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shmokes:


--- Quote from: Flinkly on March 23, 2005, 01:05:59 am ---uh, well in my experience, formica is what you call a kind of laminate.

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Unless I'm misunderstanding you, that is incorrect.  Formica is just a brand of laminate, not a type of laminate.  There are also Wilsonart and Pionite and at least one other big name that I don't recall.  Wilsonart has the best colors assortment, in my opinion and when comparing two similar colors I nearly always prefer the hue offered by Wilsonart over the cometitors.

As for repairing chips check out this product called Seamfil.  There are an assortment of colors and color matching charts for the laminates of all the major brands.  1Up used black to repair a knick on his original Pacmamea cab a while back and was very satisfied with the result. 

Gravesniffer:

Breaker...

In Calgary.  Waiting for it to warm up already.   :-\

Actually, I got talked into going to Edmonton for the long weekend so I forgot to take pics.  I am home tomorrow and will post em then.

Intruder...

I chipped the laminate on the first panel I had to cut a bevel on.  There was no wood exposed, so I just painted it black and it was for the most part unnoticeable.  I was reading up on the Seamfil that shmokes posted and I think I will try that.  It even has color matching chart for all the different laminate brands.

I guess that was another lesson learned with the laminate.  I chipped it by cutting it laminate side down.  I cut all the other bevels laminate side up (and scored the cut line with a knife) with the saw blade in the full up position.  This kept the laminate from chipping (made very smooth cuts).  I dunno if this is how the experts do it, but it worked for me.

Schmokes...

Kudos for the link!

'Sniffer

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