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Festivus, Thu, Jan 15, 2009, 10:27 PM

I spilled my water onto the flip mat the other night and it curled apart along one edge of it. I never recall my older flipmat doing this, considering it is used with wet erase. It seems like the edges are not sealed. Is this normal? I thought it was laminated and thus could get wet.

Cosmo (Disturbing Customer Servant), Fri, Jan 16, 2009, 02:22 PM

Festivus wrote:

I spilled my water onto the flip mat the other night and it curled apart along one edge of it. I never recall my older flipmat doing this, considering it is used with wet erase. It seems like the edges are not sealed. Is this normal? I thought it was laminated and thus could get wet.

I'll admit: You had me stumped on this one and I had to go look at several Flip-mats to find out whether the lamination seals the edges or not.

It does not.

I went looking back through all of the flip-mats that are still available and see that none of them are.

Therefore, I'll send you another Flip-mat with this warning: The flip mats are water resistant, rather than completely waterproof. Specifically, they are only waterproof on the front an back, and you should avoid exposing the edges to excessive water.

Thanks,
cos

Cpt_kirstov (Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Fiction Subscriber), Fri, Jan 16, 2009, 02:48 PM

Cosmo wrote:

Therefore, I'll send you another Flip-mat with this warning: The flip mats are water resistant, rather than completely waterproof. Specifically, they are only waterproof on the front an back, and you should avoid exposing the edges to excessive water.

Thanks,
cos

Also be careful if you use metal minis and you end up scraping the laminant off ( especially an issue in the creases of the fold) I've had that happen too.

Festivus, Sat, Jan 17, 2009, 05:12 AM

Cosmo, please don't send me another one. I'll glue mine back down and put some books on top to flatten it back. I was just curious about the edges because my old one never did that and I had spilled water on it before too. The product isn't defective, I wouldn't expect a replacement for something I did.

Since it isn't a defect, it's more of a warning for all flipmat users to be careful.

I love my flip mat. I bought a new one only after my old one finally started giving out having used it hundreds of times.

-JZ

ps: Thanks for the tip about metal minis. We usually base ours on wooden disks but I have once or twice used unbased ones.