I want to thank all the kind readers who helped with ideas for how to rubberize an ereader (or other things) for a better grip. After many trials of many products, it seems I finally found a really good one.
(Hmm, I wonder if you can fuse two rubber edges together with heat?)
"Hmm, I wonder if you can fuse two rubber edges together with heat?"
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So now you can hold it OK, but that nice sleek shiny sexy thing that first attracted you into buying now looks like shit? :-)
ReplyDeleteSleek and shiny is OK, but it does not hold a candle to a device which just really, really works.
ReplyDeleteAW: "no"?
ReplyDeleteThat saddens me.
It'd be nice to somehow fuse it into one case (I've put the rubber on the sides now also.)
Why not? Plastic does.
ReplyDeleteeolake said...
ReplyDeleteWhy not? Plastic does.
Thermoplastics do, thermosets don't. The former can be melted again and again, the latter form molecular bonds that can't be broken again without destroying the material.
There are "thermoplastic elastomers (TPE)", but from your description those pads are actual rubber, which is a thermoset. If you want to try to melt rubber, please go outside ;-)
(Welding TPEs isn't that great, either. The connection will be a lot weaker than the base material.)
Ah, thank you.
ReplyDeleteTires do burn, I've noticed.
On second thought, the vulcanizing fluid from your bike tyre repair kit might work ...
ReplyDeleteThere's a thought.
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