3/16" White Acrylic Sheet
Color 7508 · 3/16" thick
3/16" White 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.
3/16" white in practice
Translucent stock diffuses rather than transmits, and thickness controls how much: at 3/16" it softens a light source considerably, hiding lamps and LEDs behind an even glow at the cost of brightness.
Here the sheet starts to feel stiff in the hand and spans further without visible bow, while staying easy to cut and drill on ordinary tools.
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.
3/16" white (color 7508) starts at $5.75 for a 12″ × 12″ piece at this thickness, and weighs about 1.17 lb per square foot, so a 24″ × 48″ piece comes to roughly 9.4 lb — worth knowing before you size a panel someone has to lift or ship.
Why 3/16" white acrylic?
A middle step between 1/8″ and 1/4″. The extra thickness adds noticeably more rigidity while keeping weight down, so it holds its shape better across medium panels — useful for signage, partitions, and light-duty panels that need a bit more backbone than 1/8″.
About White acrylic
White 7508 is another translucent glossy white in our range. It transmits and diffuses backlight for even illumination and reads bright and reflective by day. Pick it for light boxes, sign faces, and panels; across our translucent glossy whites (2067, 2447, 7508) the differences are subtle, so match to your existing white where possible — 7328 is the opaque one and won't backlight.
Made to order. Everything listed here is available to order now. If your color or thickness runs out after you order and we can get more quickly, we make or source it and ship as soon as it's back in — we'll email you if there's a delay. If it's no longer available at all, we cancel that item and refund it in full. On a deadline? Email us before you order with the date and we'll tell you straight whether it looks tight.