Hi there
Having spent yesterday afternoon sweating around London during the
Pride march, I did not find a shop that sells patterned shelf liner -
the self adhesive stuff. Does anyone know of a stockist - online or
anywhere?
TIA!!

spacky_packy wrote:

Hi there
Having spent yesterday afternoon sweating around London during the
Pride march, I did not find a shop that sells patterned shelf liner -
the self adhesive stuff. Does anyone know of a stockist - online or
anywhere?
TIA!!

You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

Stick that word into Google and you should find all you'll need.

HTH

Tim

Tim S wrote:

spacky_packy wrote:

Hi there
Having spent yesterday afternoon sweating around London during the
Pride march, I did not find a shop that sells patterned shelf liner -
the self adhesive stuff. Does anyone know of a stockist - online or
anywhere?
TIA!!

You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

Stick that word into Google and you should find all you'll need.

HTH

Tim

Fantastic, that looks like the stuff I need!

Cheers

spacky_packy wrote:
Tim S wrote:
spacky_packy wrote:


Pride march, I did not find a shop that sells patterned shelf liner -
the self adhesive stuff. Does anyone know of a stockist - online or

You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

Stick that word into Google and you should find all you'll need.

Fantastic, that looks like the stuff I need!


have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.


NT

On 2 Jul 2006 10:06:21 -0700, wrote:


You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

Stick that word into Google and you should find all you'll need.

Fantastic, that looks like the stuff I need!


have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.

Yes it shrinks and gaps open up leaving behind exposed self adhesive
goop, it becomes brittle/hardened and corners peel up and break off,
and the printed design wears off in short order and anyway seems to
dissolve in domestic kitchen grease (Butter, oils, chip fat etc).

Apart from that it's not too bad. ;-)

DG

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 21:16:55 +0100, Derek ^ wrote
(in article ):

On 2 Jul 2006 10:06:21 -0700, wrote:


You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

Stick that word into Google and you should find all you'll need.

Fantastic, that looks like the stuff I need!


have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.

Yes it shrinks and gaps open up leaving behind exposed self adhesive
goop, it becomes brittle/hardened and corners peel up and break off,
and the printed design wears off in short order and anyway seems to
dissolve in domestic kitchen grease (Butter, oils, chip fat etc).

Apart from that it's not too bad. ;-)

DG

Valerie Singleton would be proud of you.....

On 2 Jul 2006 12:05:49 -0700, "spacky_packy"
wrote:


What would you use instead?

In it's heyday it seemed to be superseded by melamine faced chipboard,
before that the original "Formica" was *very* durable, the melamine
surfaced worktops we have now are not a patch on it.

For a few small shelves don't discount granite, find a local supplier
and if he can do what you want out of the offcuts from his big jobs
it's beer money to him, and can be very cheap.

DG

In article . com,
wrote:
have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.

The trick is to protect the edges. And the heavy duty stuff is at least as
durable as paint for shelves, etc. Didn't know it still existed, though,
outside Blue Peter.

--
*Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 21:29:33 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

Yes it shrinks and gaps open up leaving behind exposed self adhesive
goop, it becomes brittle/hardened and corners peel up and break off,
and the printed design wears off in short order and anyway seems to
dissolve in domestic kitchen grease (Butter, oils, chip fat etc).

Apart from that it's not too bad. ;-)

DG

Valerie Singleton would be proud of you.....

I was working at TV centre on the day they buried the Blue Peter time
capsule.

But I digress...

My neighbours mum and dad once "Fablonned" their whole kitchen.
Including their gas oven, fridge, and twin tub washing machine. 8-[]

But one of the worst things about it was if you didn't know it wasn't
cut resistant, and cut say a sandwich on it, the insignificant cut
would open up as a wide smiling wound releasing adhesive goo, when the
material shrank.

DG

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:40:15 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
had this to say:

In article . com,
wrote:
have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.

The trick is to protect the edges. And the heavy duty stuff is at least as
durable as paint for shelves, etc. Didn't know it still existed, though,
outside Blue Peter.

Nor did I, until I found it in B&Q when I was looking for clear
sticky-back plastic for some project or other.

--
Frank Erskine

spacky_packy wrote:
wrote:
spacky_packy wrote:
Tim S wrote:
spacky_packy wrote:

Pride march, I did not find a shop that sells patterned shelf liner -
the self adhesive stuff. Does anyone know of a stockist - online or

You mean "Fablon", to name one well established brand?

have seen various items done witrh that, isnt durable and makes a
terrible mess. Unless youre going to throw the item out soon I wouldnt
use it.

What would you use instead?

Nothing. I dont know whats wrong with your shelves to prompt you to put
fablon on them, but either fix them or replace - or just live with them
as they are, they'll look a lot better in 2 yrs time than if you fablon
them. Not only does it create a terrible mess, but its one thats very
difficult to clean up.


NT

In article .com,
wrote:
Nothing. I dont know whats wrong with your shelves to prompt you to put
fablon on them, but either fix them or replace - or just live with them
as they are, they'll look a lot better in 2 yrs time than if you fablon
them. Not only does it create a terrible mess, but its one thats very
difficult to clean up.

Perhaps gingham is back in fashion? Didn't see Euro Pride on TV to check.
;-)

--
*Women like silent men; they think they're listening.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:
Nothing. I dont know whats wrong with your shelves to prompt you to put
fablon on them, but either fix them or replace - or just live with them
as they are, they'll look a lot better in 2 yrs time than if you fablon
them. Not only does it create a terrible mess, but its one thats very
difficult to clean up.

Perhaps gingham is back in fashion? Didn't see Euro Pride on TV to check.
;-)

Yeah, fleeting fashion seems to be what prompts most poor purchases

NT

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:19:59 +0100, wrote
(in article . com):

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:
Nothing. I dont know whats wrong with your shelves to prompt you to put
fablon on them, but either fix them or replace - or just live with them
as they are, they'll look a lot better in 2 yrs time than if you fablon
them. Not only does it create a terrible mess, but its one thats very
difficult to clean up.

Perhaps gingham is back in fashion? Didn't see Euro Pride on TV to check.
;-)

Yeah, fleeting fashion seems to be what prompts most poor purchases

NT


back to Valerie Singleton again....