Randy's Dinette & Corian Project

[Rob Robinson]

Hi John. If by 'chair back' you mean the dinette cushion(s) they were covered
by a local upholsterer with Ultra leather. The laminate was Formica brand and
had to be special ordered. Yes we had to heat the Formica for the corners and
were very surprised at how much heat it could take without deforming. The
Formica would take and hold a curved shape if you provided enough heat. A few
test pieces showed us we could put a 180 degree bend in the stuff with about a
three inch radius.

Rob, Sue & Merlin
94 WLWB


Quoting John Suter :

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> Very nice and quite impressive!
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>   What is the material used for the chair back (left
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> foreground in picture) and is it the laminate that was
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> shaped with the heat gun to what appears to be a 30-40
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> degree vertical bend?
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> John Suter
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> --- Rob Robinson wrote:
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> > Thanks to John Finn we now have some photos of
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> > Randy's completed project. This
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> > project consisted of constructing a new dinette, a
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> > small storage cupboard and a
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> > half dozen Corian surfaces. Since I was fairly
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> > inexperienced with laminate work
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> > this became Randy's department and before long he
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> > figured out how best to put
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> > the stuff on. Thank goodness for the heat gun that
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> > really doesn't like to go around corners without a
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> > little thermo persuasion.
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> > Corian (actually Formica brand) was another story.
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> > This stuff was new to both
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> > of us. We checked out the internet and found the
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> > stuff cuts and shapes pretty
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> > much like wood with a few exceptions. While I was
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> > cutting and shaping Randy was
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> > teaching himself how to polish the stuff. His
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> > automotive tools and polishing
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> > compounds did the trick. He sanded each piece with
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> > 320 and then buffed the hell
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> > out of them with various abrasive grits and
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> > polishes. The results speak for
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> > themselves. All in all it was a great project and we
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> > learned a lot. If I did it
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> > again I'd make sure I had a router table. The
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> > red-neck router table that was
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> > cobbled together scared the hell out of me. But
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> > that's another story LOL.
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> > Here's the link John Finn has provided for the
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> pics........http://www.pbase.com/rdupree1/image/53732134
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> > Rob, Sue & Merlin
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> > 94 WLWB
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