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Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 4/22/1999, 10:01 am
In Response To: Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material (Paul Jacobson)

> I've seen this stuff ( ors something similar) at a local home/hardware
> store by the sheets of melamine and 'tile board' paneling they sell for
> people to use in bathrooms. The stuff is used to make joints between
> panels, comes in white, in 8 foot lengths, and is pretty cheap.

> With wall paneling, it makes really obvious and tacky looking panel
> joints, but I think there must be a requirement that they use this stuff
> in the bathrooms of fast-food places.

There are several types of this stuff:

It comes in both 1/8" and 1/4" panel-thickness sizes There are really brittle, cheezy-plastic varieties, and nice, thicker, vinyl-type h-channels

Check compatibility with your epoxy before committing it to your boat

Shawn

Messages In This Thread

Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
Paul Shane -- 4/21/1999, 4:40 pm
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
David Binger -- 4/26/1999, 9:29 am
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
JC -- 4/24/1999, 11:56 pm
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Material
Paul Jacobson -- 4/25/1999, 10:08 pm
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
Paul Jacobson -- 4/22/1999, 3:30 am
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/1999, 10:01 am
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
Paul Jacobson -- 4/22/1999, 9:55 pm
Re: Plastic "H" shaped Seaming Material
Alex Sheridan -- 4/21/1999, 6:39 pm