Montelli solid surface material

[dubliner]

I have an opportunity to buy the above, its like Corian, 100% acrylic and they are 30" by 120" sheets - any idea how much Corian or similar costs for that size? I'll share the location if its worth buying for Austinites - :-)

[jamesgilliam]

What about us near Austinites???

[dubliner]

I was counting you James - no worries

[bleeth]

Corian varies depending on type code and purchasing power. A good average is $500/sheet. I have one job for which we use "Festival" Corian. Single sheet price is 595, pallet is 525, and commercial discount based on future projects is 495. Corian is 30 x 144. Are you looking to carve it for Litho's or use it for a countertop?

[dubliner]

Thanks for the info Dave, I hope revealing the price of Corian doesn't get you put on the "No fly list" or anything. Actually what I want it for was to practice cutting so the price for Montelli is acttractive enough.

[myxpykalix]

If you don't need corian in big sheets you can buy it off ebay for about $2.00 for a 12"x12" piece. I did.

[bleeth]

Neville: It's usually not too hard to talk the local fabricators out of some scrap to play around with. Quite a while ago when I was doing a couple for fun I showed a Litho to one Corian fabricator who then loaded me up with every piece of scrap (Usually sink cutouts) they had.
Different solid surface mills differently. LG Hi-Macs and Avonite, for example, are typically more brittle.

[mindlesspappy]

Dave
LG Hi-Macs and Avonite are usually not 100% Acrylic (containing some fiberglass) and do not work well for Litho's. My shop used to be next a granite/marble fab shop. When they upgraded a customer from Corian to granite/marble they would bring me the torn out Corian to recycle. I have two full kitchens of it in storage.

[bleeth]

Well Doug: You can be prepared for Arizona area Botters wanting to talk you out of some of it now!!! I've actually only used Corian and cast Acrylic for plastic carving-The other stuff has gone through for countertops only and I really dislike working with it.