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B!0HaZard

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Fixed, thx OCN!

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It seems to me that my QcK is worn down. I thought it was just dirty, but I've tried wiping it off with water or completely soaking it and there's still a HUGE bright spot. Besides the bright spot, it seems the cloth is simply worn down in the middle if I look very closely. Will this be my laptop mouse pad from now on?

Bright spot:
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Closeup of the center:
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6821/img3419f.jpg
Closeup of the upper left edge (where there's no spot/wear):
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2654/img3420ou.jpg
 
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You could try cleaning it with water and soap. But to be honest, it shouldn't really affect performance or anything. And wear is expected... I mean is like a $10 mousepad, right? Not much you can do about it.
 
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You can put a QcK in the washing machine, best way to wash it imo.
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Are you serious? Like, with my clothes?
 
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I started to get a white spot around where my wrist sits on the QcK. I just rotated it 180 degrees to use the other side. It didn't really affect performance for me though unlike when a hard pad starts to get worn down. I just assumed it was fading of the dye on the cloth.
 
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No it won't. Unless it affects your tracking.
Besides, many gamers like their soft mats broken-in.
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I thought worn down pads were useless.

I'll throw it in the washing machine when I get home.
 
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"useless"
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"Useless" is for you to define. If it fulfills your needs (which I assume is to track flawlessly), then it's not useless. And doesn't need fixing.
By experience, fixing always implies a risk for the fix to go wrong. Which is a unnecessary risk to take, if your mat performs to your needs.
 
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Fixed, thx OCN!
 
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Nice! Did you put it in the washing mashine?
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Yep. The SteelSeries logo faded a bit, but the rest of the pad is nice.
 
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