1/8" Red Acrylic Sheet
Color 2157 · 1/8" thick
1/8" Red opaque acrylic (plexiglass), cut to your exact size from 11″ to 48″ per side. Choose a standard size or enter custom dimensions, add flame- or diamond-polished edges, and see the price instantly.
$5 for the first cut, $3 each additional, totaled across your line.
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1/8" red in practice
Opaque stock blocks light entirely, so at 1/8" the decision is structural and visual rather than optical — you are choosing how solid the piece needs to feel and look.
This is the lightest thickness that still holds itself flat in a frame, which is why it is the default for signage faces and glazing where something else carries the load.
In a laser: pigment absorbs the beam, so this cuts on a CO2 machine and on a diode, and at this thickness a diode will usually manage it in a pass or two.
1/8" red (color 2157) starts at $4.94 for a 12″ × 12″ piece at this thickness, and weighs about 0.78 lb per square foot, so a 24″ × 48″ piece comes to roughly 6.2 lb — worth knowing before you size a panel someone has to lift or ship.
Why 1/8" red acrylic?
The thinnest acrylic we stock, and the most economical. At 1/8″ it stays light and easy to handle, which makes it a go-to for signage, glazing, picture-frame glass, and point-of-purchase displays. It has some flex in larger panels, so it's best where it's framed or supported rather than free-standing.
About Red acrylic
Red 2157 is an opaque red — bold and fully saturated, it blocks light completely, so what you see by day is exactly what you get. A staple for sign faces, bold retail fixtures, and colored displays; for a red that lights up from behind, look to our translucent reds instead. The first of several reds we stock; quote 2157 for an exact match.
Made to order. Not every color and thickness is stocked at all times — if yours is temporarily out, we make or source it and ship as soon as it's back in stock. On a deadline? Email us before you order and we'll confirm your expected ship date.