On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:06:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

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I have a grounded static mat on this computer table, and cover it with
cardboard or rug scraps to work on dirty stuff. It's the background
he
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The mats we had at work were soft too. They held up well to
most chemicals and mild abrasions. Almost all the radio gear
went right on the mat, but I didn't always use the wrist
strap depending on what it was and what I was doing to it.
We had a cement floor which I'm sure helped a bunch too.

I put down something sacrificial too if I figured it would
tear up the mat.

There were some harder mats/surfaces coming on the market as
I was getting out. Would like to have looked them over in
person as maybe a more durable surface. Doesn't matter much
anymore. Now you just have to know how to pack & ship, open
and re-unite product with said customer...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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