

Anyone know a cheap alt. to lexan for a snowboard box top?

Answer 1

What state are you in dude, Hit me with an email, My friends father is the CEO of a Fiber Conversion plant and I can get my hands on the primo lexan for free, check out my yahoo 360 page, that box on there is made with this lexan and its frickin awesome,   There are a bunch of alternativeS, go to lowes and ask them,. but if you want your bOx to last longer than a month, your going to need some lexAn BROTHa..

Tahoe what is your deal with this "lexan is to brittle. We ride the c**p out of the box @ my house and my boy has a 16 foot box @ his with lexan on the top. check out my 360 page dude.   NO breakage no gouges. Its primo.

Answer 2

Lexan is a little too smooth and too brittle for a box - you really want something a little softer. High Density Poly Ethelene (HDPE) is a good alternative - it is the white stuff you see on most boxes and the same thing that milk jugs are made of.

You can get HDPE at a plastic supply store, but you can also get HDPE in board dimensions at a home supply store - it is used to build outdoor decks and often looks like real wood (like Trex) - your box will look like a retro wood box but be much tougher.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDPE

Good Luck