If anyone is interested and in the Tampa Florida area I am a Corian
fabricator. I have been on this board for many years and I know that
occassionally people have discussed that they would like to finish a project
with a Corian top but you can not buy the material. As a fabricator I can
not sell you bulk material, but I can to a minimal amount of fabrication, ie
seams, edge build ups etc and then make the piece available for you to put
the final edge treatment and finish on it.
If anyone is interested in this kind of setup email me at


Thanks Eric

http://stonewood.safeshopper.com/index.htm?78

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:15:17 -0700, "no one"
wrote:

If anyone is interested and in the Tampa Florida area I am a Corian
fabricator. I have been on this board for many years and I know that
occassionally people have discussed that they would like to finish a project
with a Corian top but you can not buy the material. As a fabricator I can
not sell you bulk material, but I can to a minimal amount of fabrication, ie
seams, edge build ups etc and then make the piece available for you to put
the final edge treatment and finish on it.
If anyone is interested in this kind of setup email me at


Thanks Eric

That is what they call a oem distribution of Corian. As they have noted, it
is designed to find markets outside the countertop market. Corian has a 10
year warranty, but only if distributed through a fabricator. If you dont
care about any warranty on the product this is a good way to go. If you
note, no where on their website to they speak of warranty. If that doesnt
matter to you, this is a fine way to go, and for applications that wont be
the top of a project that gets use I dont see a problem. If it is a top
that is going to be used, I want a warranty and the knowledge that it is
assembled to specs so that it will last and not crack.

Good info.
Eric

Don't get a warranty on the wood I use to build projects. Why should
I care any differently about the Corian that I plan to use for similar
work? After it's cut, shaped and glued into something, you really
think a fabricator will provide replacement pieces if I tell him the
jewelry box I just made suddenly cracked on the bottom? Not likely!

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:58:57 -0700, "no one"
wrote:

That is what they call a oem distribution of Corian. As they have noted, it
is designed to find markets outside the countertop market. Corian has a 10
year warranty, but only if distributed through a fabricator. If you dont
care about any warranty on the product this is a good way to go. If you
note, no where on their website to they speak of warranty. If that doesnt
matter to you, this is a fine way to go, and for applications that wont be
the top of a project that gets use I dont see a problem. If it is a top
that is going to be used, I want a warranty and the knowledge that it is
assembled to specs so that it will last and not crack.

Good info.
Eric

Don't get a warranty on the wood I use to build projects. Why should
I care any differently about the Corian that I plan to use for similar
work?

Corian is really pretty tough stuff, I can't imagine how you would break it. My
wife has a piece across the tailgate of her truck and in spite of construction
workers throwing all sorts of stuff in there she just has a few scratches.
(She is a construction manager and uses this for a flat surface to mark up
plans etc)

On 22-Oct-2003, reg (Gfretwell) wrote:

Corian is really pretty tough stuff, I can't imagine how you would break it.

OTOH, I know a bunch of folks who have tried using ivory coloured Corian
as fake ivory and gave up because it's too brittle in use.

Mike

If you are looking for a strong Solid surface material, try Swanstone, it
will take the heat and abuse and is easy to repair.
Twice as strong as Corian, probably the strongest on the market.

Ken

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:48:37 GMT, "Ken K"
wrote:

If you are looking for a strong Solid surface material, try Swanstone, it
will take the heat and abuse and is easy to repair.

I was reading "Concrete Countertops"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1561584843/codesmiths-20
recently, which gave some very intereresting ideas for the next
kitchen worktop project.

--
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I looked further at the web site, and this material can be had below these
prices. This site is not going broke selling at these prices. Again if
anyone is in the Tampa area I would be glad to help them. I dont like to
ship the stuff, since it get real heavy fast. But is someone really wants it
shipped it can be arranged.

Respectfully
Eric