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. 

Felt Tapes

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.

ALERT: October 2024: We have to report the very unhappy news that our felt supplier disappeared overnight. What we have on hand is limited. If you can't put it in your cart, it is gone for now. New felts are currently in Oddy testing. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience. 

Felt

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.

ALERT: October 2024: We have to report the very unhappy news that our felt supplier disappeared overnight. What we have on hand is limited. If you can't put it in your cart, it is gone for now. New felts are currently 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"

      Sueded Padding

      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"

          Padding Sample & Color Card


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          Felt, Sueded Poly ----- Always hard to see color accurately over the internet.
          Why not request a padding card to see the real thing?
          Yours for the price of postage.


          Padding Sample & Color Card

          Felt, Sueded Poly ----- Always hard to see color accurately over the internet.
          Why not request a padding card to see the real thing?
          Yours for the price of postage.


          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



          Polyolefin 2:1 Heat-shrink Tubing

          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



          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.

          Teflon TFE 4:1 Heat-shrink Tubing

          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.

          Quantity must be between 5 and 14

          Quantity must be between 15 and 29

          Quantity must be 30 or over

          Minimum Quantity Must be 5

          There must be at least one Oversized Shipping Charge in our cart with Case Dressing Fabrics.