Menard's sells Trimaco Corner Guards and we are going to review the similarities and differences between their corner guards and ours and discuss when you should and should not use them.
Trimaco Colors and Sizes
Menards offers Trimaco clear corner guards in 4' length in a wing width of 5/8" and 1-1/8" and 8' length only in a wing width of 5/8". (The "wing width" is the distance between one edge of the corner guard to the corner.)
These are the available corner guards from Menards vs. Commercial Corner Guards.
4' Corner Guard Availability
Menards
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3/4" |
5/8" |
1.125" |
1.5" |
2" |
2.5" Bull |
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Commercial Corner Guards
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3/4" |
5/8" |
1.125" |
1.5" |
2" |
2.5" Bull |
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8' Corner Guard Availability
Menards
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3/4" |
5/8" |
1.125" |
1.5" |
2" |
2.5" Bull |
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Commercial Corner Guards
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3/4" |
5/8" |
1.125" |
1.5" |
2" |
2.5" Bull |
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Menard's/Trimaco's Corner Guards' Durability
Trimaco's corner guards are made from PETG (Polyethylene Terephthalates Glycol) while Commercial Corner Guards' corner guards are made from Polycarbonate ("Lexan"). While both materials provide good protection for low to medium impact, at high impact Polycarbonate far exceeds PETG.
But not only is Polycarbonate stronger but when PETG breaks it shatters, creating dangerous shards for people nearby. We created a video demonstrating this behaviour:
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