Suppliers of CORIAN in the UK

[Alan Male]

Hi all,
I've done a quick search of these forum pages but I can't find this question.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a UK supplier of CORIAN suitable for use with PhotoVCarve?

Best regards - Alan

[Adrian]

If you want proper corian you'll have a hard job as they only like to supply directly to the trade. There are numerous people on eBay selling offcuts though. Some people say you can get it by going to a local kitchen fitter and buying some but in my experience they know how hard it is to get and charge the earth for it.

If you're happy to use a corian like material then there is much more choice. I use Apollo Magna 6mm material (used for splashbacks). Don't get anything thicker than that as it comes bonded to MDF at worktop thickness's. Looks exactly like corian and machines in the same way.

[Bob Reda]

Corian is just a brand name. any type of plastic, even those plastic cutting boards will work for lithos.

Bob

[Alan Male]

Thanks folks.
I knew I could count on the forum for good advise.

[m.marino]

Alan,

You can use any white or off white solid surface plastic for doing Lithophanes. If you are looking for Corian contact me via PM and I will see what can be done. I have access to it and can tell you from personal experience that 1212 Acrylic and the different grades of Corian do have different end effects on the Lithophanes you would want to be producing. Depending on what you are doing, they can be wanted or unwanted. True SS (solid surface) material mills much better then any other plastic I have worked with (HDPE, Acrylic [cast & extruded], ABS, Polyporp', and a few more). Milling a solid surface though your really really need dust extraction though.

Send me a PM and I will get you my phone number.

Michael

[Roy50]

Hi

For Corian in the UK and off cuts various colours / sizes, good prices try.

Peter via his website http://thekorianman.co.uk/contact.htm he is very helpfull, just tell him what your looking for I am sure he will help.

I just bought 10kg very random bundle, to play around with, random colours, 6 & 7" squares, 6mm & 12mm thick ..Less than £30 delivered ..best I don't say exact price in case it varies

Mention me Roy from Plymouth

Good luck

Roy

[Alan Male]

Thanks for the tip Roy.
Sorry for the late reply - been on hols.
I'll contact Peter next week (and mention you).
Regards, Alan