"Pete" wrote in message
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Have posted previously, looking for a source of black matt plastic 1m x
8-10cm wide. Suggestion was signwriting or RS Components.

Cant find anything suitable in the RS site. Been to a couple of
signwriting
shops, without sucess.

Any other suggestions. Alternative plan is to use aluminium sheet, and
spray
black.

Perspex (trade named acrylic sheet) is available in all shades of grey from
light smoke to black, in 3mm sheet. AFAIK it's always shiny, but acrylic is
easy to refinish with wet and dry paper for polishing. If you only use the
finest grade of wet and dry, used wet, it should be possible to get an even
matt finish on black sheet.

It's glueable, and reasonably easy to work with care.

The supplier I know is a plastics supplier in the Merton Road, SW London,
who will cut to size, but you should be able to find a plastics supplier
near you. It's also possible to get bar, rod and tube, but usually not in
colours.

Not sure if you have priced it, but this stuff is NOT cheap!

Charles F