Kris wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can buy sheets of pearlite?? I have tried
google
> and can't seem to locate a supplier. All I see is definitions and gun
grips
> made from it.
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
Mebbe try a lutherie supplier? If I understand it correctly, that is.
I'm thinking pearlite is, um, sheets of pearly-looking stuff (like what
is used for accents on guitar necks).
If that's the case, I would repost this message to the
music.makers.builders newsgroup. I can't remember if it's rec. or alt.
Hope it helps.
-Phil Crow
I am looking for pearlite 1/4" and thicker luthier suppliers don't have
that.
Thanks though
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> Kris wrote:
>> Does anyone know where I can buy sheets of pearlite?? I have tried
> google
>> and can't seem to locate a supplier. All I see is definitions and gun
> grips
>> made from it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kris
>
> Mebbe try a lutherie supplier? If I understand it correctly, that is.
> I'm thinking pearlite is, um, sheets of pearly-looking stuff (like what
> is used for accents on guitar necks).
>
> If that's the case, I would repost this message to the
> music.makers.builders newsgroup. I can't remember if it's rec. or alt.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> -Phil Crow
>
Kris notes:
>
>I am looking for pearlite 1/4" and thicker luthier suppliers don't have
>that.
I tried a fast Google or two and discovered, among other things, that
"pearlite" is heavily involved with metals, specifically sheet steel in the
instances I found. So that's not much help.
I did try looking up plastics manufacturers. I suggest you do the same: you'll
find most are Asian, I think (seem to be heavily Indian, then Chinese,
Malaysian, Thai). Check with their sites to see what they make and then find a
way (this may be a lot of fun) to ask them who their U.S. distributors are.
Good luck.
Charlie Self
"I think we agree, the past is over." George W. Bush
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote:
> I tried a fast Google or two and discovered, among other things, that
> "pearlite" is heavily involved with metals, specifically sheet steel in the
> instances I found. So that's not much help.
>
> I did try looking up plastics manufacturers. I suggest you do the same: you'll
> find most are Asian, I think (seem to be heavily Indian, then Chinese,
> Malaysian, Thai). Check with their sites to see what they make and then find a
> way (this may be a lot of fun) to ask them who their U.S. distributors are.
Your post, Charlie, led me to pull out my woodturning catalogs as the
pen makers often use similar pearly material but not in sheet form. It
appears a more accurate label instead of pearlite would be acrylester
and celluloid. A quick google search using these words along with sheet
and knife or gun turned up what I think is what the OP is looking for.
For example:
<http://www.texasknife.com/store/s-pages/TKS_7HandleMat-3.htm#IN01S>
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