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I just picked up a whole bunch of Avonite (corian like) samples. About 3 inches by 4 feet. On my way out of the Expo center (fancy Home Depot), I was putting an order for our $6.5 million dollar bathroom remodel… yeah right, I noticed a stack of about 14 inches high of Avonite samples on a pallet. Being the pack rat that I am and I really hate to see this stuff trashed, I pick them all up. There are also some large pieces about 8 inches by 4 feet.
Well, what can I do with these strips? I was thinking about making chess boards, mini shelves, picture frames,etc. Can this stuff be cut with a masonry blade? What else can I make with these strips.
I know, I should have known what to do with them before hand but, I operate on the mode of ‘pick it up first and decide later’… My wife hates it!
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I have worked Corian with standard "woodworking" carbide blades and router bits.
*So, let's say I want to make a picture frame. Can I use a biscuit joiner, insert a wood biscuit and use some kind of epoxy/glue to construct the frame? Are there better biscuits to use?
*Yeah, they make plastic biscuits for use in solid surface and like materials...a fabricator would use them mostly for alignment rather than strength, because the seam adhesive is pretty strong. Most fabricators actually wouldn't bother with the biscuits, probably, but they may be just the thing for a picture frame. You'll have to find a source for the seam adhesive. On saw blades: yeah, you can use standard blades, but if you want a nice clean edge with few tool marks, it's worth buying a blade made for solid surface; all the makers have one in the line up. Standard carbide router bits work fine.
*before biscuits came along we used something called 'splines' we made ourselves.
*Eug,Sounds like you took pieces that were meant to be used as back splash material.vince
*Actually these are samples that were displayed at the store. I think I got every color in the spectrum. About eight of them could be used as a backsplah 4 in x 4 ft. I also have several panels about 1 ft x 4 ft.Does anybody knows where do I find these 'plastic' biscuits?I am not sure if I can buy the Avonite glue, are there any other glues/epoxies that I can purchase at a regular home center?Thanks
*Use weld-on 40, tinted to match. You can get it from a plastics supplier. Check out http://www.ipscorp.com/ind_html/acrylics.html for a summary of acrylic adhesives.
*Steve probably knows more about this than I do, but when I worked with some black-market Surell in my last kitchen, the adhesive smelled just like Bondo. It was a little thinner and colored to match, but those are issues that you might be able to work out. I wonder if plastic-pipe cement might work, too.Andy
*these peices make excellent windowsills where you are going to put plants. i often use material like this for tops of half walls that seperate kitchens from rest of house. also good for bathroom trim. have even used to seperate toolbox from top rail of truck bed( watch out for brittle in cold weather.
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I just picked up a whole bunch of Avonite (corian like) samples. About 3 inches by 4 feet. On my way out of the Expo center (fancy Home Depot), I was putting an order for our $6.5 million dollar bathroom remodel yeah right, I noticed a stack of about 14 inches high of Avonite samples on a pallet. Being the pack rat that I am and I really hate to see this stuff trashed, I pick them all up. There are also some large pieces about 8 inches by 4 feet.
Well, what can I do with these strips? I was thinking about making chess boards, mini shelves, picture frames,etc. Can this stuff be cut with a masonry blade? What else can I make with these strips.
I know, I should have known what to do with them before hand but, I operate on the mode of pick it up first and decide later My wife hates it!