Padding

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A well-finished mount has no rough edges and is padded where it comes into contact with the object. Padding requirements vary considerably according to the nature and condition of the objects, so we offer a range of materials including felt in sheet or tape form, sueded polyethylene in sheet, Teflon and polyolefin tubings.

All are either adhesive-backed or heat-shrinkable for ease of use.

Felt Tapes

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Our framer friends asked for our adhesive-backed felt in thin strips for cushioning the rabbets in their frames. A limited supply is back on the shelves!

Our current iteration comes in 1/4" and 1/2" widths. Each sales unit contains three rolls. Each roll is 10 yards long (so a total of 30 yards per sales unit).

Additionally, few odd sized rolls will be showing up in the next little while over on the Odd Lots page, so go check that out as well.

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Our framer friends asked for our adhesive-backed felt in thin strips for cushioning the rabbets in their frames. A limited supply is back on the shelves!

Our current iteration comes in 1/4" and 1/2" widths. Each sales unit contains three rolls. Each roll is 10 yards long (so a total of 30 yards per sales unit).

Additionally, few odd sized rolls will be showing up in the next little while over on the Odd Lots page, so go check that out as well.

Felt

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Our felt now comes in 10 helpful colors in 9" x 12" sheets, approximately 1/16" thick, backed with pressure-sensitive adhesive. We offer these tested colors in a multi-pack (1 each of 10 colors), or as individual colors with three sheets per pack. Fiber content is 100% recycled polyester.

Multi-color pack has one sheet each of 10 colors.
Single pack has three sheets of a single color.

FELT STATUS UPDATE: Dec 2024: We're working with a new supplier to get the felts back up and available. Candidates are in Oddy testing. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.

Multi-color pack has one sheet each of 10 colors.
Single pack has three sheets of a single color.

FELT STATUS UPDATE: Dec 2024: We're working with a new supplier to get the felts back up and available. Candidates are in Oddy testing. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.

Sueded Padding

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Benchmark is pleased to offer this wonderful option in padding material. Our acrylic adhesive-backed sueded padding is thinner and smoother than felt. It has a lovely "hand" and cuts very cleanly. So useful!

Available in seven colors
> Single pack gives you three of a single color.

> Multi-color pack gives you one of each color
Each sheet is a nominal 8-1/2" x 12"

Available in seven colors
> Single pack gives you three of a single color.

> Multi-color pack gives you one of each color
Each sheet is a nominal 8-1/2" x 12"

Polyolefin 2:1 Heat-shrink Tubing

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This clear flexible tubing is an ideal padding material for brass rod. It shrinks quickly and evenly with a heat gun at temperatures of 275°F/135°C. When freely recovered it will reduce down to 50% of its original inside diameter. Our polyolefin tubing is non-flame-retardant because of potential off-gassing problems associated with flame-retardant materials.

Sold in 12" lengths, 6 lengths per pack.

Heat-Shrink & Brass Guide

Sold in 12" lengths, 6 lengths per pack.

Heat-Shrink & Brass Guide

Teflon TFE 4:1 Heat-shrink Tubing

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This Teflon has a four-to-one heat shrink ratio allowing our one size of tubing to be used for all sizes of our stainless steel pins. The Teflon is slippery enough to get around the bends in your pins yet holds well when shrunk. It shrinks with a heat gun at about 650°F/350°C.

Sold in 12" lengths, 6 lengths per pack.

Sold in 12" lengths, 6 lengths per pack.