Hmmm. Thanks John. It's the original cover, so I'll preserve it, but it's definitely suffering. I may get another made using the original as a template. Not only is there crazing, but the joints are weakening - it looks like there are bubbles in them...
Cheers Nick On Saturday, 29 December 2018 11:10:55 UTC, Nixcited delighted wrote: > > > > On 29 Dec 2018, at 05:24, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The acrylic cover of my NixieSat is starting to break down (crazing), > probably due to UV, which would be odd as it's never been in direct > sunlight... > > > > The joints are going too... > > > > Nick > > Cast acrylic cracks more than extruded. I’ve had cast acrylic instantly > craze using some quite mild solvents. Your problems may be down to > plasticisers within the material leaching out and it becoming brittle as a > result. > > John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4dea67a8-48e0-4cc2-aefd-4bfe71861b96%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
