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Title: Rubber Strip
Post by: RayB on January 03, 2006, 06:23:58 pm

Dominatrix stripper jokes aside, I am looking for a strip of rubber I could use between my control panel and glass.

Where would one find a strip of rubber (22" long)? And what dept would something like that be in?

I realize I could just use rubber "feet" but then quarters placed on the glass would fall through.

Thanks.
~Ray B.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: Kremmit on January 03, 2006, 06:36:10 pm

Cut up a bike innertube?

Weather stripping?

Caulk?

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: RayB on January 03, 2006, 06:45:38 pm

Weather stripping might be what I need.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: Necro on January 03, 2006, 11:10:46 pm

Check out the large format 'poster' frames they sell.  You could stick one of the sides there and it would be U shaped, and could hold quarders perfectly, and they couldnt really 'slide down' or slip or anything.

Basically a poster frame. 

They're made of hard plast I think though.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: LiquidFire on January 04, 2006, 12:44:51 am

I have found that if you visit a gasket-making company 'in person' you can score some scraps of rubber for free, but make sure you throw some beer money at the guy that helped you.

They have all thicknesses of hard and soft rubber materials including cork in the form of 'garbage' that comes off the dies. They keep and recycle it.

If you go with the weather strip, try to find a quality thin 'closed cell' type of neoprene to minimize compression and bleeding of the seal. A trailer or professional truck supply is the best bet-not a home store.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: Luckydevil on January 04, 2006, 01:19:39 am

I use this rubbery foam for sealing my speakers in their boxes, but I bet it would work pretty good for you.

It is adhesive backed and pretty durable. Cheap too!

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=260-542

If you only need a couple feet of it shoot me a pm, I have an extra 40ft of this stuff just sitting in my garage.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: menace on January 04, 2006, 10:07:56 am

foam tape or doublesided tape with only one side of the adhesive exposed maybe?

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: RayB on January 04, 2006, 01:06:31 pm

LuckyDevil: PM sent

Menace: Where would you find foam tape?

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: brian23 on January 04, 2006, 01:20:29 pm

Quote from: RayB on January 04, 2006, 01:06:31 pm

Menace: Where would you find foam tape?

Wal-mart, Target, Lowe's, Home Depot. If you have ever bought PC speakers with a wired remote, they usually come with a small square of double-sided foam tape.

Title: Re: Rubber Strip
Post by: JonnyBoy on January 04, 2006, 02:31:15 pm

I used rubberfoam weatherstripping to make a good seal between my control panel top and the box.

What width and thickness are you using? The xtreme rubber seal works extremely well and holds up well. The rubber foam seal is somewhere between foam tape and rubber.