Tanning Bed Acrylics

The acrylic is the clear sheet between the client and the lamps. On a lay-down bed there are two: the bench acrylic you lie on and the canopy acrylic above you. They look like ordinary plastic. They are not. Tanning acrylics are a UV transmitting grade formed to the exact curve of a specific model, and the wrong sheet either blocks the UV the lamps make or sits wrong in the frame and cracks. Sun Systems & Service sources acrylics by request, matched to your bed's make, model and production year. Installed in Michigan, shipped nationwide after a video session.

What fails and how you can tell

• Cracks. Usually at the edges or at a stress point where the sheet meets the frame. A cracked bench acrylic flexes under a client and can fail. It is a stop-use item.
• Haze. A cloudy or milky look that does not clean off. UV, heat and cleaning chemicals break down the surface over years. Hazed acrylic blocks a meaningful share of output, which is why new lamps behind an old acrylic disappoint.
• Yellowing. Same cause, further along. A yellowed sheet is well past its useful life.
• Crazing. A web of fine surface cracks, often from the wrong cleaner. Ammonia and alcohol based products do this. Use a cleaner made for tanning acrylics.
• Sag or rattle. The sheet has lost its shape or the retaining strips have failed. Sometimes a strip is the fix, not the sheet.

How to identify the part

Acrylics are the most model-specific part on a bed. The same model name may have changed sheet dimensions, thickness or curve between production years, and a sheet a half inch off will not seat. We need the model plate with the serial number and, if possible, the production year. Then measure the existing sheet: length, width, thickness, and whether it is flat, curved or has a formed lip. A photo of the sheet in place and a photo of one edge out of the frame help. If the original sheet is gone, measure the frame opening and send photos of the retaining channel. The brand pages describe where the plate sits on common beds.

What drives the cost

Acrylic sheet is priced by size and thickness, and a formed canopy sheet with a curve costs more to make than a flat bench sheet. Shipping is the other factor: a sheet six feet long has to travel in a crate, and freight to a residential address costs more than to a salon with a dock. Discontinued models can still be done in many cases because the sheet is cut and formed to measurement rather than pulled from a shelf, but lead time is longer. We quote the sheet and the freight as one number so there are no surprises.

Installing acrylics

Bench sheets usually lift out after removing retaining strips. Canopy sheets are heavier and awkward to handle alone, and a dropped canopy sheet is an expensive mistake. In Michigan we install both, clean the lamps and reflectors while the bed is open, and check the canopy shocks since the lid is open anyway. National customers get the sheet crated and a video session for the install if they want a second set of eyes.

More parts by request

• Tanning bed lamps and bulbs
• Ballasts
• Starters
• Acrylics
• Gas springs and canopy shocks
• Timers and controllers
• Fans and cooling
• Electrical parts

Parts by brand

Wolff, ESB, Sunquest, SunFire, ProSun, Sunmaster, Ergoline and KBL, plus every other make we have seen in 35 years.

Request this part

Send the make, model and what the bed is doing. Stan confirms the part and quotes it, usually the same day.

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Bed make and model

Acrylic needed

Model plate

Request this part

A clear photo of the model plate and of the part itself saves a round of questions. Reply to the confirmation email with both.