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make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« on: March 08, 2008, 11:06:23 am »
as far as i know...nobody has posted this idea...

i came up with the the other night while i was out dining...

i was looking at the coaster that my glass was on and thought that it was made out of perfect dustwasher material...stiff like plastic...yet non-marring to a control panel overlay like felt...!

i just traced the outline of my cracked plastic dustwasher over an 'interesting' part of the coaster...

cut it out using scissors & drill out the hole...

looks good...!

 :cheers:
« Last Edit: March 08, 2008, 12:35:49 pm by fixedpigs »
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Re: coaster dustwasher...
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2008, 11:44:42 am »
cool idea, it looks nice.  I would be a little concerned about how they would wear over time, but i guess you could just make more.  If they are the material that I am thinking of...after a while they could absorb moisture from your hand and swell up a little.  Still, it is a cool idea that makes your panel a little bit unique
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Re: coaster dustwasher...
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2008, 11:46:58 am »
Those are meant to soak up moisture.  Not a bad idea. 
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Re: make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2008, 02:07:02 pm »
Cool idea! Maybe you could glue it to the bottom of the plastic washer ...
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Re: make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2008, 02:57:14 pm »
There should be a forum just for innovative stuff that people come up with like this.

Although, when I read "coaster" I actulaly thought you mean a CD coaster. Should be cool looking using a CD as a coaster.
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Re: make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2008, 03:02:56 pm »
I used stickers from the MK3 conversion kit

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Re: make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2008, 03:12:08 pm »
Could I use something like this to cut textured hard plastic (easy to find anywhere), or would the result be rugged or cracked?


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Re: make your own dustwasher out of a coaster...
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2008, 04:05:06 pm »
Rugged, yes.
Cracked, depending on how careful you are.

For the ruged part, you can sand it off.
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