HANDLING

• COTTON OR NITRILE RUBBER GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN TO MINIMIZE FINGER-PRINTS AND OTHER PARTICLES
• OPTIUM ACRYLIC® PRODUCTS ARE COVERED WITH A PROTECTIVE FILM MASKING ON EACH SURFACE. THIS MASKING PREVENTS SCRATCHING DURING HANDLING AND CUTTING SHOULD BE LEFT IN PLACE ON THE SHEET AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
• TO REMOVE THE MASKING, START AT ONE CORNER AND PULL TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SHEET SLOWLY AND EVENLY WITHOUT STOPPING.
• THE MASKING SHOULD NEVER BE EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE SUNLIGHT OR OUTDOOR CONDITIONS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.

FRAMING PRACTICES FOR 40"x60" AND LARGER

• TO PREVENT BOWING, TWISTING, AND/OR WARPING DURING FRAMING, PROVIDE REINFORCING SUPPORT OF THE ACRYLIC SHEET DURING FRAMING

 CUTTING

• 3.0MM OPTIUM MUSEUM ACRYLIC® AND OPTIUM ACRYLIC®

             *PLACE OPTIUM ON A CLEAN, DUST-FREE WORK AREA.
                 *COVER THE WORK TABLE WITH A SOFT,CLEAN,LINT-FREE FELT.
                 *USE A MULTI-MATERIAL CUTTER "SCRIBE AND BREAK" METHOD.

•  6.0MM OPTIUM MUSEUM ACRYLIC®                                  

             *FABRICATE USING A POWER SAW WITH A SAW BLADE
                  SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CUT ACRYLIC.


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