Forming Plastic - the basics Gluing Acrylic. We welcome others input and will post all helpful information. Send your links of related sites to help build this resource area. We are continuously building this site and all input is appreciated.
Most people have no idea how many types of plastic there are.
The two we are interested in here are acrylic and polycarbonate. Acrylic is the generic term used to describe the clear hard material we all know as Plexiglas or Lucite. The chemical term is polymethylmetacrylate or PMMA for short. It was first introduced to the United States in 1930. Lucite is the brand name of DuPont's acrylic material.