Frame materials Flashcards
How are cellulose acetate, nitrate and acrylic made?
Routed
How are cellulose propionate, spx, opytyl, TR90, carbon nylon made?
Injection Moulded
How is shell made
Handmade
How is titanium and flexon made?
Laser soldered
How is stainless steel made?
welded
How is rolled gold made?
Gold layer bonded to a core metal base
How is plated metal and nickel silver made?
Soldered
How is aluminium made?
Riveting
What does the colour extruded mean?
solid colour, that is the sheets original colour
what does the colour dyed mean?
Part is transparent
What does the colour laminated mean?
Like cheese on toast, colour lays on top of eachother
what colour is shell?
it’s own natural shell (brown) colour
Which frames have a colour - electro plated
Stainless steel, plated metal, and nickel silver
Which frames have a colour of galvanised?
Titanium, flexon
How to tell what acetate is
Rigid, thick, hard and heavy
how to tell what Cellulose nitrate is
ILLEGAL, it will be a yellow plastic frame
how to tell what acrylic is
Upswept and supra, usually laminated
how to tell what cellulose proprionate
light plastic, flexible
how to tell the difference between acetate and proprionate
acetate is heavier and less flexible
how to tell what SPX is
will be marked spx