There was a time, before Ikea, that folks used to visit Homebase and
other usual suspects, to buy that fake wood effect 15mm melamine foiled
chipboard to knock up the odd cabinet to house the HiFi, or to use the
same to make gravity defying shelves.

There was a tasteful choice of either shades of brown wood all the way
to silver and black.

Wind forward to 2019, and it seems the only colour available from sheds
is white - unless I find a specialist retailer?

Grrrr...

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Adrian C

Adrian Caspersz wrote:

it seems the only colour available from sheds is white
Once you penetrate their search engine, B&Q lists
white, oak, pale oak, grey oak, walnut and maple flavours of chipboard

https://www.diy.com/departments/building-supplies/timber-and-sheet-materials/furniture-boards/chipboard/_/N-8snZ1z1405y

On 09/02/2019 15:44, Andy Burns wrote:
Adrian Caspersz wrote:

it seems the only colour available from sheds is white
Once you penetrate their search engine, B&Q lists
white, oak, pale oak, grey oak, walnut and maple flavours of chipboard

https://www.diy.com/departments/building-supplies/timber-and-sheet-materials/furniture-boards/chipboard/_/N-8snZ1z1405y


Thanks,

Ah, it's stocked by larger B&Q's. Mine is too small, hence why I didn't
find it. A huge Selco next door, none.

No black, which is what I was after.

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Black is so yesterday

Richard

On Saturday, 9 February 2019 15:59:08 UTC, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
No black, which is what I was after.

Still available from more specialist retailers eg

https://www.leaderstores.co.uk/home-...re-board-p6496

https://hutchingstimber.com/product/...15mm-melamine/

Owain

Yes its stupid. What is wrong with wood veneer? I had some shelves put up
using this and it was a bit of a hunt to get the right wood effect in the
right sizes.
I blame Brexit.
Brian

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There was a time, before Ikea, that folks used to visit Homebase and other
usual suspects, to buy that fake wood effect 15mm melamine foiled
chipboard to knock up the odd cabinet to house the HiFi, or to use the
same to make gravity defying shelves.

There was a tasteful choice of either shades of brown wood all the way to
silver and black.

Wind forward to 2019, and it seems the only colour available from sheds is
white - unless I find a specialist retailer?

Grrrr...

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Adrian Caspersz wrote:

it seems the only colour available from sheds is white
Once you penetrate their search engine, B&Q lists
white, oak, pale oak, grey oak, walnut and maple flavours of chipboard

https://www.diy.com/departments/building-supplies/timber-and-sheet-materials/furniture-boards/chipboard/_/N-8snZ1z1405y

Yes, but it isn't Contiplas, so might not match whatever you
already have. I wanted some light oak to build some matching
shelving on my computer desy which I built over 20 years ago.

The oak they do is much darker and, I've noticed, exactly what
choice of colours they have seems to vary on a random basis!

I looked on the Contiboard web site and they don't seem to do
the original any more, so no point looking around for a
supplier.

However, B&Q have a bin near the exit where customers can
leave unwanted materials which anybody is free to take away
for a charity donation and, on a recent visit, I found the
bits of a dismantled wardrobe in exactly the right colour, so
I got a couple of pieces sitting in the garage which I'll cut
up and assemble when the weather gets a bit warmer.

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