Ben Maggie Hoffman asked me about sources of Traffolite.
I thought it was worth sharing with the group.
This is what I have managed to find -
I have been spelling it wrongly - it is Traffolyte, manufactured by ICI -
but they have stopped making it.
There is an alternative called ABET,
Mike Shaw contibuted
Ben Maggie Hoffman asked me about sources of Traffolite.
I thought it was worth sharing with the group.
This is what I have managed to find -
I have been spelling it wrongly - it is Traffolyte, manufactured by ICI -
but they have stopped making it.
There is an alternative
At the risk of repeating myself, don't forget Traffolite (UK Trade name)
Used for making outdoor signs, it's 5 ply laminated plastic sheet with the
layers of different colours - cut through the outer layer to reveal the
inner (different) colour.
Mine has been outside for about two years so far,
This sounds like the material I've been using for exterior, vertical
declining dials. I have had good success. The material is easy to work with
a saw and router. It is uniform, dimensionally stable and weather proof.
Some of my dials have been up for over ten years. In this time the paint
has
Dave Bell contributed:
It does sound durable, at least! One wonders what the one-off cost would
be, if supplied with the artwork or even pre-plotted paper. (I'm sure
their paper spec is quite different from common plotter paper!)
It's some years ago now but I remember that the paper 'seemed' to
Tony et al:
I have also been thinking of alternative materials for sundials and was
wondering if anyone has tried using phenolic. I am currently making a router
table using a sheet of it because it is hard and maintains a very flat
surface.
Anthony
On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Tony Moss wrote:
While typing the above I remembered visiting our local Formica plant
where we told that ANY drawing, artwork etc. could be placed on the top
paper layer to be laminated permanently into the material. They kept an
artwork department for designing just
Anthony Cordasco contributed:
Tony et al:
I have also been thinking of alternative materials for sundials and was
wondering if anyone has tried using phenolic. I am currently making a router
table using a sheet of it because it is hard and maintains a very flat
surface.
There is a version of
