In a message dated 3/18/99 7:52:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, mruskin@PANGEA.CA writes, regarding plastic laminate (such as fomrmica): > However, I don't know if it has enough flex for anything but a hatch or > sliding door cover. Not sure what you'd need to "flex" it around in a Westy, but... I've done a fair amount of cabinetmaking, and have used plastic laminate quite a bit. It is quite flexible. While you can't effectively use it on a 3 dimensional surface (imagine trying to put it on a basketball), it will turn around a rounded (cylindrical) corner very easily -- I've done it on as tight a radius as (guessing here) about 5" My sliding door and rear hatch are both done with it... Doug 68 Beetle 84 Westy 98 Passat |
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