Acrylic means plastic. Acrylics is a type of thermoplastic and include transparent
and opaque in varied colors. Some commonly known acrylics are Lucite and Plexiglas.
The bangle above is made of confetti Lucite. Plastic come in many forms and under
many different names like nylon, silicone, polymer and many more.
Even today acrylic is probably the most well known plastic, and there a lot of
acrylic body jewelry and accessories available in the market. It is very cheap,
flexible, light in weight, and comes in different color. Acrylic is the only safe
way to purify body jewelry of any kind. Keeping acrylic clean is also a challenge.
Here are the few points of acrylic.
- If you wear it, it should only be worn for short time and only in a well healed piercing.
- Highly transparent material with excellent resistance to ultraviolet radiation and weathering.
- It can be colored, molded, cut, drilled, and formed.
- Acrylic manufacturing involves highly toxic substances which require careful storage, handling, and disposal.
The average annual increase in the rate of utilize of acrylic has been about 10%. Despite the fact, acrylic is one of the oldest plastic material in use today, but it still hold the same advantages of optical clarity and resistance to the outdoor atmosphere that makes it the material of choice for many applications.
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