Where to buy Sintra Plastic

i live in southern california however, i've had hit and miss luck finding it at hardware stores such as home depot and lowes. also, if there are any plastic manufacturers around you... you'd have luck there. i've also found it on ebay an yahoo shopping.

Go to the phone book and look up, "Plastics." Sintra is a foam by the way.

Sign shops usually carry it also.

Oh whoops on the plastic thing, I thought it was a type of plastic with the way it looked lol.

Thanks for all the suggestions I'll be sure to check all of those out .

Does anyone know any websites that sells sintra and will ship internationally? I have asked about sintra from local stores etc. but apparently they don't sell it here.

Alternative to Sintra, and affordable too (I get my stuff from them)...
http://www.indplastic.com/index.cfm?...owse&pageid=63

Good for you guys on the Left Coast shipping wise...

Thank you, but I rather use sintra as I have already some parts of my armor and those are made of sintra.

i think styrene should work fine too if you can't find sintra foam

You can find what you need on www.usplastic.com

Uh, I can't find anything with search word sintra. Do they use some another word for it there?

One comment: In my experience where I live, Sintra is absolutely impossible to find in hardware stores or the like. The way I finally found it was by calling around to various Sign shops like Fast Signs and similar. I finally found one who was willing to sell me a 4'x8' of Sintra for $50. (Not the best price I've seen on here but it was the best I could do without resorting to the internet, which would rather suck.

Yeah, well the closest sign shops is about 200 kilometers away, so I think I need to resort to Internet. Thanks for the hint anyway. I'll check if any sign shop can help with this.

200km...?

Ow.

If there is a GE Polymershapes in your area, I buy 8'x8' sheets of Sintra for $35 from them here in Vegas.

score some free sintra
If you have a Home depot or Lowes near you the display signs over the shelves are sintra sign material most are about one and a half feet wide and about three and a half feet long.Ask if they are having a "reset" soon and if they can hold old signs for you.We have a reset every few weeks or so at my store.Oh best bet is to ask for a manager.

It is otherwise known as foamex, worth considering when asking around.

It's a bit of a drive from Seattle, but I got mine from a plastic dealer in Portland, OR. I can't remember the name of the place, but I'll look it up if you're interested. I don't remember what I paid (it was eons ago). It came in a 4X8 sheet that the guy cut in half so I could get it in my car.

Originally Posted by gunnerk19

Alternative to Sintra, and affordable too (I get my stuff from them)...
http://www.indplastic.com/index.cfm?...owse&pageid=63

Good for you guys on the Left Coast shipping wise...

Thanks for the link!! Tons of different materials.

A place for Sintra and Komatex (I believe they are out of WA. State)
http://tri-dee.com/sintra_plastic_pvc.htm

What thickness do you recommend for building a armor suit oof of there website?

I have also seen it called foamed PVC.

It is essentially what it really is anyway.

If you are using it to build armor plates, anything between 3-5mm to taste seems to be what most folks use. I have 4mm for my chest plates.

Centax is another name for product like Sintra (they are just name brands). 3mm works best to work with to build armor.

I may be able to purchase/ship Centax is anyone is in need. I found a supplier about 30 min from the house and they will cut it any size I need (would make it easier to ship). If any one is interested send me a PM and I'll look into it on my next day off.

Someone was complaining that their search for sintra came up with nothing so search expanded pvc foam instead.

Is High Impact Styrene Sheet-.030 just as easy to work with as I hear sintra is? Better? Worse? Same?

Its cheaper yes?


Thanks

Originally Posted by GCNgamer128

If there is a GE Polymershapes in your area, I buy 8'x8' sheets of Sintra for $35 from them here in Vegas.

...Hi Im planning on building my first fett armor and i have a few questions. what thickness do you use? What is the best way to heat the Sintra? i've watched people on youtube that use the oven, some use a heat gun others say jus to use hot water. Also for painting the armor are there certain kinds of paints i should use? Do you belong to a costume club in vegas cuz i also live in vegas and i would like to meet people that are into costume building...you can contact me at my email CTYVE333@Yahoo.com or thru Facebook (Steve Sabbai) thxu

I get all of my plastic sheeting whether its sintra, styrene, or abs through us plastics they have a website and sell a variety of sheet sizes colors and types that are shipped to your home.

Originally Posted by SteveSabbai

...Hi Im planning on building my first fett armor and i have a few questions. what thickness do you use? What is the best way to heat the Sintra? i've watched people on youtube that use the oven, some use a heat gun others say jus to use hot water. Also for painting the armor are there certain kinds of paints i should use? Do you belong to a costume club in vegas cuz i also live in vegas and i would like to meet people that are into costume building...you can contact me at my email CTYVE333@Yahoo.com or thru Facebook (Steve Sabbai) thxu

3mm is best.
I use a heat gun to bend Sintra/Centax but you can also use hot water or an oven (oven is a little dangerous without ventalation)
I would use paints meant for plastics if you are using rattlecans.

Originally Posted by Nyx Mandalore

One comment: In my experience where I live, Sintra is absolutely impossible to find in hardware stores or the like. The way I finally found it was by calling around to various Sign shops like Fast Signs and similar. I finally found one who was willing to sell me a 4'x8' of Sintra for $50. (Not the best price I've seen on here but it was the best I could do without resorting to the internet, which would rather suck.

Bringing up an old post guys but it is still important.

Just picked up my 3mm Sintra PVC foam board from Fast Signs. They let me just buy the material from them. It was about $65 for 4x8 feet sheet.

Sometimes if you hit it right you can end up getting the scrap pieces (random sizes) from them that have some in-perfections in it. They are going to get sanded and painted anyways. I know I got a 4x3 sheet the last time for $5. Just have to hit it right. I think the large sheets they need to make some money back on! Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Hawk

Is High Impact Styrene Sheet-.030 just as easy to work with as I hear sintra is? Better? Worse? Same?

Its cheaper yes?
Thanks

0.030 hips will give you armor like an old plastic halloween costume... WAY too thin! That's about 3/4 of a millimeter thick, where people here are talking about 3 - 4 mm.

For my Pre Vizsla armor I used 0.080 and for my clones I use 0.125. To help put it in easier terms to visualize: 0.125 is 1/8 thick. 0.030 will be about 1/32" thick.