Hello, I fell upon a piece of white corian that was an old countertop for an island in a kitchen. I have cut it down into manageable sizes with a skill saw and squared up some pieces on my table saw. I am ready to make some test signage.
I am planning on selecting a sign outline and lasering the outline on the corian and then cutting with a band saw (or scroll saw if it can cut it) and then sanding and routing the edges. I would then laser the sign using a paper mask and then spray paint over the masking.
I am wondering if this is the preferred method or if there is a better way such as using a template of the sign outline and cutting the corian with a router?
Can you use a keyhole router bit on corian on the back to make a slot for hanging the sign?
Also wonder how deep to engrave the corian when filling with spray paint?
Is corian suitable for oudoor signage?
Can you use something like rub n buff on corian? On a test piece I couldn't wipe the rub n buff off and had to sand it off?
I was at Johnson's Plastics last week in Minneapolis and purchased some of their Bond 634 Vinal cement. I am asuming this would work with corian?
Johnson's Plastics had some very nice looking signs made out of Romark reverse image material. You laser a mirror image on the back of the material and the front is a nice clear plastic matt finish. You can color fill different areas different colors and the signs looks very nice. Has anyone done the reverse imageing on regular acrylic? I tried but the matt look of the Romark seems to work much better? Don't know if there's a way to make acrylic more of a mat finish?
Sorry for all the questions but havn't worked much with plastics yet?
thanks in advance for any advise? Lynn
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