99 cent super soaker sponge. uses ??

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:35 pm

bought this sponge under impulse buy.

It came in a sealed platic wrapper aleady moist !! All the way from China too

About the size of a sharpening stone

It has got me why a sponge has to be sold in a wet state ?

No printed suggestions for use, just a graphic of a car and dash gauges.

It is a very closed cell sort of foam so no good for washing paintwork

I thought I'd used it to absorb the water leaks from my specialist installed windscreen some time back, (shoved under the dash somewhere) but have since fixed that problem when I installed my latest screen.

anyone got these

suggested uses ?

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:48 pm

Throwing at the missus on a hot summers day :P .

Mike.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:13 pm

You could use them as inner soles on some shoes that are too big for you.

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:57 pm

BYB-style gearbox mount.

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:35 am

air filter element. spray it with k&n oil and voila!

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:48 am

stinky wrote:air filter element. spray it with k&n oil and voila!

err, it'll crumble and go into the engine ?

best stuff for ad-hoc air-filter is that bubble foam stuff you get some times in packaging for PC mbs, or other electronic stuff..its usually black/grey.....works well as a prefilter to grab the main dirt too.

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:49 pm

I was joking

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:02 pm

A filter for the Air vent in your car?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:16 pm

As this sponge is sold 'wet' , I don't think it should be used for any sort of filtering uses.

more soaker uses I think , maybe a sanitary pad ? No . lets not go there...maybe it is suppose to work like a chamois ?

tim_81coupe · Post by **tim_81coupe** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:25 pm

Got a picture?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:29 pm

photo ?

no

never thought of that

been to Clints or the whorehouse lately ?
thats where I got it

picture this

rectangular block, 33mm high, 170mm long, 75mm wide, pale yellow, has about the sponginess of a marshmallow, wrapped in its wet state it weighs 96 grams. The moisture disappears from the bag into the sponge and vice versa (temp dependent) so maybe a rough thermometer !

time to charge up camera for a photo shoot

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:17 pm

Is the dampness just water? If it has a picture of a dashboard/gauges on the packet mabey it's impregnated with an Armour-All type of substance?

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:41 pm

If its wet then still use it in the vents but as a water air cooler for the inside

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:14 am

would you trust anything that comes already "moist" from China?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:38 pm

sorta why it not been opened. not sure of the origins of the moisture and whether it has been treated , or needs to be !!

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:12 pm

First, you should cut the sponge into four pieces.

When you re-assemble your EA82t you should leave a piece of the sponge in each combustion chamber, so next time you crack a head the sponge will just absorb the water and you can keep on driving.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:45 am

Nut this one out

The sponge takes up less than half a cubic litre of space, already moist in its packaging, opened and placed in 500 mls water it soaked up 400ml! and gained only an extra mm or two in each direction.
Now fully soaked it really looks in place on a cheeseboard with crackers and cheeseknife !

Pick the sponge up gently and water remains suspended in it and no drain out.

Where is Deane Hutton or Dr Karl when you need them ?