Rolls of silicone sheeting used for what?

[bamboozled]

Hi folks, I'm just curious and posting this here because found in CM. I was in Chiang Mai plastics the other day buying some vinyl covering for a table. You know, that cheap stuff that is waterproof and so easy to pick up spills, etc... They also had some rolls of silicone sheeting, 150 tall. 1 mm is 500 plus baht a meter and a 3mm thickness over 1500 baht. Expensive stuff. I'm curious what this silicone sheeting is used for. Anyone know what the application is? I didn't know silicone was so pricey.

 

Cheers, Bamboozled.

[grin]

Typically used for vapor/air barriers for glazing. In the US one can buy adhesive sheets or non-adhesive.

[wadman]

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[bamboozled]

12 hours ago, grin said:

Typically used for vapor/air barriers for glazing. In the US one can buy adhesive sheets or non-adhesive.

Thanks for the response. This is very expensive stuff, however. 1 meter x I think 1.5 meters tall is 500 baht, for the 1 mm thickness. And 3mm thickness is 1500 plus. Seems too pricey to use as a vapor barrier on a house if it's to cover all wall surfaces. YOu mean like Tyvek? I read something about it being used in food production when I did some google research but I'm not sure how. I'm just curious as the product piqued my interest. When you see it first hand, it's pretty cool stuff.

[grin]

Definitely not like Tyvek, that's used to wrap houses. In my response about glazing I was referring to laminating glass. However, that uses larger sheets or rolls. Doing a search I found references to possible usage in a vacuum press or a vulcanizing press. Seems like the silicone sheets are heat resistant so at 3mm thick it seems like a possible usage is to cut gaskets out of a sheet. Now you've got me curious.

[bamboozled]

Right? They are really "beautiful" in person, to a hardware geek such as myself. These were for sale in Chiang Mai Plastic, next to the rolls of vinyl sheeting, that cheap stuff you cover a table with to keep liquids off it and for easy clean up. CM Plastic is not a shop for the applications you mention, as I understand it, so I think it must be for something else. I should have asked and maybe I will go back and do so! I'm thinking something about food/restaurant usage as I saw some references on the internet in that regard. Perhaps it's a good cutting surface? I would think it would damage easily, however. Protection on the top of a glass case in a shop? Hmm..... Or on top of glass shelving? That could be...