I would think that a metal fabrication yard could provide them to you for a very reasonable price...

"I would think that a metal fabrication yard could provide them to you for a very reasonable price..."

Agreed. At least, if you define "reasonable" as about $10 a foot and a trip to the seamier side of town. That's the going rate here direct from the fabricator. You also have to have a way to cut it, and deburr the edge. Attaching it is probably best done with contact cement over a MDF substrate which you've previously attached to the toekick area, just like you would do a stainless counter. That means you'll need a "return" edge wherever any edges are exposed, but it also makes for a much sturdier installation.

Thanks - live wire - at $10 a foot, it's about a 1/4 of the price being quoted by the cabinet company! I'll check into it.

I suggest trying this for a visual check before committing your dollars. I thought I wanted this as well and used a scrap stainless piece to mock it up. The shiny toekicks did not look nice and worse.. they looked smudged and dirty if someone stood in front and their feet/ show touched the toekick. I abandoned this idea and went with painted toekicks. For the integrated appliances, the painted toekicks are held in place by Velcro.

We used Frigo Design for stainless toe kicks for our integrated frig/freezer.

Here is a link that might be useful: Frigo Design

Hmm, wonder what they are? Never have found SS I could cut with a knife.
"stick, if you need to cut them use regular utility knife ��" "

Funny, was thinking the same thing...I don't think a utility knife is going to touch SS, thinking that doors2me is selling aluminum with a SS finish

What we do when doing a SS kick, we scribe in the toe kick substrate as needed (leaving approx 3/16" gap at the top), miter and glue the corners if possible...then bring them to the fab shop, in my city there is a restaurant ventilation company, he uses my substrates and shears the SS as required and will bend (brake) the corners

We take it all back to the project and use liquid nail to secure the SS to the substrate and install them....lot of times we will use velcro to hold the kicks on, just in case they have to come off at some point in the future. We use to liquid nail them on, but have found it to be safer to use velcro...not regular grade velcro, we use the extreme industrial use

Here is a link that might be useful: Velcro

For our stainless counters in our last kitchen, we used a guy with a shop in SF--wouldn't hurt to contact him and see what he says. Tony was nice to work with.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://industrialists.biz/home

We're already done - not sure who did the fabrication (our GC sourced it), but I can find out if anyone needs a source.

Haha Yes, it's a necro thread brought back to life by spam. :)

Amazing stuff, spam.

SJHockeyfan, have you posted a picture of them yet? My dad and grandpa had a metal fabrication shop in our basement, and it was in the ghetto. Homeless people, prostitutes, and a crack house on every block. I live in a rural farm area now though so there are lots of metal fabricators here too.

Here's a picture at the corner of the island. I'll also post one taken from a little farther away.

And one from a little distance.

sjhockeyfan....where are your cabinets from, and what material is the face..is that a veneer or melamine?

Very nice! Those toe kicks look great with your cabinets and floors.

Thanks much.

ajc, the cabinets are Bellmont 1900 series. The bottoms are melamine and the tops are acrylic.

Lovely doors, looks great with the SS!

What do you mean acrylic, are they solid acrylic or like a foil?

Heaven help me (this is heresy on GW :-) ), but I really don't know the answer to your question - I picked my cabinets based on looks and brand recommendation!

I know this is old but how are your stainless steel toe kicks doing? Easy to clean? Smudgy? Thanks!

I can't think of a reason to use real stainless steel over the laminate in this application. The time and money saved is substantial and the benefits are negligible.

Those look really cool!

$10-$12 stainless over mdf and the seamy side of town- A very accurate picture. I don't know why these places are always located in the oddest areas. i would be sure to check out Corkett's statement about laminate...and consider how you wash your kitchen floor.

Dietician they've held up great and honestly, they don't need much cleaning - there's little to smudge them unlike stainless appliances. I don't remember what it cost, but I can find out if you're interested. We had them cut by a sheet metal fabricator.

i called my local sheet metal fabricated and he want over $100/sq ft!!! i also called frigo design and they are much more reasonable $65/sq ft. good to hear they have held up well. now I am debating if I should do all SS on all counters or not. hmmmm decisions decisions.

EDIT to add: I forgot this thread was about toe kick. above price is for countertop. My cabinet guy quoted me $1000 for all stainless toe kicks. is that reasonable? kitchen is around 60 linear feet.

Are you thinking of the IKEA Grevsta? It looks good but it's more of a stainless steel veneer. Here's the product description:

Product description

Reinforced polypropylene, Aluminum foil, Foil, Clear lacquer

You're right, it is a veneer. It just comes down to your budget for the toe kick.

It looks good but it's more of a stainless steel veneer.

What else would it be? Mind had to be thin/flexible enough to go around corners.

Clarification on Stainless steel toe kicks, the product by Doors2Me.com is toe kick cover that originally was designed for refacing applications - http://doors2me.com/toe-kick-covers/ you CAN cut it with regular utility knife and you DO NOT need to use any glue, it is peel and stick (comes self adhesive). However,

you do need to make sure that the surface where you apply it is clean of dust, dirt, particles and etc. The best thing to use for cleaning is just regular alcohol. Doors2me has been selling the product for over 10 years and its made in Austria so its top quality product that is user friendly and made to last. Also you can apply it to curvy surfaces. If you need actual toe kick 3/4" thick in stainless steel finish then easiest way is to cut some melamine panels and apply ss toe kick covers over it.

We have real, solid stainless steel toe kick that is really, really affordable and easy to buy and apply. Check out the videos of the product and install on our www.stainlesstoekick.com website and let me know what you think!

Stainlesstelletoekick.com, I just found you on the internet and am going to order from you. I will let everyone know how it turns out! I know this post is older than the hills but still relevent.

what about brush brass color, trying to match my champagne bronze faucet in my kitchen!