Thin spacer materials from ordinary products

[bjalongi]

So where can I look for materials that work well for liners and spacers. Have you found anything that works well that can be found at the grocery, hardware, or craft store?

 

[JatMat]

Have you tried an office supply store that sells clear heavy plastic binders in different colors, seems as if those could be cut up for a thin liner.
Just my .02, already know it is not worth much.
Jim

 

[Tinbasher]

So where can I look for materials that work well for liners and spacers. Have you found anything that works well that can be found at the grocery, hardware, or craft store?

If you want thin just grab a few BBQ plates.

Richard

 

[jll346]

For the $2 it costs just buy liner material from a knife supply store.

 

[Will Leavitt]

I've heard of using thick art construction paper.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

For the $2 it costs just buy liner material from a knife supply store.

And glue will bond to it which is more than can be said for polyethylene plastic folder stock or polypropylene disposable plates, or PET packaging material or PVC siding etc. Most plastics are difficult to bond to well. Some common commodity resins such as PP and PE that everything seems to be made of are impossible to develop a strong glue bond.

If you were to saturate a thick construction paper card stock with epoxy resin you would have something...

 

[polish avenger]

Head on down to your local auto parts store. As long as you're okay with brown, blue and black, Fel-Pro makes you-cut-it gasket material that should work alright.
-Mark

 

[Mungo Park]

I like to use old credit cards and the whole swack of like cards you get from various sundry stores. Course they are all white.
Aborite counter top samples are brown and black and more glue loving.
Cheers Ron.

 

[TekSec]

I've heard of using thick art construction paper.

Yup, to really seal it, lay flat on some plastic wrap and saturate with super thin CA.

 

[J.S. Carter]

I like to use copper flashing, as well as Cork gasket material. for liners. When I can't find Flashing I'll go get a 1" copper pipe, slit one side and lay it open. Then use a rubber mallet to flatten, it Makes some really decent liner material.

Jason