[RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread S Meyer
Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards? Have too many planes, need to build some storage boxes. TIA Steve Meyer SOAR LSF IV RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Bill's Email
Try the local sign shops and their suppliers. That stuff is often used for signs and I have gotten 4 by 8 sheets from a sign supply store out here in SOCAL before. S Meyer wrote: Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Peter Jensen
I'm not in the same area, but would be interested in any off the wall ideas you get. I've found it at sign stores in Texas before, but you have to find the right sign store because many aren't willing to sell out their raw material. 4x8 sheets of the 4mm? thick stuff (political signs)

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Ben Wilson
I used a 4' x 8' sheet of 4mm stuff for that box. I procured the coroplast from a FastSigns franch for $40, though there is a coro supplier here in town that sells the stuff for $20 (I needed it right away). The first place I tried to buy a sheet from wanted $90 for a sheet! That's the

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread junk1
If you are near a large city with plastics suppliers, the coroplast should be about $9.00 to $14.00 per sheet for the thin or standard and around $15.00 to $20.00 for the thick stuff. It is usually only available from wholesale suppliers, so make up a biz. name and tell them to go ahead and tax

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Michael Whitman
Try this link: http://www.harborsales.net/fullsheetlookup.cfm? categoryID=6subcategoryID=12cat=Plastic%20Sheets Mike Whitman On Mar 29, 2006, at 7:11 AM, S Meyer wrote: Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated plastic sheets? Chicago area... Lowes, Home

[RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Mark Wales
I purchased the sheets I used to make the 2 boxes I have from a sign making company in Little Rock AR. They cost me around $8.00 per 4'x8' sheet. They come in about 8-10 colors that I seen. Mark Soaring Is Life!! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and

Re: [RCSE] Coroplast source

2006-03-29 Thread Doug McLaren
On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 09:11:09AM -0600, S Meyer wrote: | Was wondering where is the best source for coroplast or corrugated | plastic sheets? Look up `plastics' in the yellow pages and call places. Any larger city usually has some available locally. Places like Home Depot generally don't