Where can I buy Corian - or similar solid surface - sheets?
d...@gglz.com
up into worktops by corian-appointed agents.
There is one ebay supplier selling odd sheets of another similar solid-
surface sheet product:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230534521714&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Any other suppliers you know of?
(I've had a good read of the Corian * other manufacturers tech data
for making-up/working/finishing, and that's not a problem - just one
of supply!)
Phil L
Search for formica, there's tons of the stuff about, never heard of corian
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d...@gglz.com
> d...@gglz.com wrote:
> > AIUI Corian is difficult to find on sale as sheets, rather than made
> > up into worktops by corian-appointed agents.
>
> > There is one ebay supplier selling odd sheets of another similar
> > solid- surface sheet product:
>
>
> > Any other suppliers you know of?
>
> > (I've had a good read of the Corian * other manufacturers tech data
> > for making-up/working/finishing, and that's not a problem - just one
> > of supply!)
>
> Search for formica, there's tons of the stuff about, never heard of corian
>
> --
> Phil L
> RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008
Formica is a brand of thin melamine sheet - the traditional stuff of
kitchen worktops.
Corian is much thicker, usually 12 mm, and is a resin sheet made up
with powdered mineral. Used in much the same way - but the results
more closely resemble solid stone worktops.
But its also used for things like shower enclosures - and particularly
in hotel bathrooms, often with washbasins integrated into a seamless
continuous surface.
Andy Dingley
> AIUI Corian is difficult to find on sale as sheets, rather than made
> up into worktops by corian-appointed agents.
Officially it's impossible. Du Pont are even pissy about where the
waste offcuts go, and making sure that none of them end up in the
hands of evil woodturners to make pens out of.
OTOH, Corian hasn't been the only game in town for some years now and
the other brands are much less fussy. Most of it's The Other Brand
(sheets are in the shed, but I've forgotten the name). I bet the eBay
stuff isn't Corian, but you'll be hard-pressed to tell them apart.
Watch out for signage grade though, as there are grades for making
high-end outdoor signs that don't have anything like as much mineral
content as the countertop grades and are far softer and risky for heat
damage. The top of my waterproof sharpening bench has our old office
address carved in the underside, following an office move and some
skip-diving.
I don't know any Corian installers, but I do know two separate ex-
Corian installers who got fed up of Du Pont's attitude and switched
suppliers.
It's not hard to work it and you don't need to go on the course, but
you do need to study the instructions, practice on scrap first and
most of all, use the right tools and materials. These do make a
difference. If you go to a posh restaurant in Bristol there's a vastly
pretentious washbasin rig in the toilets and great big scored rings
around all the basins where someone used a bearing-guided cutter with
a hard bearing, not a proper soft bearing (more likely, they used a
favourite bodge of wrapped insulation tape around it - which doesn't
work on tapered basins, as the edge cuts through).
Logie
"Andy Dingley" <din...@codesmiths.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 20, 4:11 pm, "d...@gglz.com" <d...@gglz.com> wrote:
>> AIUI Corian is difficult to find on sale as sheets, rather than made
>> up into worktops by corian-appointed agents.
>
> Officially it's impossible. Du Pont are even pissy about where the
> waste offcuts go, and making sure that none of them end up in the
> hands of evil woodturners to make pens out of.
>
> OTOH, Corian hasn't been the only game in town for some years now and
> the other brands are much less fussy. Most of it's The Other Brand
> (sheets are in the shed, but I've forgotten the name).
<snip>
Anybody know the brand name(s) of the alternatives? I'm nowhere near a
'shed' so it would be good to look them up online if possible.
Thanks,
Neil
Andy Burns
> "Andy Dingley" <din...@codesmiths.com> wrote:
>
>> Du Pont are even pissy about where the
>> waste offcuts go, and making sure that none of them end up in the
>> hands of evil woodturners to make pens out of.
Good grief! You'd get a few pens out of this stash
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/110613929512
> Anybody know the brand name(s) of the alternatives?
Meganite, Marlan, LivingStone, DuraSolid, Avonite, Velstone etc
Logie
"Andy Burns" <usenet....@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote in message
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Excellent! - thanks for that.
Andrew May
> Good grief! You'd get a few pens out of this stash
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/110613929512
I guess that that is what they want you to think. However if you read
the advert you will find that you are only bidding on a random ten out
of that pile.
Andrew
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Gary
DIY'er
Andy Burns
> Go to solidsurface.com
Does that free shipping include transatlantic orders?
Tim+
> Go to spam.com for all the DIY info and sheet stock and overstock you
>
> Gary
> DIY'er
Tim
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