The right kind of acrylic

Anybody know the right kind of acrylic to build a terrarium canopy lid out of? I'm talking with custom acrylic cutters now and one told me he only cuts in "standard acrylic" which would absorb water from the tank's humidity and would bow.

He mentioned tinted polycarbonate, but I couldn't tell if he was saying that's what I should use or avoid based on his grammar.

Any thoughts? It doesn't need to hold weight or water (aside from humidity and the occasional spritz from a spray bottle) or extreme temperatures, but I don't mind using "aquarium" acrylic for this, even if it's more expensive. Just don't wanna mess it up.

Thanks!

Oh and btw, I'm removing a wooden canopy top so that the first pic here looks more like the second.




BTW can a mod remove the attached thumbnail? It's the wrong pic that I uploaded, but I thought I deleted it.

Glass won't work as it has to be a fairly complicated L shape with hinges drilled into it, and it must fit snugly on the rest of the canopy. Thanks though.

I should also note that I'm a perfectionist about this. I could not do any kind of solution that has visible tape or anything like that.

epond83 said:

You do want to use polycarbonate, that is what we sell people for aquariums lids at the plastic shop I work at.

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Thank you!! Now I'm armed with more information in my search. Exactly what I was looking for. Seriously, thanks.

strollo22 said:

Home depot sells big sheets of polycarbonate at a decent price and from what I hear it's not that hard to cut like acrylic is. Maybe a diy and save some money.


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Ya but I know my abilities and I'm too much of a perfectionist. Maybe the question I should be asking is, do those random shops in chinatown cut polycarbonate at all or just glass?