source for foam filter material

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat Apr 10 16:08:36 1999

Two others: the foam wrapping on some laser printer toner/drum units and in
Walmart/Kmart/hardware stores they carry "trim-to-fit" foam that precedes your
furnace filter, sometimes used to be a filter replacement for air
conditioners. They also carry a "craft foam" but it's too open.

Richard Erlacher wrote:

> At your local discount store, you should be able to find some fairly large
> scouring sponges, I've found that these work adequately as filters,
> provided you put a layer of porous cloth over the downstream side to catch
> the finest particles. If you're fortunate enough to find the really fine
> ones, the cloth isn't needed. These come in 1/4" thick postcard-sized
> sheets, which I usually cut up anyway, so give these a try and see if they
> meet your needs.
>
> Dick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 2:33 PM
> Subject: source for foam filter material
>
> >Does anyone know where I might be able to buy some thin black foam filter
> >material, to replace the stuiff that was used on my Teral computers?
> >These systems have a large fan that draws air into the computer, and
> >the intake air goes through this very thin filter, in order to capture
> >large particles such as lint.
> >
> >After 22+ years, that foam is nothing more than dust.
> >
> >I would need something almost 5 inches wide, that i could then trim to
> >the proper shape.
> >
> >-Lawrence LeMay
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