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Old Counter top? #17124375 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario We had this kind of countertop in the cabin. Anyone know anything about it? These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124435 04/02/22 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 R rem141r Campfire Outfitter rem141r Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 looks like brushed aluminum or stainless steel My diploma is a DD214

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124444 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario Rem, the edges are shiny, the flat black is what I'm wondering about. It's too soft to be metal. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124452 04/02/22 Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 3 TN A alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger alwaysoutdoors Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 28,184 Likes: 3 TN

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124458 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,181 Likes: 1 The town Del Shannon made famo... Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,181 Likes: 1 The town Del Shannon made famo... Concrete? Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124464 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario Not a hard surface. I'm thinking it was in common use at one time. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124470 04/02/22 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 R rem141r Campfire Outfitter rem141r Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 oh it looked like metal. i think i know what you are talking about, not sure of the name. some kind of masonite-like sheeting with a hard coating. 50's era. My diploma is a DD214

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124532 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,348 Likes: 3 Squidge Campfire Tracker Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,348 Likes: 3 Originally Posted by wabigoon Not a hard surface. I'm thinking it was in common use at one time. Linoleum? Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

Re: Old Counter top? Squidge #17124537 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario That's possible. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124542 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario Years back, I watched a piece on making linoleum. They skimmed of the skin off the top of huge vats of linseed oil, ground it, and pressed, and baked it. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124598 04/02/22 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673 Nebr Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673 Nebr Phenolic Resin. Sometimes referred to as Bakelite. Came in sheets, pre cursor to Formica. Swifty

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124607 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario AhHa! That may be it! Thanks Swifty! These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124756 04/02/22 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,012 Box Elder Reba Campfire Regular Reba Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,012 Box Elder Formica When the tailgate drops the BS stops.

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124780 04/02/22 Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario W wabigoon OP Campfire Kahuna OP wabigoon Campfire Kahuna W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 60,996 Likes: 18 Iowa/NW Ontario It's not hard. These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124857 04/02/22 Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673 Nebr Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Swifty52 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 8,673 Nebr Bakelite/phenolic resin sheets. It was most commonly used in school labs but also home countertops. Swifty

Re: Old Counter top? wabigoon #17124882 04/02/22 Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,217 Likes: 41 TN slumlord Campfire Kahuna slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 67,217 Likes: 41 TN plutonium