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I just wanted to add another question that caught me off guard last week while I was at Rainbow Art Glass' open house in New Jersey. I was showing a thick, strip pattern piece to Kat from Uroboros, and a woman who was standing nearby asked me if it was Corian! I wasn't sure if that was an insult or a compliment. If nothing else, I guess I had a convincing finish on the piece.

Tony

i would call it a compliment. think about how much money that company has invested in refining the look of that product to be so appealing to so many people. rosanna

Heh! Hey, Tony, that's one I've never been asked before! KEWL!

I'd take it as a compliment and forget it. People have no clue sometimes that they're being insulting to us when they ask if our work is recycled plastic, Corian or whatever. They're just amazed and say the first thing that pops into their heads, no matter what it is.

Geri

Learn to comb Corian and you'll have something.

i don't really know what corian is, i went to the website and i'm still trying to figure it out....did the person think your work was a piece of countertop???????

they make moulded sinks as well. it can be carved and shaped like wood. yachts use alot of it. the cabinet shop guys spend alot of time wet sanding it to get just the surface that tony has on some of his work. those wealthy swmbo's (she who must be obeyed) are very particular about finish. rosanna

Put it this way Corian can be just as expensive as granite or marble which usually means quality in countertops - guess you can chalk it up to an innocent ignorant compliment.....

-terry o.

lauren wrote:i don't really know what corian is, i went to the website and i'm still trying to figure it out....did the person think your work was a piece of countertop???????

solid plastic countertops is the most common application for it.