Date:         Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:37:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: corrugated plastic
Comments: To: craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>
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Actually, this is the first reasonable notion I have ever heard as to what
to do with these horrid things that will last almost forever, but have only
a few days or weeks of useful life: use them for shingles to cover the
vanagon paint booth that is being discussed in Ed's other thread. Just hope
your neighborhood association doesn't get a glimpse of it!

Jim

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:10 AM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> build a corrugated plastic fort!
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:23 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > For some reason I find myself with a lot of corrugated plastic signs,
> metal
> > stands, and wooded stakes all appropriate for something, let us say
> making
> > signs, for instance (Flashing Light post).  Now I have used the metal for
> > holding up plants, welding practice, and cut with a bolt cutter for
> > recycle.
> > The wood can be used in fireplaces, staking plants, kid projects, and
> > filling my trash cans.  The corrugated plastic works well under paint
> cans
> > and filling my trash cans.  I need some ideas for recycling the signs
> into
> > something useful.  My oldest son takes a combination of the above to W VA
> > where he and his friend use them for shotgun practice.  With this wise
> and
> > august list there must be some ideas out there.
> >
> > Ed- cornering the market in corrugated plastic, one sign at a time
> >
>