[dorkbotsea-blabber] Foam source in Seattle?

[Steve Greenfield]

--- Wim Lewis <wiml at hhhh.org> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 14, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Steve Greenfield wrote:
> > --- Wim Lewis <wiml at hhhh.org> wrote:
> >> There's a sort of extruded white mostly-rigid plastic board
> that  
> >> I  see a lot on displays or cheap outdoor signs (like towing- 
> >> company notices). Try an art store.
> >
> > It goes by several different brand names. Coroplast is one.
> >
> > Just a link to show what it looks like, is this what you mean?
> > http://www.beacongraphics.com/coroplast.html
> 
> That's the stuff, all right. I'm pretty sure I've seen it in art 
> stores, next to the foam-cored-cardboard display board and so on.
> It  
> might be cheaper elsewhere, of course!

Great stuff. I've even made shipping boxes out of it. Tacoma
Plastics has it for about $12 for a 4x8 sheet. A buck or two each
for 18x24 sheets (size of all those roadside political signs).

I've often thought about scavenging the signs after the elections,
but I have enough junk. I'm even finally selling off my Amiga
stuff... sniff.



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