3/8" Red Acrylic Sheet
Color 2157 · 3/8" thick
3/8" Red translucent 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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3/8" red in practice
Translucent stock diffuses rather than transmits, and thickness controls how much: at 3/8" it softens a light source considerably, hiding lamps and LEDs behind an even glow at the cost of brightness.
Solid enough to machine, tap and edge-finish like a workpiece rather than a sheet — the range where acrylic is being used as a component, not a covering.
In a laser: CO2 cuts it without trouble. A diode usually will too — pigment is what absorbs the beam — but translucent shades vary, so test an offcut before committing a sheet, and at 3/8" a diode is optimistic regardless.
3/8" red (colour 2157) runs $21.80 per square foot at this thickness and weighs about 2.34 lb per square foot, so a 24″ × 48″ piece comes to roughly 18.7 lb — worth knowing before you size a panel someone has to lift or ship.
Why 3/8" red acrylic?
A heavier, more substantial panel. 3/8″ resists flexing across wider spans, making it well suited to sturdier shelving, display bases, and panels that carry some weight or need to feel solid to the touch.
About Red acrylic
Red 2157 is a translucent red — it glows richly under backlight and reads as a strong, solid red by day. A staple for illuminated signage, bold retail fixtures, and colored displays. 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.