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12-02-2009, 06:53 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Columbia
, South Carolina
Join Date: May 2009
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Formica ideas
Here's a link to some (new) old formica styles. They can be special ordered at the big box stores for the same price as standard styles and they can be ordered in 4x8,10,12 5x8,10,12 or 6x8,10,12 ft. I recently ordered a 5x8 sheet because it was the most efficient use of material. It took about a week to get here and cost about $1.80 sq.ft. Just take the style number and description with you if you decide to order some.
http://www.formica.co.uk/publish/sit...brochures.html
(hope the link works)
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12-02-2009, 08:05 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1975 31' Excella 500
Amherst
, Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2009
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I love Boomerangs!
The "Aqua Boomerang" pattern was put in my Grandmother's new house in 1955! I have always loved that pattern! In one of her baths they had the same pattern in a bright sunny yellow. It would be a super-kewl choice for a 50's-vintage Airstream!
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12-02-2009, 08:16 AM
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Site Team
1974 31' Sovereign
Ottawa
, ON
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 11,219
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Wow, an eight page document that "weighs" over a gig?
Needs to go on a diet!
Mind you, it has a bunch of really nice styles...
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12-02-2009, 08:49 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 31' Sovereign
Lexington
, Minnesota
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,991
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Nah - its only 1.15 Meg, not over a gig. Dang decimal points...
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12-02-2009, 09:06 AM
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Rivet Master
1965 28' Ambassador
Irving
, Texas
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 604
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thanks
Nice Formica styles. I am looking for the cracked ice pattern which Formica doesn't show.I have found it,but at small suppliers only available in 4x10
@ $475-$675 a sheet!!
If anyone out there is looking for this pattern in red and wants to split a sheet ,let me know.
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12-02-2009, 10:08 AM
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Site Team
1974 31' Sovereign
Ottawa
, ON
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 11,219
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Minno
Nah - its only 1.15 Meg, not over a gig. Dang decimal points...
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Yes, sorry, I meant a meg. But I still say it's overweight. LOL!
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12-02-2009, 11:11 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 31' Sovereign
Lexington
, Minnesota
Join Date: Feb 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aage
Yes, sorry, I meant a meg. But I still say it's overweight. LOL!
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Grin - and here I was thinking it was a pretty small file size for 8 pages of fairly good quality pictures. But then, I deal with lots of really, really big files every day.
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01-19-2011, 10:34 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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Maybe your looking
On EBAY second week of Jan...2011
The price looks great...if the color is something you can use.
Formica Boomerang laminate #6942-58 - eBay (item 250749971168 end time Jan-30-11 10:50:53 PST)
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01-21-2011, 10:18 AM
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Rivet Master
1965 28' Ambassador
Irving
, Texas
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 604
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Nice pattern.Unfortunately the stuff I want is not made by Formica or Wilsonart.It is only available in 4x10 @$450 a sheet from small suppliers.Cool patterns like cracked ice and boomerang in about 20 colors.
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01-21-2011, 09:36 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2007 19' Bambi
2005 18' Westphalia
Evans
, GA
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 218
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We have orange boomerang in our pool house.
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01-22-2011, 02:42 PM
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Rivet Idiot
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Currently Looking...
On The Lake
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bwaysteve
Nice pattern.Unfortunately the stuff I want is not made by Formica or Wilsonart.It is only available in 4x10 @$450 a sheet from small suppliers.Cool patterns like cracked ice and boomerang in about 20 colors.
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Annette and I went to Home depot this Thursday and ordered a 4'X8' sheet of #6940-58/Skylark Boomerang. Total including tax was $56.10. That is enough to do our kitchen and bath counters in our Excella. Whoever the guy that ordered it for us talked to said they a a lot of Boomerang left but they would not replace if something happens down the road. Not sure what other colors are available. Should look pretty cool. We also found an oval stainless steel sink for the bath up on E-bay. I'll post pic's when we get it done. Found a guy who will put the Formica on for around $75.00. Yip-ee
Joe
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03-22-2011, 11:38 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1973 31' Sovereign
Fort Worth
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Bird's nest, I LOVE the orange boomerang in your pool house!!!! Gives me all kinds of ideas;-)
Samara
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03-22-2011, 03:44 PM
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Rivet Master
1957 26' Overlander
Currently Looking...
Saint Augustine
, Florida
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bird's Nest
We have orange boomerang in our pool house.
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Very Cool!!!
Rae
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03-25-2011, 06:03 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Columbia
, South Carolina
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 173
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It looks like they changed the destination on the link... I've read recently that they're discontinuing a lot of the older styles. We're re-doing a '73 Shasta and have started looking for formica ideas again, only to find them limited.
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03-25-2011, 07:19 AM
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Rivet Idiot
1999 34' Excella
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On The Lake
, Georgia
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Got it installed
Here is the finished project with the Aqua Boomerang. We got a little carried away and replaced the faucet also. Cabinet dude had some old leftover aluminum trim so we put that on as well. And while we were on a roll, did the bathroom too. Found a new stainless steel sink. Now we need to get rid of that ugly wall paper in bath.
Cabinet guy was more than $75. by about 5X with the trim and back splashes. He made new counter tops from plywood so he could screw in the trim.
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03-25-2011, 08:17 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
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My formica job
I wanted to replace the original tops with formica ...something plain. I asked around and found rolls of formica abandoned in a lumber yard storage shop. I chose the red to fit the colors inside the Curtis already...(original was a white tile pattern.) 5$ for a 12 x 4 roll. A can of adhesive and a throw away brush.
Let me tell you, cutting formica without chipping is an ordeal. I found that going very slowly with a very fine tooth jig saw blade the best. GO SLOW.
Adhesive applied to both surfaces and let it dry completely. I used 1/2 dozen broom/mop handles laid across the plywood tops to align and keep separate the two pieces for the joining. You cannot even touch the pieces together for the alignment....they touch...they are done....stuck. I found that by cutting the formica a few inches larger than the top gave some lattitude to work with. Slid the handles out one at a time and had the good adhesion.
I used a router to now trim off the excess edges for final size.
A chipped formica edge is sharper than a scalpel.....I had it literally shave pieses off my hands as I worked with it and some chipped pieces.....be careful.
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03-29-2011, 11:52 AM
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3 Rivet Member
Columbia
, South Carolina
Join Date: May 2009
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I went to a Formica distributor today and they contacted the main warehouse (in Indiana?). Formica has discontinued the boomerang and virrvarr patterns, but there is still some left in supply.
6940-58 Skylark Boomerang 5 sheets 4x8, 21-5x8
6941-58 Coral Boomerang I got there last 2 sheets
6959-58 Aqua Boomerang 43-4x8, 23 5x?
6943-58 Virrvarr white 58+ sheets left
There's still some out there.
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04-25-2011, 12:01 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1973 Argosy 26
1966 30' Sovereign
Currently Looking...
Southern
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Apr 2011
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We just remodeled our kitchen in our (non-mobile) home with the Aqua Boomerang Formica, we ordered 2 5 X 8 and 1 4 X 8 sheets from Lowes for less than $200...sadly it has been taken out of production and will only be available until their (Formica) stock is depleted...we are just lucky that we didn't wait another year to do the kitchen remod.
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04-25-2011, 12:48 PM
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Rivet Master
1958 26' Overlander
Mesa
, Arizona
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mnmhays
We just remodeled our kitchen in our (non-mobile) home with the Aqua Boomerang Formica, we ordered 2 5 X 8 and 1 4 X 8 sheets from Lowes for less than $200...sadly it has been taken out of production and will only be available until their (Formica) stock is depleted...we are just lucky that we didn't wait another year to do the kitchen remod.
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Pics??? I'd love to see what it looks like up close. It's hard to see the detail in AirHeadsRus' pics. I'm thinking about using this color for my '58.
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