Re: Viewports gobbed on with silicon

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In a message dated 8/13/99 1:53:44 PM, protek@shreve.net writes:

<<   As I mentioned; I am not an expert on plastics and their properties,
but I personally don't think that I would use Lexan over acrylic unless I
had solid evidence it was the way to go.  Vance, have you ever seen anyone
in the industry use poly?  If not, why?

Gary Boucher
>>

As Phil has said elsewhere, poly cold-flows under pressure and scratches when 
you look at it hard. It works well for shields and the like, but is 
unsuitable for viewport applications. No one uses it because it is simply the 
wrong material for the application.
Vance