South Bay Plastic DBA Plastic Depot

Fantastic customer service, fair prices. You won’t find a better place to do businesses.

I would give this business 4.5 stars. My project was very small, yet they helped me with the informal design The item created matched exactly to what we had agreed upon. I found them to be very helpful and enjoyed the look-​see at the machinery and explanation of their abilities and process. For custom work, the cost was not in the stratosphere.

Pros:
Reasonable prices and excellent customer service.
Cons:
The location is kinda hidden.
Irving’s Experience:
Nancy is by far the best at Plastic Depot. She’s also a student and was very helpful in getting me my pieces cut and on time while saving $ 50 from the original price of $ 150. She made my whole experience here just so much better since I’ve never been here before. She would call anytime she had a question and left voicemails if I didn’t pick up.
Conclusion:
Overall amazing service and I recommend this place to anyone! Ahhh-​mazing.

I am a hobbist, design and make plastic devices for underwater photography, such as lens holders, camera housing trays and BCD backplates. For this I use a variety of plastics
PlasticDepot has always had the types of plastic, thickness and amount on hand, so that I can buy them without hassle. Their materials have always been excellent, with no failures or defects.
The service at the front counter is fast and pleasant, and the prices are good to very good, such that this place is my first choice for my plastics needs.

Super helpful and nice!!! I had a very small job, and they treated me like I was one of their largest customers.
Good prices for custom work, and quick turnaround.
If it’s plastic you need (or in my case, polycarbonate), this is the place to go. Well located if you’re anywhere in the South Bay or even Los Angeles.
I’ve been in there four times in the last week or two, and I saw several people picking up jobs, who were just as happy with the results as I was.

Went here w/​my wife to have a clear acrylic display case made for one of her architectural models. This place was recommended by the CSULB design department’s professors and now I can see why. When you first walk in, there is a small little store front w/​a two point of sale cashier desk, three mobile shelves, a 6′ wall mounted shelf w/​odds and ends supplies and that is it. The rest of the warehouse is used for storage, manufacturing, and fabrication. It’s a very utilitarian, no non-​sense set up. I like that.
The staff we interacted with were very friendly and knowledgeable. The owner/​manager shared w/​us a lot of common pitfalls for working w/​the type and thickness of plastic and glue we had. They sell the materials and also make cases and containers of plastic of all types for jobs of all sizes. He mentioned they have jobs ranging from $ 10 to $ 10,000. All of their prices were very reasonable and even beat all the places I could find online which was impressive nowadays.
They are located where the 110 and 405 meet. Parking is in a shared lot. They have ~10 spots w/​signs for their business. Everything else was labeled w/​tow away signs for the business next door so be warned.

I agree with Dao, the other reviewer. Bill at the plastics depot has to be one of the nicest guys I’ve worked with. So far we’re just discussing pricing and design, but he’s been prompt, professional, creative, nice and courteous. I can’t wait to work with him.

housed in a nondescript warehouse in an industrial area near the intersection of the110 & the 405, plastic depot offers a variety of resins, from less to more toxic, silicone for making molds, acrylic in a huge selection of colors, shapes and sizes that can be lasercut to precision with digital files or rough cut and specialized adhesives for plastic. it’s really an artist’s paradise when it comes to raw materials. i feel like a kid in a candy store, and my bf is tempted to tie me down.
acrylic comes as sheets, hollow tubes, rods, and cost is based on size and weight. on some things, you have a choice of cast or manufactured. cast materials are of course more expensive but more uniform in size and shape. there’s also a discount shelf for already cut down or leftover pieces.
the guys who work here are the nicest and most helpful. if you have any kind of technical question, they have plenty of experience working with the materials. their hours are Monday thru Friday: 8:30 a.m. — 5:00 p.m. and
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., but you might want to call ahead as sometimes they close on sats when it’s not busy. ironically, around noon on a sat can also be extremely busy0.
the only complaint i have is regarding the guy who does the lasercutting. he’s not really a part of the store, but has an «office/​workshop» here. he charges a lot, and has an attitude. unfortunately, finding a place that does lasercutting can be a challenge. i also don’t think he’s all that detailed, considering how much he charges and how cocky he is. i needed some circles cut, and they had to be precise, which it wasn’t. he claimed that if i gave him a file, it would be. i ended having the store rout it out (without measurements and no file), and they actually did a better job. i would only use him if you can’t find someone else and want some complicated shape cut out, but really, you’re paying for use of the machine.