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Re: Plexiglass Adhesives for electrical box

I think you guys may be recalling the effects of an implicit ban. I do not believe that there was even an explicit ban on acrylic. However, there were several years where the non-KitOfParts items were severely constrained, and additional materials were restricted to only those available from Small Parts, Inc. and a very particular list of "approved additional materials." We were allowed to use "one (1) 4 foot by 4 foot sheet of 1/4-inch polycarbonate." No other polymer-based plastics were permitted. So the rules effectively prevented the use of acrylic, without ever specifically saying that it was a "banned" material.

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