solid surface material
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I think a big challenge for a hobbiest is finding the color you want without sticker shock. I was lucky and found a local kitchen remodeller that let me pick through his remnants for a few projects but he has since gone out of business. Buying remnants from a local business is so much cheaper as the material was built into the cost of the job and already paid for.
I've worked with it and its real easy to work. The dust is really fine and I also found lots of really fine stringy stuff being thrown everywhere. At the time I had never heard of Festool. They also seemed to be 1/2" thick, not the 1 or more inches you see when browsing home depot or some other place. I never really found out how they build it up to the thicknesses you see.
This was one of the places I found when looking for solid surface.
http://solidsurface.com/sheet-material/overstock
When I was looking for solid surface it seemed they wanted you licensed somehow and would only sell to people with licenses and Corian is the only brand name that I remember.
I've worked with it and its real easy to work. The dust is really fine and I also found lots of really fine stringy stuff being thrown everywhere. At the time I had never heard of Festool. They also seemed to be 1/2" thick, not the 1 or more inches you see when browsing home depot or some other place. I never really found out how they build it up to the thicknesses you see.
This was one of the places I found when looking for solid surface.
http://solidsurface.com/sheet-material/overstock
When I was looking for solid surface it seemed they wanted you licensed somehow and would only sell to people with licenses and Corian is the only brand name that I remember.
phmade
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It's fairly easy to work with - especially with a Festool TS75 / 55. I fabricated a big island top (9'x5') without any solid surface experience and it turned out great. Material costs are fairly high - usually around $15/sf for the mid-priced stuff. I think Corian, Meganite, LG Hi Macs are all pretty good. Meganite seems to have good pricing if you can find a color you like. In my opinion Corian has the best colors/patterns but all of the brands have at least a few good ones. One piece of advice is to get a big sample - at least 12"x12" so you can see the scale of the flecks. Feel free to message me with any questions- I just learned started fabricating solid surface last year but I've learned a lot.
