Foam tiles for mini-z tracks

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- July 24, 2004 at 12:32 am #12271
  icebreaka
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  Hey,
  
  Just wondering if these tiles would work for a mini-z track:
  
  http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=44079&item=5507744007&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V
  
  thnx
- July 24, 2004 at 12:39 am #53908
  merc-blue
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  hmm i dont know there i fine cell foam .. they dont have great grip and joins arent great (if i was you i would go to clark rubber and buy a roll of recycled tyre rubber it will be cheap and very grippy and also rollable … just need foam tyres and would be perfect
- July 24, 2004 at 1:04 am #53914
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  I’ve got interlocking play tiles set up in my lounge room and the z has heaps of traction on it. Don’t know about those on ebay though, but I reckon shipping would be quite expensive to get them here.
  
  As merc blue says you can get some recycled rubber from clark rubber, if you check my gallery you can see that I have lined the floor of my garage with it. The only problem is that you’ll need heaps of gaffa tape to stick on all the joins. Traction on this rubber is superior to any other surface that I’ve driven on.:)
- July 24, 2004 at 1:05 am #53917
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  lol always good to hear that my oppinion is somtimes the rite one
- July 24, 2004 at 4:54 pm #53939
  icebreaka
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  ok.. so how much does this rubber go for?
  
  Am i better off using two big rugs that i have around my house?
- July 25, 2004 at 1:54 pm #53971
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  Rubber mats measure 1m x 2m and is 2mm-3mm thick. They are priced per thickness, $2.50 per millimetre.
  
  🙂
- July 25, 2004 at 1:54 pm #54329
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  Rubber mats measure 1m x 2m and is 2mm-3mm thick. They are priced per thickness, $2.50 per millimetre.
  
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- July 25, 2004 at 2:08 pm #53974
  peteWah
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  Now thats a bit harsh charging by the mil 👿
- July 25, 2004 at 2:08 pm #54332
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  Now thats a bit harsh charging by the mil 👿
- July 25, 2004 at 2:14 pm #53975
  merc-blue
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  no by the MM (thickness) you buy squares of it and it cost more the ticker it is
- July 25, 2004 at 2:14 pm #54333
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  no by the MM (thickness) you buy squares of it and it cost more the ticker it is
- July 25, 2004 at 2:34 pm #53976
  peteWah
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  Im not stupid, I am a jedi master
  I know his slang towards these matts being over or just under $8.00 a pop.
- July 25, 2004 at 2:34 pm #54334
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  Im not stupid, I am a jedi master
  I know his slang towards these matts being over or just under $8.00 a pop.
- July 25, 2004 at 3:31 pm #53978
  kitsune
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  My read of it was $5 for a 1m x 2m x 2mm mat or $7.5 for a 1m x 2m x 3mm mat. if that’s right to do a 6m x 8m track in 2mm would be 24 x $5 = $120
  in 3mm foam $180. Right?
- July 25, 2004 at 3:31 pm #54336
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  My read of it was $5 for a 1m x 2m x 2mm mat or $7.5 for a 1m x 2m x 3mm mat. if that’s right to do a 6m x 8m track in 2mm would be 24 x $5 = $120
  in 3mm foam $180. Right?
- July 25, 2004 at 3:32 pm #53979
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  They are $5 a sheet depending on which sales guy serves you.
  
  The manager charges you $5. The part time sales assistant proceeds to take the measuring tape out from his back pocket and measures the thickness to 3mm and want to charge you $7.50 per sheet.:)
  
  I obviously deal with the sales manager…[}][}]
- July 25, 2004 at 3:32 pm #54337
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  They are $5 a sheet depending on which sales guy serves you.
  
  The manager charges you $5. The part time sales assistant proceeds to take the measuring tape out from his back pocket and measures the thickness to 3mm and want to charge you $7.50 per sheet.:)
  
  I obviously deal with the sales manager…[}][}]
- July 26, 2004 at 1:23 pm #53999
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  Kev; and with good reason! Where does the extra $$ go? Those are the smae tiles as are used in kids playgrounds, am I right?
- July 26, 2004 at 1:23 pm #54357
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  Kev; and with good reason! Where does the extra $$ go? Those are the smae tiles as are used in kids playgrounds, am I right?
- July 26, 2004 at 2:26 pm #54006
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  You mean the ones on ebay, in the link above ? They look like it. You can get the interlocking kids playmats for something like $7 for 10 which are 30cm x 30cm tiles at those cheapy bargain shops – however they have animal/alphabet/number etc characters cut out of them.
- July 26, 2004 at 2:26 pm #54364
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  You mean the ones on ebay, in the link above ? They look like it. You can get the interlocking kids playmats for something like $7 for 10 which are 30cm x 30cm tiles at those cheapy bargain shops – however they have animal/alphabet/number etc characters cut out of them.
- July 26, 2004 at 3:36 pm #54007
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  so basically $7 per aquare metre? Not too bad, could maybe do something half decent sized for $150 odd…
- July 26, 2004 at 3:36 pm #54365
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  so basically $7 per aquare metre? Not too bad, could maybe do something half decent sized for $150 odd…
- July 26, 2004 at 4:34 pm #54011
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  I don’t think you’d want to use the kiddy play mats with animal/numbers/alphabet characters cut in them unless you enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles. When the cut out characters fall out from the mat.. man putting them back together gives me headaches.
- July 26, 2004 at 4:34 pm #54369
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  I don’t think you’d want to use the kiddy play mats with animal/numbers/alphabet characters cut in them unless you enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles. When the cut out characters fall out from the mat.. man putting them back together gives me headaches.
- July 26, 2004 at 10:44 pm #54022
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  nar too many colours on the track surface will confuse drivers, well it will confuse the hell out of me! esp if we got a piece of tile dat has the same colour as the barrier!
  
  much prefer to get muilt linking tiles which are uniform in colour.
- July 26, 2004 at 10:44 pm #54380
  TallduDe
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  nar too many colours on the track surface will confuse drivers, well it will confuse the hell out of me! esp if we got a piece of tile dat has the same colour as the barrier!
  
  much prefer to get muilt linking tiles which are uniform in colour.
- July 27, 2004 at 12:15 am #54023
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  i went to clark rubber today.. n the guy laughed at me when i asked for 2mm recycled rubber??
  
  He said the thinnest he had was 3mm EVA foam.. and a 1m X 2m sheet of that was $21.95???
  
  Hmm!? so what exactly am i looking for??? 😐
- July 27, 2004 at 12:15 am #54381
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  i went to clark rubber today.. n the guy laughed at me when i asked for 2mm recycled rubber??
  
  He said the thinnest he had was 3mm EVA foam.. and a 1m X 2m sheet of that was $21.95???
  
  Hmm!? so what exactly am i looking for??? 😐
- July 27, 2004 at 12:25 am #54024
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  Yes, its called ‘used’ eva foam mats. Call the Haberfield Clark Rubber store on Parammatta Rd to see if they have any in stock. The manager there said that they get pallet loads of the stuff on a regular basis.
- July 27, 2004 at 12:25 am #54382
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  Yes, its called ‘used’ eva foam mats. Call the Haberfield Clark Rubber store on Parammatta Rd to see if they have any in stock. The manager there said that they get pallet loads of the stuff on a regular basis.
- July 27, 2004 at 4:03 am #54028
  icebreaka
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  hmms.. so why is it $21.95 at the penrith store rather than the $2.50 per mm thickness that u sed???
  
  And at penrith they only had one of the grey eva foam mats 1m x 2m rolled up.. the rest were thicker.. so is it cheaper at the haberfield store or what?
- July 27, 2004 at 4:03 am #54386
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  hmms.. so why is it $21.95 at the penrith store rather than the $2.50 per mm thickness that u sed???
  
  And at penrith they only had one of the grey eva foam mats 1m x 2m rolled up.. the rest were thicker.. so is it cheaper at the haberfield store or what?
- July 27, 2004 at 2:12 pm #54030
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  hmms.. so why is it $21.95 at the penrith store rather than the $2.50 per mm thickness that u sed???
  
  And at penrith they only had one of the grey eva foam mats 1m x 2m rolled up.. the rest were thicker.. so is it cheaper at the haberfield store or what?
  
  Don’t really know why it’s cheaper at the haberfield store. Perhaps transport costs are higher to get the mats to Penrith ? :smiley16:
- July 27, 2004 at 2:12 pm #54388
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  Quote:
  
  hmms.. so why is it $21.95 at the penrith store rather than the $2.50 per mm thickness that u sed???
  
  And at penrith they only had one of the grey eva foam mats 1m x 2m rolled up.. the rest were thicker.. so is it cheaper at the haberfield store or what?
  
  Don’t really know why it’s cheaper at the haberfield store. Perhaps transport costs are higher to get the mats to Penrith ? :smiley16:
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