[Polaris Neon Sign] LED Neon Sign Materials (Silicone vs PVC)

LED Neon Sign materials can make a big difference to the quality of the Neon Sign products. As being in the LED Neon Sign industry for decades, Poalris feels responsible for educating our customers and general publics on how to differentiate the good and bad quality of a neon sign.

It is very easy to find, nowadays, many online shops selling different quality of LED Neon Signs for huge various prices. It can be of the materials they are using.

What are PVC and Silicone materials?

First of all, silicone belongs to rubber material, whilst PVC belongs to plastic material. The fundamental cloth of PVC hose is polyvinyl chloride, whilst that of silicone pipe is silicon dioxide.

[Polaris Neon Sign] PVC & Silicone Materials
[Polaris Neon Sign] PVC & Silicone Materials

PVC

PVC hose is usually made of PVC resin with the coordination of stabilizer and lubricant. Its principal performances include: electrical insulation; right chemical stability; self-extinguishing; low water absorption; handy to bond and excessive temperature resistance ( about forty °). It is in general used in industrial gases and liquid transportation, family sewer pipes, water pipes and so on. The environmental problem is that its foremost auxiliaries like plasticizer and antioxidant are toxic. The plasticizer used in each day PVC plastic is frequently dibutyl terephthalate and dioctyl phthalate which are all poisonous chemicals.

Silicone

Silicone pipe, the fantastic chemical stability makes silicone materials not able to react with any chemical substance barring alkali and hydrofluoric acid. It has excellent chemical property and top notch electrical insulation property. It is not easy to age with excellent climate resistance. Its fabric can preserve soft in a temperature ranging from 330 degrees to -40 degrees. It is a form of environmentally friendly non-toxic material that is additionally colorless and odorless. It is a desirable choice to use silicone material to produce pipes for day by day use. It is frequently used in family appliances, scientific industry, industrial industry, automobile enterprise and so on.

Burn Test

Here in the video, Polaris shows you the big different of the Polaris Silicone material and the PVC material by preparing a burn test. Polaris makes sure our LED Neon Sign products are all using the Polaris Silicone tubes instead of the PVC ones. For more knowledge about LED Neon Sign products, subscribe our channel or visit our page anytime.

 

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Video Script

Hi guys, today we are going to do a burn test for the neon sign product materials. There are different materials you can find out there. Now, we gonna show you the difference between the general PVC material and the Polaris Silicone material.

We gonna burn them for at least 5 seconds each. As you can see, the general PVC material is easily ignite and burnt very quickly.

On the contrary, the Polaris Silicone material is not burning easily and will not stay lit after the flame. Take a closer look! The general PVC material is almost melted and the smell is very bad.

So remember, when you choose a neon sign product, make sure you choose the right quality and the right material.

Stay with Polaris and you will learn more about the Neon Sign products.