Not long after I moved into my house, I decided to expand my collection of weights, and along with that I needed an appropriate surface upon which to lift them. I solved that latter problem by getting a few packs of EVA floor mats, the style with the puzzle-piece edges that snap together.
Unfortunately over time these mat pieces have distorted somewhat, and have begun to pull apart.
To remedy this, I've had a plan to glue them together sitting on the back burner for a while. But before we get to that, we should take a little cloud break.
Summer is starting to wind down and the rains will be upon us soon.
Anyway, fuck nature. Specifically, fuck it with a bunch of toxic volatile organic compounds from our favourite neurotoxin: Barge contact cement.
Being contact cement, it adheres immediately upon contact. That means that applying it to the puzzle piece edges could be quite tricky, and we need to use a careful technique to avoid a sticky disaster.
Specifically, we need to apply the glue to the flat edges parallel to the sides of the panels. By keeping the glue off of the diagonal edges, we'll be able to set the panels down flat and squish the puzzle piece edges past each other to zip them back together, without having to try to slide any glue-coated surfaces against each other.
Gluing the long rows together got us part of the way, but it's obvious we'll need to make this whole mat a single solid piece.
But before we get to that, let's have another cloud break.
There's definitely a full blanket over the bay.
The clouds get an interesting texture to them when they roll over the hills.
There's a forecast for rain this evening, and it looks like a bit is already falling over in the east bay.
Anyway, with the mat fully glued together, all the seams are finally tight.
Now I just have to hope it stays together long term.
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