Has anyone found an acrylic that looks reasonably metallic at the cut edge? The usual suspects (that I have found, anyway) only look metallic on the main planar surfaces, but I’m looking for an acrylic that looks reasonably (I mean, as far as acrylic goes anyway) metallic on the cut edges (I don’t, in fact, actually care much about the upper/lower surfaces).
…I don’t even particularly care which metal it looks like, as long as it looks somewhat metallic on the cut edges. It needn’t be perfect; I’m not trying to fool the observer, just going for the casual impression (so to speak).
…and now that I think of it, it needn’t be acrylic per se. Any laserable material would do.
Alas, the core of that material is just the background color (in this specific case, yellow). The metallic effect is only on the surface — it’s better than some of the other stuff I’ve found, but still not metallic at the cut edge.
I use a lot of the copper and aluminum tapes for plumbing repair jobs and inkjet printer refills. They’re kind of pricey but worth it - they’re water/air tight. You can even develop a verdegris on the copper tape.
