Sundeala

In message , "Just zis Guy, you know?" writes

What on earth do you want that stuff for?

=3D>I just bought two 8'x4' sheets of 12mm Sundeala for =C2=A360 from Tr= avis Perkins =3D>(formerly Archers) in Reading. Not bad, I thought.

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote

About 35% of the retail price of the 1200mm x 600mm sheets we sell is to cover the cost of shipping to our shop.

It is NOT a cheap product here in the UK.

John.

Normally £54 per sheet, and yes it is extortionate!

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=>"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote =>

=>60 pounds? That's $130 Can.... Too much IMO. If that's the best you can get =>it for in the good old UK, someone is ripping you off. =>

=>About 35% of the retail price of the 1200mm x 600mm sheets we sell is to =>cover the cost of shipping to our shop.

Good grief! Where is it coming from?

=>It is NOT a cheap product here in the UK. =>

=>John.

I thought it was made in the UK. Isn't it a pressed papaer product? Or pressed wood-fibre?

WARNING: May also contain traces of such fine fibres that certain timber merchants may refuse, on health grounds, to cut it for you......I gave loads of the stuff away some time ago, as ready-made layout frames, to a local Model Railway Club. It is one of the worst products produced for laying track upon.

Regards,

Colin.

SUNDEALA !

an interesting material-

Soaks up water-based glues, paints etc like a sponge, swells and stains.

Slowly sags if not supported about every 8 inches

Goes brown and crumbly if exposed to sunlight

Easy to cut, but to cut it cleanly - like sawing telephone directories in half. Produces lungfuls or airborne fluff-get a mask or cut it outdoors (but not in the rain) - for this reason, no-one will cut it before delivery, and it comes in sheets too big to get through most loft-hatches

Easy to push pins into - but slowly extrudes them when your back's turned

Finally, for some strange reason, my children seem to like gnawing the edges of it.

Sundeala? NEVER AGAIN !

Duncan

-- Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure . . . than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a grey twilight that is known as Seahouses

"Duncan" wrote

This is basically nonsense. My layout uses Sundeala supported every 24" and there is no sign whatsoever of any sagging after more than five years.

John.

Buy a knife-blade for your power jigsaw.

Cuts through Sundeala and insulation board like a hot knife through butter, and not a trace of sawdust or fluff. Curved trackbed and fancy shapes are easy.

Jigsaw knife-blades are generally intended for cutting rubber, carpet, cork tiles, felt, foam, etc. Not so easy to find at the DIY (try a proper tool shop) but very, very useful around the layout. If you have a grinder it's easy to make your own by grinding the teeth off a worn-out wood-cutting blade.

regards,

Martin.

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Handy, thanks.