Source for anti-stat pink foam?

From: Riuss Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 15:31:41 1998

Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:

> What is a recommend source for inexpensive pink antistatic foam rolls or
> bags? I've looked in several industrial supply catalogs, like Consolidated
> Packaging, but want to see if there is a better price out there.
>
> I've got so many boards...and so little time!

As pointed out by a few, get throwaways. Tell them it's personal and they'll
hold all the peanuts, foam, ESD bags, etc for you but return the favor by
picking it up regularly - that's the reason they throw it away.

I've taken aluminum foil for ESD bagging in a pinch, especially for DRAM chips
and the like. DON'T use it on Dallas RTC chips (or the conductive black foam) as
it will run the battery dead inside the chip container.

I get all the green and pink peanuts I need from the local computer shop as
throw aways, as well as large cartons from monitors and systems. Works great
when you have a TRS-80 Model 4 to ship!

Quill )mail order office supplier in IL( has some ESD items.

I usually get as much as can for free so that I don't have to charge people a
packing fee on items I sell direct or on ePay/eBay. I purposely post the fact
that there is no packing fee as many of these shady sellers don't mention it and
then sock it to the buyer. I know this from experience as a buyer as well. The
worst part is that the packer they use recycles packing items just like I do and
then they charge big bucks for lousy shipping. Granted I've had an odd item
shipped and the reciever had to pull the styro peanuts out of the guts, but now
I over bag the item and all works out great, no styro in the item shipped.
Received on Mon Nov 16 1998 - 15:31:41 GMT