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How to keep a mousepad from moving on a wooden table?

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#1 ·
I recently bought a SteelSeries Sensei Raw for $30 in like-new used condition from Amazon. I was looking for a mousepad for it, and I found the SteelSeries QcK Mini for $7. I have a few questions:

1. If I bought this mousepad, would it not slide on a laminated wooden desk?

2. If not, how would I get my old mousepad (a circular type with a wrist rest) to stay in place on the desk?

Any advice is appreciated.
 
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Originally Posted by u238 View Post

double sided tape
Same here. Just make sure the bottom of the pad and the desk are clean before applying the tape.
 
#5 ·
In stead of double sided tape, you may want to try a product called "Gorilla Snot"... non permanent, cleanable, just makes a tacky surface for traction. This is used for drum sticks and guitar picks to keep sweat from lubricating surfaces that need tack, but can keep adhesive from gunking up the wood.
 
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Uggh, it's become an echo chamber of "double sided tape"...yes everyone on this planet is aware of this "magic" substance, maybe he wants the option to move the mouse pad, maybe he doesn't want the lint covered remnants of adhesive to live with him for the longevity of the desk. This is OCN, we should offer more graceful solutions than tape/nail/screw/staples.... that being said, 3m makes a clear mounting tape for glass that peals clean with no residue.... I'm going to go punch myself to sleep for the irony of that last bit.
 
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Originally Posted by EastEndHorror View Post

Uggh, it's become an echo chamber of "double sided tape"...yes everyone on this planet is aware of this "magic" substance, maybe he wants the option to move the mouse pad, maybe he doesn't want the lint covered remnants of adhesive to live with him for the longevity of the desk. This is OCN, we should offer more graceful solutions than tape/nail/screw/staples.... that being said, 3m makes a clear mounting tape for glass that peals clean with no residue.... I'm going to go punch myself to sleep for the irony of that last bit.
Oh, wow! Excuse us for not agreeing with you.
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#10 ·
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Originally Posted by ShaaseC View Post

I recently bought a SteelSeries Sensei Raw for $30 in like-new used condition from Amazon. I was looking for a mousepad for it, and I found the SteelSeries QcK Mini for $7. I have a few questions:

1. If I bought this mousepad, would it not slide on a laminated wooden desk?

2. If not, how would I get my old mousepad (a circular type with a wrist rest) to stay in place on the desk?

Any advice is appreciated.
As said, tape. If you purchase the QcK, the bottom is coated with a textured rubber and will not slide.
I'm currently using a QcK Mass on a glass desk and it has quite a lot of grip.
 
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Originally Posted by Pendulum View Post

As said, tape. If you purchase the QcK, the bottom is coated with a textured rubber and will not slide.
I'm currently using a QcK Mass on a glass desk and it has quite a lot of grip.
I own several QCK mousepads, I believe they are the best one Imo. And I've tried several ones by different companies but the Steelseries ones the surface doesn't peel off and the underside of it is rubberized with quality rubber meaning that it doesn't slide easily.
Like the poster I quoted I also use a QCK on a glass table and it doesn't slide anywhere... I don't see how laminated wood would be an issue for them.
 
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Originally Posted by EastEndHorror View Post

Uggh, it's become an echo chamber of "double sided tape"...yes everyone on this planet is aware of this "magic" substance, maybe he wants the option to move the mouse pad, maybe he doesn't want the lint covered remnants of adhesive to live with him for the longevity of the desk. This is OCN, we should offer more graceful solutions than tape/nail/screw/staples.... that being said, 3m makes a clear mounting tape for glass that peals clean with no residue.... I'm going to go punch myself to sleep for the irony of that last bit.
Actually...someone had a real novel solution. I'm not sure if it works, or what it might do to your pad, but he wasn't telling you to put hair gel on your mouse pad. That's not the same company is it?

Anyway, tackening products exist.
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Originally Posted by EastEndHorror View Post

In stead of double sided tape, you may want to try a product called "Gorilla Snot"... non permanent, cleanable, just makes a tacky surface for traction. This is used for drum sticks and guitar picks to keep sweat from lubricating surfaces that need tack, but can keep adhesive from gunking up the wood.
Yeah...Gorilla Snot. Um, it sounds gross, but there is similar schools of thought on picks amongst guitarist as mouse surfaces amongst mice enthusiasts. It either needs to become immediately tacky and disgusting to prevent movement, or it needs to be dry as a bone and adhere to fingertips. Sounds like a familiar argument right? Fortunately, most competent musicians are always kinda unkempt and greasy and don't need a product like gorilla snot
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to prevent themselves from chasing the pick out of their hand. But...there ARE tackening products and I kinda would like someone to test them now.

My desktop is glass, so I'm out.

Edit: Remember in the 90's that disgusting petri-dish of tackening gel that existed at every checkout counter in existence? And your cashier just dipping his/her fingers into it, because it was IMPOSSIBLE to handle ANYTHING otherwise.
 
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