1/16" Red Acrylic Sheet
Color 2423 · 1/16" thick
1/16" Red transparent acrylic (plexiglass), cut to your exact size from 11″ to 48″ per side. Choose a standard size or enter custom dimensions, add flame- or diamond-polished edges, and see the price instantly.
1/16" red in practice
Transparent stock at 1/16" reads as a clean pane — you see the object behind it, not the material.
At this thickness the sheet flexes easily and is better thought of as a facing than a panel — it wants a frame or a backing behind it, and it will bow under its own weight over any real span.
In a laser: a CO2 machine cuts this cleanly and leaves a flame-polished edge. A diode laser will not cut it at any setting — the beam passes straight through transparent acrylic.
1/16" red (color 2423) starts at $5.57 for a 12″ × 12″ piece at this thickness, and weighs about 0.39 lb per square foot, so a 24″ × 48″ piece comes to roughly 3.1 lb — worth knowing before you size a panel someone has to lift or ship.
Why 1/16" red acrylic?
At 1/16″ acrylic stops behaving like a panel and starts behaving like a sheet — light, slightly flexible, and easy to cut, score and drill. It is the right call when weight or clearance matters more than rigidity: model making, layered inlays and shims, lightweight signage faces, glazing for small frames, and protective facings that need to sit almost flush. Anything free-standing or load-bearing wants 1/8″ or thicker. We cut 1/16″ to order rather than holding it in every colour, so the range at this thickness is a short one — clear, white, black and smoke gray; the colours offered are the ones listed on this page.
About Red acrylic
Red 2423 is a transparent, see-through red — tinted like red glass, so light and color pass straight through. It's the pick for lenses, taillight-style effects, layered acrylic art, and decorative glazing where you want to see through the color. Our one clear red; the rest of our reds are translucent or opaque.
Made to order. Everything listed here is available to order now. If your color or thickness runs out after you order and we can get more quickly, we make or source it and ship as soon as it's back in — we'll email you if there's a delay. If it's no longer available at all, we cancel that item and refund it in full. On a deadline? Email us before you order with the date and we'll tell you straight whether it looks tight.