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laminate : best material, yet economical?
F1r3f1ght3r:
--- Quote from: NIVO on August 17, 2004, 10:13:01 pm ---Menards has some from Wilson Art you can order(they dont carry black in stock) A sheet of 30" x 96" was quoted to me at $41.80 not including tax.
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I think it depends on the menards.... we have two (menards stores) that are close. the one that I frequent always has black in stock... in different sized sheets.
if you use it.... remember to cut your t-moulding channels BEFORE you put the laminate down.
MonitorGuru:
--- Quote from: F1r3f1ght3r on August 18, 2004, 09:27:29 am ---
--- Quote from: NIVO on August 17, 2004, 10:13:01 pm ---Menards has some from Wilson Art you can order(they dont carry black in stock) A sheet of 30" x 96" was quoted to me at $41.80 not including tax.
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I think it depends on the menards.... we have two (menards stores) that are close. the one that I frequent always has black in stock... in different sized sheets.
if you use it.... remember to cut your t-moulding channels BEFORE you put the laminate down.
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No, as I mentioned above, cut them AFTER you put it down. The thickness of the lamiate will make the width of the side piece off center if you routered out the channels based on the old center. You want to take into account the entire width of the side, with laminate, before routering.
RacerX:
I had no luck at my local Home Depot. All they had in stock were premade countertops with the laminate already applied. Sure you could order, but it cost$ a lot.
I got lucky at Lowe's. They stopped carrying the solid black WilsonArt laminate, but they were able to find it for me at another store, so I got two 4' x 8' sheets for $38 each. If I would have had to order it from them, it would have been about $60 each, which is insane.
F1r3f1ght3r:
--- Quote from: MonitorGuru on August 18, 2004, 09:49:45 am ---No, as I mentioned above, cut them AFTER you put it down. The thickness of the lamiate will make the width of the side piece off center if you routered out the channels based on the old center. You want to take into account the entire width of the side, with laminate, before routering.
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Thank you for correcting my statement.... I should have said if you apply to both sides. on the two cabs that I have put laminate on (after learning the hard way on my original), I used small pieces on the exposed inside faces of the side panels so that I wouldn't have to paint the bare mdf.
I stand corrected.
MonitorGuru:
--- Quote from: RacerX on August 18, 2004, 09:59:15 am ---I had no luck at my local Home Depot. All they had in stock were premade countertops with the laminate already applied. Sure you could order, but it cost$ a lot.
I got lucky at Lowe's. They stopped carrying the solid black WilsonArt laminate, but they were able to find it for me at another store, so I got two 4' x 8' sheets for $38 each. If I would have had to order it from them, it would have been about $60 each, which is insane.
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Did you check in the aisle that has the unfinished oak base and wall cabinets on one side of the aisle and on the other the put-together-yourself base and wall cabinets with different styles from Mills Pride? The holders of the 4x8 and 4x4 sheets of laminate are at the end of the side with the unfinished oak cabinets on, right by the back wall of the store in every home depot i've been in.
$38 a sheet from Lowes for 4x8 is a pretty dang good price if you ask me.
And yes, I was making the assumption you were only putting the laminate on the outside of the cabinet not the inside as well.. Most people use flat black spray paint on the small areas that are visible, and most real cabinets were made that way too, but you definiately can put laminiate, but will end up with more reflection off of it from the screen.