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From: phcalamai@water.UUCP (Paul H. Calamai)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: MousePads cheap!
Message-ID: <825@water.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 10:52:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: water.825
Posted: Mon Sep 16 10:52:19 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 17-Sep-85 05:01:39 EDT
References: <396@decwrl.UUCP> <1461@uwmacc.UUCP>
Reply-To: phcalamai@water.UUCP (Paul H. Calamai)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <1461@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> 	Many of the Mouse Pads being sold today are made of wetsuit
>> 	material.  Most SCUBA shops will stock material for repairs
>> 	which you can buy by the square inch.  The material you should
>> 	ask for is Nylon I (Nylon one) which is Neoprene foam coated
>> 	on one side with Nylon cloth.  The more common type of material
>> 	is Nylon II (Nylon two) which has Nylon cloth on both sides.
>> 	Nylon I is better because the pad won't slip when put rubber
>> 	side down.  I guess Nylon II would work if you could keep
>> 	it from slipping (like glue it to a board).
>> 
>> 	The material I bought was Top-of-the-Line material (the only
>> 	Nylon I they had) and cost $0.05 per square inch.
>> 
>> 		-John A. Wasser

Another good surface that can be purchased without hurting
the pcoket too much is the material used to cover drafting
boards. This can be purchased in any reasonable size and is
relatively cheap (and durable). I got mine at an arts supply
store.

	- Paul H. Calamai