Russel Fouts on sun 10 sep 00
mel,
>> formica in it's native form is a sheet....4x8 feet. it rolls up too.
it is added to the thick stuff with glue. it makes a perfect curve when
hung from the ceiling. clamp the front edge to the table. <<
Know were to mine formica in it's native state? Rolling up is important
to me in a small space.
Russel
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Tom Buck on mon 11 sep 00
Russel:
FYI, this material is made from melamine and phenolic plastics,
bobnded together under high pressure and some heat. It has been around for
quite some years. Not sure if the original company, Formica Corporation,
still exists under that name. But try surfing for it.
be well peace., tom b.
Tom Buck ) tel: 905-389-2339
(westend Lake Ontario, province of Ontario, Canada).
mailing address: 373 East 43rd Street,
Hamilton ON L8T 3E1 Canada
iandol on mon 11 sep 00
Russel,
Whey ey bonnie lad,
Thirty years or so ago it was manufactured, not mined, on the north side =
of the Bonnie Tyne on the other side of that brisk North Sea from you. =
There were two Competitive factories on opposite sides of the main road =
from Newcastle to North Shields. One made Formica, the other Arbourite. =
Both are I believe, Kraft Paper, impregnated with melamine.
Best local sources will be builders merchants.
All the best,
Ivor. Redhill, South Australia
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