Have customer #1 who wants several 20 year old Corian tops removed from a kitchen. This customer wants the old tops hauled to the dump – he just wants them gone. Went to the house for a look see – pulled up on counter corners – seems like the tops are only anchored in silicone blobs and will come out easily.
Is this SOP for the installation of Corian or should I be looking for some piffin screws lurking somewhere?
Told customer #2 about the removal job – he wonders if we can rework one of the old tops from customer #1 to fit a small bathroom vanity which he has. I have cut and routed edges on Corian before with no problems so I am not concerned with the shaping of the top.
Two questions about reworking:
1) I may need to build up the thickness on the edges to have the Corian top look right at the exposed vanity edges – Is there any glue / epoxy which I can use to laminate the extra thickness required (aside from the special Corian epoxy)?
2) I will probably need to refinish / sand the reworked top. Is there a standard “grit schedule” for finishing to a semi-gloss finish? Like – remove any scratches with 120, then move to 150, final by hand with 220 wet or whatever. Have RO and palm sanders + elbow grease available for sanding.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
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the blob mounting method seems to be the norm....
never seen one piffined....
treat the top like gel coat and use wet....
just keep climbing the scale till you get where you want to go...
120 IIRC is a bit coarse... start 180....
I think AO or SC wet works more gooder...
glued under side sinks to the top with Duco 2 part fast set rated for the mission... (says so on the package)
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Thanks.
That's what I thought re: screws, and sanding.
Duco 2 part fast set - good info - I'll find some.
Jim Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
IIRC the clean up for that Duco was MEK....
scrape excess and wash clean....
get it before it sets or an RA with a rasp wheel won't help....
last time I used the stuff it came in two seperate tubes....
WTB it comes in one of those stero dispensers/mixers now...
any residual soap on that top will set ya back a bunch....
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Try some gorilla glue.
I've used it a dozen times and the glue line is nearly invisible and incredibly strong! buic
Gorilla Glue - there's another idea. I'll try it also.
Then on to torture / destructive testing.
This is actually the perfect project "pair" for experimentation.
I will be tearing out roughly 40 LF of Corian counters. The owner of the counters, Customer #1 in OP, merely wants them out and transported to the dump.
Customer #2 may choose to use some of the scrap for a very short (27") top and backsplash. Extremely remote possibility of using an additional 5' or so for a vanity top in an existing bathroom.
This provides me with a ton of free material to mess around with glues, edge profiles, etc. ------ my wife will hate it, but what else is new...........
Jim Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
Tried GG on my 1st try....
it didn't hold.. gave up the ghost after several months....
the Duco has held for a lot of years...
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"Then on to torture / destructive testing."
That's just what I did the first time I used gorilla glue on corian.
Cut a couple of pieces 2" x 4" and glued them up with a 1/4" offset, clamped overnight.
Stood the pieces up on a bench with the glue joint vertical. Beat down on the higher side with a hammer. After 6/7 blows, the corian started to crumble, but the glue line never did let go!
More then good enough for me... buic
By the way, gorilla glue now has a white/clear formula.
after several months the corian let go from the glue....
the glue didn't fail....
a thin layer of corian stayed on the glue...
seems like there wasn't enough penetration to hold against the wieght of the sink....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!