hath wroth:

Thanks Jeff, I was leaning towards a carpet top, seems more practical
and comfortable to work on. The spray is a good idea, the bench is in
the basement with somewhat higher humidity anyway.

Well, there are a few problems I've found with carpeting.

1. Carpet needs to be fed. SMT parts seems to be its favorite food.
The carpet can be made to regurgitate the tiny parts at a later date,
but only after you've purchased replacement parts.

2. Laptops and carpets are mutually incompatible. Many laptops (i.e.
HP, Toshibah, Compaq, etc) have fan air intakes on the bottom of the
laptop. When placed on the carpeting, the air intake is obstructed
resulting in overtemp shutdown, meltdown, or both.

3. Carpet smells really bad after I leave my soldering iron sitting
on it.

4. When standing on the workbench to change a florescent light above,
the carpet tends to slip and slide on the formica top.

5. Carpet makes a terrible mouse pad.

6. The cat likes to watch what I'm doing in the shop. The carpet
patch is the most comfortable place to sit. I now have two carpet
remnant pieces on the workbench.

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Jeff Liebermann
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