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How To Install Corian Solid Surface Vanity Tops

The installed top, ready for use!

Custom Corian Vanity Tops, by SolidSurface.com are a great addition to any bathroom.

Whether you’ve already purchased your new vanity top, or you are in the research phase of buying one, the top is going to need to be installed  One option, for the do-it-for-me type, would be to contact a professional or plumber to complete the install for you,  but for the remainder of you we’ve written this handy instructional guide  with some simple steps to install your new top.

The top photographed throughout this guide is a Custom Corian Vanity Top configured on SolidSurface.com, shipped directly to, and installed by, the homeowner.  Continue reading

Avonite Adds 35 Solid Surface Colors To It’s New International Pallete

Avonite® Surfaces, a brand of Aristech Surfaces LLC, is launching  35 solid surface colors in its new International Pallet of Avonite colors.

Architects and designers increasingly work the world over, and Avonite’s new International Palette provides them a truly global range of trend setting colors and designs. This palette allows them to make exciting and creative product and color choices no matter where in the world the project may be.

Whether or not you work the world over, are tied to an ethnic enclave or geographic region, and/or you love the colors of your heritage, the Avonite International pallet gives you that forward reaching set of tools to color your creations. Continue reading

Get the Thickness of Granite and Quartz Vanity Tops with the Warmth and Hygiene of Corian®

Have you ever wished you had a bathroom vanity top that had the thicker and heavier look of stone (granite or quartz) but retained that sought after warm comforting feel and hygienic properties that you get with standard Corian®, and other brands of solid surface material? Your wish has been granted, read on.

Corian® vanity tops can be constructed with an extra layer of 1/2″-thick Corian® material sandwiched between the sink and the top. Because Corian® is seamless when glued together with the matching adhesive, this makes the top appear to be as thick as the front and side edges.

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Furniture Created Out of LG Hausys’ HI-MACS® Adds Streamlined Function & Cutting Edge Design to Beaugrenelle Commercial Center in Paris

Take a minute to imagine the perfect shopping setting…a center that offers hundreds of product options in one place, while also offering high-tech interactive information centers and (to top it off!) unparalleled comfort to make your experience more enjoyable and relaxing.

Answering this need, Brandimage, a global consultancy of brand-equity architects and designers, stepped in to design key pieces of “screen furniture” to make the ‘enjoyable and relaxing’ vision of Beaugrenelle Commercial Center in Paris, France, a reality. Continue reading

Dye Sublimation – Bringing Your Corian® & Solid Surface to Life With Imagery

Want to add more artistry and pizzazz to your business or home office, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, family room or bedroom? Look no further than your Corian® or Solid Surface!

Thanks to an exciting new process called dye sublimation, you can now transfer any design, logo, photograph or image (no matter how simple or complex) onto your solid surface material.

Dye Sublimation in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s offices at Inverdee House in Aberdeen, Scotland. Reception desk project by Keppie Design Architects; photo Simon Price. Photograph courtesy of DuPont.

Dye Sublimation in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s offices at Inverdee House in Aberdeen, Scotland. Reception desk project by Keppie Design Architects; photo Simon Price. Photograph courtesy of DuPont.


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