[Elecraft] Quarter inch sticky pads don't stick

[Tom Hammond]

I just (less than a month ago) completed building K2 #6098 for a friend.

I found that (for both pads) I'd managed to remove the backing paper 
AND the adhesive at the SAME TIME!!!  Adhesive remained on the 
backing paper!!!  Couldn't get it to walk back to the pad... tried 
offering it food, but it refused to move... finally used some 
(double-sided) 3M Poster Tape which I had on hand... now they stick nicely!

Getting the backing paper off the pad without removing the adhesive 
IS a problem... but one which CAN (usually) be avoided if you try to 
remove the paper from a different corner of the pad if you first the 
first corner allowed the adhesive to stick to the paper.

Of course, this all in retrospect for me!!!  And... I KNEW I had the 
double[sided tape handy, so I didn't try all the hard to 'save' the 
original adhesive.

If you don't have THIN double-sided tape handy, before you accidently 
peel off the adhesive, CHECK to see which item (backing paper or pad) 
it's attached to before you go too far. It takes a pretty 'fine 
touch' when picking at the corner of the paper, to NOT get the adhesive too.

73,

Tom   N0SS

At 11:28 AM 5/28/2007, Fred (FL) wrote:
>When I built K2 # 54xx - I had the same problem
>with the supplied sticky pads.  Seemed like they
>had bummer poor adhesive, or else the part they
>stuck to was waxy or something?  I'm not sure if
>I ended up using them - or I might have bought
>replacement pads at Home Depot.
>
>de Fred N3CSY