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Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on April 13, 2010 at 6:54pm

Good luck getting anything free from Lowe's, other than parking.

Hit the Yellow Pages and find "Custom Kitchen Counters." I brought ol' number one CBG with me and the guys there were so tickled they let me rummage through the trash and walk off with a lifetime's worth of corian I'm going to use for nuts/saddles. I like the ivory-looking stuff called "Vanilla." If you want to go crazy and go for the Kandy Kolored Tangerine Flake, knock yourself out.

A bit thick for inlays, but your mileage may vary.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on April 14, 2010 at 5:30am

holy crap, BRILLIANT! grab this man a guinness

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Permalink Reply by Dave Breault on April 14, 2010 at 5:40am

Damn, never thought of that, I have a stack of them from my kitchen remodel, I second the Guinness!

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Permalink Reply by Tracy Tomlinson on April 17, 2010 at 3:18am

I've had kind of the same experience. When people see what I am building they are blown away by it and offer me anything I need for nothing. Ya just gotta keep trolling and you'll catch what you need!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Jehle on April 17, 2010 at 10:56am

The Taylor Palette guitar used Formica inlay in the 12th fret to make a forklift. That's a bit extreme for inlay, and they did it for Formica! Yeah, it's a cool idea, and you can't beat free stuff.

Great idea taking a CBG to the store and asking to look in the trash. :) That's something I'm going to go do... right NOW!

Bill

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Permalink Reply by Andy Estabrooks on April 17, 2010 at 4:16pm

We can call it "Mother of kitchen sink"!

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