1/2" Red Acrylic Sheet
Color 2283 · 1/2" thick
1/2" 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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1/2" red in practice
Translucent stock diffuses rather than transmits, and thickness controls how much: at 1/2" 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 1/2" a diode is optimistic regardless.
1/2" red (colour 2283) runs $26.82 per square foot at this thickness and weighs about 3.12 lb per square foot, so a 24″ × 48″ piece comes to roughly 25 lb — worth knowing before you size a panel someone has to lift or ship.
Why 1/2" red acrylic?
A premium, solid sheet with real presence. At 1/2″, acrylic feels like a finished slab — ideal for tabletops, structural panels, weighted bases, and machine guards. The thicker edge also takes a polish beautifully, giving a clean, glass-like border.
About Red acrylic
Red 2283 is a translucent red, close in family to our other reds but its own shade. Backlit it produces an even red glow; unlit it's vivid and opaque-looking. Good for signage, displays, and craft builds. Specify 2283 when matching existing material.
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.