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      What is the acrylic bible?  Are you talking about Stachiw's book?<br>
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      On 12/15/2013 3:47 PM, hank pronk wrote:<br>
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        <div><span>I don't know about the ABS rules, but the acrylic
            bible has more to say about it.  You can extend the service
             life by decreasing the rating based on age and I believe
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        <div><span>Hank</span></div>
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                  December 15, 2013 1:41:55 PM, Jon Wallace
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                      As far as ABS is concerned I suspect ABS
                      guidelines are the official word on it; 10 years
                      or 10,000 cycles.  GL has similar limits and adds
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                        On 12/15/2013 2:20 PM, Hugh Fulton wrote:<br
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                            style="font-size: 11pt;">A question for the
                            experts. Is it acceptable to have old
                            windows re-polished and then possibly
                            annealed to restore them.  I have 8 that are
                            25 years old and need to be replaced
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                            style="font-size: 11pt;">What is the
                            official word on this.  I note that the
                            windows below were from an MBT rather than
                            main windows.   Chs  Hugh</span></div>
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