Azek sheeting

John, thank you. I have a customer that wants to sell me 74 sheets of Azek PVC I need to go in today and look at it. I was told it is either 1/2" or either 3/4" smooth on one side wood grain textured on the other side.

Is this stable enough to use for exterior routed signs?

Is it structurally stable enough to build furniture from?

How hard could it be glued wood grain to wood grain or would I be better off to surface off the woodgrain then glue it together?

Don't you need to prime it first?

As for Duna board it is great but it will break. You should use an aluminum or wood backer on one sided signs or sandwiched in between 2 pieces of duna for 2 sided signs.

Thanks
Gary

Gary Wiant said:

John, thank you. I have a customer that wants to sell me 74 sheets of Azek PVC I need to go in today and look at it. I was told it is either 1/2" or either 3/4" smooth on one side wood grain textured on the other side.

Is this stable enough to use for exterior routed signs?

Is it structurally stable enough to build furniture from?

How hard could it be glued wood grain to wood grain or would I be better off to surface off the woodgrain then glue it together?

Don't you need to prime it first?

As for Duna board it is great but it will break. You should use an aluminum or wood backer on one sided signs or sandwiched in between 2 pieces of duna for 2 sided signs.

Thanks
Gary

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Use it anywhere you would use pvc. They are using it for decking and replacement for the spruce boards on Tudor style houses here. Solid color throughout. Don't even have to paint the brown or white. But it ain't cheap.

Don't know about the furniture build -- you would have to do some testing. Probably would depend on the size and thickness of it.

Gluing wood grain to wood grain could be done. That pvc cement is some powerful stuff. But you could glue smooth side to smooth side with the texture facing the outside. You can also use a jointer or table saw to make bigger boards, just like with wood.

When you say sheets - is that 4 x 8? Never saw it like that here (course I never looked either). Just the boards. Do you have a use or idea for it?? My thinking is - if the price is right - you never know when you'll find a use for it. Can never have too much material on hand. I've got oak and cherry boards that have been stacked in my basement for over 30 years. Must be dry by now - got to start using it up now I've got a machine to carve it. The cherry is almost like petrified wood now.

Never have had Corafoam break. Love carving it, but people seem to prefer wood grain and finish, so I don't use it much. Maybe if I start painting (depends on Scottart's abilities to teach an artistic dummy) I'll be able to use it a little more. If you sandwich the Corafoam - what do you use to stick the foam to the sandwich material?