TAP Plastics

For Christmas, my wife ordered me a giant, high res, high gloss photo of Quest Field (I’m a big Seahawks fan). The photo was huge, 50″ x 66″. The photo was $ 100+, but the company she ordered it from wanted +$ 500 to frame it. My wife just order the photo. We shopped around all the local craft stores for a frame, and most were around the same price ($ 400 – 500). We got a recommendation to try Tap Plastics for a picture frame. Not only could they make a custom sized frame for our photo with French cleats to hang it, but it was VERY reasonably priced. Way more than half the cost of all other places we shopped. We bought the frame from them, and brought it home to frame it. Unfortunately in the process of mounting the picture, a big piece of plastic broke off on the back pane of the frame. I called them the next day and they told me to bring it in for a new one. They bent over backwards for me, and customer service was clearly top priority for them. The next day after bringing in the frame, they had a brand new one for me, ready to go, no questions asked. When something breaks, some companies would say «Well sorry about that, nothing we can do!» But not Tap Plastics in Lynnwood. The picture is now framed and hanging on my wall, and it looks GREAT. I can’t thank them enough for all their help! I would highly recommend them for any plastic needs, they are great. Thank you Tap Plastics!

The guy at the counter was pretty nice to talk with and generally he welcomed any and all questions that I had. At the end the prices were a little too high for my tastes, so I had asked him if he knew of other stores that sold plexiglass type materials. Lo and behold he gave me a whole list of them! :) That was a nice surprise.
I dock one star for the prices.

The woman who helped me was kind and helpful. I needed ½″ thick acrylic sheets and couldn’t find any thicker than ¼″ at hardware stores like Home Depot. They have a nice selection of «by-​the-​pound» sheets that are pre-​cut and various sizes (I’m betting scraps from larger cut jobs) at $ 1.70/lb. What a deal! And if they don’t have what you’re looking for there, they can cut what you need on the spot.
Nice, small shop ran by nice people. Also, the parking lot is a huge plus. Even though I’m closer to the Seattle store, I went out of my way to Lynnwood since parking is a witch in Seattle. And I’m glad I did. =)