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   steve | Jul 29, 2003 03:17am | #1

   if you are building a c top from corian then you will have to have an approved installer/fabricator do the job for you. manufacturer requires it

   an undermount sink in any countertop is a major task and not for the inexperienced

   caulking is not a piece of trim

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   mickster | Jul 29, 2003 05:49am | #4

   The generic term for products like Corian, Swanstone, Pionite, etc. is solid surface veneer.  I usually get my countertop suppliers to install it for me but they've got a huge backlog so I'm contemplating building the thing myself.  They also charge a pile of money.  Although, if I can't figure out how to do it right, it's worth a pile of money.

   Just to clarify; the cut out for the sink has a 1/2" to 3/4" strip of this stuff around its perimeter.  It's bonded to the laminate and the particle board substrate and the sink itself, and prevents water from getting into any of these joints and messing things up.

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   CloudHidden | Jul 29, 2003 06:22am | #5

   WilsonArt is a veneer. Corian and Avonite are solid surface. "Solid surface veneer" is a contradiction. If there's a laminate and a particle board substrate, it's not a solid surface product. I wouldn't favor an undermount with a laminated product, be/c the edges seem like an accident waiting to happen, but that's just me. I love them with the solid surface.

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   mickster | Jul 29, 2003 10:03pm | #7

   Thanks for all of your responses.  I looks like I'd better pursue Plan B!

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   Gabe | Jul 29, 2003 03:42am | #2

   I'm going to assume for a little bit.

   The undercounter sink you are contemplating is stainless steel.

   You have some kind of solid manmade countertop.

   If so.........you can epoxy small blocks of the counter material to the underside of the sinks outer lip or flange and the underside of the counter material.

   Or...........you can make a sub base out of plywood, route the flange area so that the sink rests flush into the plywood and put a bead of silly cone on top of the flange and lay your countertop over it.

   Or you can call for help.

   Gabe

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   migraine | Jul 29, 2003 04:40am | #3

   Is this "Corian" product a veneer as you have stated or is it a solid 1/2" thick material.  The different mateials require different methods of installing.

   By the way, in my experience the veneer(usaually 1/16"-1/8" thick) is not recommended in my opinion.  What you save in material, will/could cost you more in labor.  The veneer products are usually laminated to industrial partilce board or a veneer plywood. 

   Again, just my opinion

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   DougU | Jul 29, 2003 06:24am | #6

   Migraine

   I know of a couple of solid surface fabricators that wont even touch the veneer stuff any more because of the problems with it, after what they say I wouldnt have the stuff.

   Doug