Acrylic plastic is an extensively flexible, malleable, and multifunctional material that has properties superior to glass. Thanks to these features, the uses for acrylic are endless in the home and can be used to manufacture decorative items and plastic furniture in every room in your home. In this article, we’ll cover some of the uses for acrylic, and explain why acrylic plastic is preferable compared to other and more expensive materials.
The Kitchen
Your kitchen hosts an abundance of opportunities to implement acrylic plastic and plastic furniture. If you’re trying to save money on decorative items, acrylic plastic is a great alternative to glass as it can be just as clear, while being far less expensive, heavy, and more durable. Acrylic plastic is roughly 17 times stronger than glass and 50% lighter by comparison.
- Cupboard Doors
Should you have a faulty shelf and the items in your cupboards fall into the glass panes on the doors, they’ll likely smash. However, by replacing the glass panes in your cupboard doors with acrylic plastic, you won’t have this problem. This is one of the more subtle uses for acrylic that you’ll probably forget is there.
- Children’s Furniture
Colourful plastic furniture is a great way to make mealtime fun for your child. If you have one, you might recognise the struggle of getting them to sit down and eat a meal with no fuss, especially at the table. Children’s plastic furniture can help them feel included at dinnertime, and giving them their own space to eat will probably make dinner a lot easier for everyone. Usually, children’s furniture is made of PVC, but this type of plastic can tend to be quite fragile, especially if you buy a dinner set from the store for less than £15. Acrylic plastic is far more durable than PVC and incredibly malleable. So it wouldn’t be difficult to make a little table and chair set for your child!
- Splashbacks
Cooking can be messy, and if you get grease and liquids on your wall, whether painted or tiled, it can be incredibly difficult to remove stains. However, a kitchen splashback will eliminate this possibility. Acrylic plastic is extremely non-porous. So it is difficult for even the most pigmented stains to leave lasting damage. There are many different colours on the market for acrylic sheet plastic. So, regardless of the colour scheme or style of your kitchen, you’re sure to find something to match your aesthetic perfectly.
Bathroom
The bathroom is also the ideal location to test the uses of plastic and create a personalised room you can be proud of.
- Shower Screen
Shower screens help to protect your bathroom floor from water damage, so having one is absolutely essential. Shower screens are preferable to curtains as they aren’t susceptible to mould and they’re far easier to clean. However, glass shower screens can be difficult to install due to their weight and size. A clear acrylic plastic shower screen will remedy this. They’re very easy to install and maintain due to their low weight and non-porous makeup. So, if you don’t have the time to spend cleaning a glass shower pane, we recommend purchasing an acrylic one.
- Toothbrush holder
Who said that toothbrush holders need to be boring? Acrylic plastic is very easy to drill through. So, if you want an interesting wall-mounted toothbrush holder, we recommend making one out of acrylic! It will be very easy to clean, and you can mould it into any shape you want. You don’t have to be confined to boring metal toothbrush holders which are susceptible to rust! Or one made of any other type of material which could chip or fade!
- Shelving
Glass shelving is risky, but with plastic furniture, you don’t have nearly half the problems you would have with its expensive and heavy counterparts. Acrylic plastic can hold its integrity even with lots of items resting on it, and the weight of the shelf itself won’t put as much stress on the screws in the wall as glass would. You won’t even notice the difference! And if you need to resize your acrylic for any reason, you’ll be able to do so easily, which is unlike how the process would be with glass.
