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SolidSurface.com Celebrates 10 Solid Years!

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SolidSurface.com Warehouse in Tucson, AZ

SolidSurface.com Warehouse in Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ–SurfaceNet LLC d/b/a SolidSurface.com is proud to announce its 10th year as the leading Internet source for purchasing decorative solid surface sheet materials, tools, accessories and custom Corian® vanity tops.  Where it was once thought that no one would buy a sheet of solid surface material off the Internet, SolidSurface.com has achieved a decade of success and over 20% year-over-year growth.  While featuring popular solid surface brands such as DuPont™ Corian®, LG HI-MACS®, Aristech™ Avonite®, Samsung™ Staron®, Formica®, Wilsonart®, Hanwha™ Hanex®, and Meganite®, SolidSurface.com has also built its reputation on strong customer service and ease of searching, ordering and shipping.

The Launch

SolidSurface.com Display Booth

SolidSurface.com Display Booth

Using countertop remnants lying around in the garage, co-founders, Ed and Kyle Carpenter, a father and son team, began, as a hobby, creating one-of-a-kind applications with solid surface.  One such item was a  guitar body in the style of a Fender Telecaster and another a sculpture portraying  the loss of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11.  They also began fashioning pieces into cutting boards and selling them on eBay.  After realizing they could work smarter, not harder, by selling remnant pieces, they launched SolidSurfaceSurplus.com.  In early 2007, they formed the parent company SurfaceNet LLC and, in May of 2007, acquired the URL “SolidSurface.com.”  They then started working directly with manufacturers and distributors to source overstock and premium grade material, continuing to build out their various product lines. Continue reading →

SolidSurface.com Recognized as Top 300 E-Commerce Company

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SolidSurface.com Top 300 B2B E-Commerce Site

SolidSurface.com Top 300 B2B E-Commerce Site

Tucson, AZ—SolidSurface.com–the online source where you can purchase virtually any brand, color or size of solid surface decorative surfacing material–has been named by Internet Retailer and B2BeCommerceWorld.com as one of the top300 B2B (Business to Business) e-commerce companies for 2017 for the second consecutive year. They have impressively been ranked 39th in the Hardware/Home Improvement Industry. Additionally significant, Internet Retailer magazine has also recognized SolidSurface.com as a Top 1000 general e-commerce website, not just B2B, for the past four years.

B2B E-Commerce companies in the Hardware/Home Improvement category are expected to grow by 28%, to more than $13 billion, up from $10 billion last year, mainly due to the continued strength of the housing Continue reading →

The New Mystera: The Unique and Popular Solid Surface Returns in 100% Acrylic

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Mystera BathroomMystera was the first solid surface product, developed in mid-1990’s, to successfully emulate the look of natural quarried stone with the use of multi-colored, multi-directional, swirls and veining, in addition to traditional inclusion of large and small particulates. This set in motion a new look for the solid surface industry, with many brands following their lead.

Today, Mystera is back and better than ever!

With the re-introduction of Mystera you’ll benefit from higher performance standards and new contemporary styles, at very competitive prices.

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How to Find Solid Surface Material on SolidSurface.com

Corian®, Mystera®, Staron®, Hi-MACS®, Formica® Solid Surface, Hanex®, Meganite®, House Premium®, Wilsonart®, Avonite® and Basix® sheets are among the many brands of sheets available on SolidSurface.com. We will focus on how to find these sheets (in various brands and colors) within our Stocked Material (“consistently available”) and Overstock Material (“inventory varies” options. View the video instruction below and/or continue reading to learn how to effectively find material.

Selecting Stocked vs. Overstock Materials

Stocked Material includes full product lines from leading manufacturers that are in-production and consistently available.   Here we offer material in standard full sheet sizes (30” x 144”) and thicknesses (¼” and ½”.)

Overstock Material consists of a huge selection of discounted full and partial sheets. Inventory levels can vary and are available on a first come first serve basis.  Overstock material may include in-production and discontinued colors that can be hard to find. They range in size from small pieces (5” x 30”) to full sheets (30” x 144”) and range in thickness from ¼” to ½”.

Locate Stocked Material

To find Stocked Material, mouse over Stocked Material on the navigation bar to reveal your available Stocked Material Options.  You can select from one of the brands listed, the additional options, or simply click on the Stocked Material button.  Let’s select the LG HI-MACS  brand for this demonstration.

Now we are on the “Product Listing” page where we can narrow down our shopping options for the brand we selected.   Options to filter by include: color family, pattern, thickness and price range (presented as a slider bar), to name a few.  Looking at the color options, you will see a number in parentheses beside it. This number represents the number of matching colors for that option. (For example, there are 4 blacks available in the  LG HI-MACS  brand.)  Each time an option is selected, or a slider bar is moved, it will refresh the page.

There are additional viewing options in the product listing to help your search.  You can sort by name, price, color hue, and more.  You can also view the products as a list or as a grid, as well as change the number of results shown per page.

You can also click on the image thumbnails to reveal larger versions of the product images.  Click on the product name or the “more info” button to go to the product page.

The product page contains product details, size options and additional product recommendations (such as matching adhesives, dispensing guns and abrasives.)  For convenience, you can also add the item to your shopping cart from here.

That wraps up the summary of how to find stocked material.

Locating Overstocked Material

Finding Overstock Material is a similar process, but there are important differences we want to point out.  Mouse over the Overstock Material on the navigation bar to reveal numerous options that might help narrow-down your initial search.  To view all overstock material available, click the “Overstock Material” button.

The Overstock Section has many of the same shopping (filtering) options as Stocked Material, along with a few more. These include: Full and Partial Sheets, Length and Width, Brand, Price/Sqft, Minimum Qty Purchase, and Production Status.  You can mouse over the “?” to learn more about each filter option, but we’d like to focus your attention on a particularly useful one: the “Minimum Qty Purchase” option.

Some overstock material must be purchased in minimum quantities.  For convenience, we’ve put this information in the product listing as well as on the product detail pages.  As an example, some Select Grade material is only available as 8-packs, and often times those are the best deals. Therefore, you may want to use the filter to only show material with a minimum qty of “8 or more” to filter out the other material.

Alternatively, you may only need one sheet. In this case you would set the range on the filter from “1 to 1”, filtering out all larger minimum quantity requirements.

The overstock product list can be also be sorted. To enable this, we have provided some important sorting criteria including name, quantity available, color hue, length, width, thickness, sqft, date last updated, to name a few.

Now it’s time to set out on your search to find the perfect material for your project! Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you should need any assistance finding the material you are looking for.

Where to Buy Corian® and Other Brands of Solid Surface Sheet Material

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Karran Seamless Undermount Solid SurfaceIt’s one of the more common questions that drive visitors to SolidSurface.com and it’s one of the primary reasons we have become a leader in providing so many variations of solid surface products.

Sure, you can buy a finished bathroom, kitchen countertop, shower surround, or other Corian®-related project, from thousands of qualified professionals or even most of the big box stores.  But the question often arises, “Where can I get the raw sheet goods to either do my own projects, or purchase material inexpensively and have a professional build and install it for me?”  Or, if you’re a professional, you’ve probably been on a search for a place to get all your material in one-stop-shopping fashion and at discounted prices.

So Where DO You Buy Sheet Material?

Solid Surface WarehouseQualified professionals often purchase material through certified distributors. Each distributor typically represents one or more manufacturer’s brands.  Teaming with a local distributor is a great way to go if that’s an option in your area.

Here at SolidSurface.com, we provide yet another layer of convenience. We uniquely offer multiple full product lines of sheet goods, as well as a wide variety of discontinued and overstock material in full and partial sheets, from leading manufacturers.  Our powerful search tools enable you to filter all material by brand, color, pattern, size, price, and more.  Additional product offerings include color-matched adhesives, abrasives, tooling and sinks.

As an added bonus, SolidSurface.com provides online educational resources such as our Solid Surface 101, Working with Solid Surface and Countertop Fundamentals series.  We also publish a blog with content-rich information including industry news, customer and fabricator profiles, how-to articles, company announcements and much more.

SolidSurface.com is also host to ProFinder, a resource for our customers and visitors—such as architects, designers, or homeowners—to locate local fabrication professionals across the country.  We are big proponents of the “Go Local” movement!

So, even if you don’t want to take on a project yourself (which is always a rewarding experience), we certainly encourage you to use SolidSurface.com to simplify and streamline your endeavor. Using our advanced search tools to locate the perfect material for your project and ProFinder to find a fabrication professional in your area will help bring your vision to life!